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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman (AD c.100-c.300) "military" mount, missing part of its circumference and one of its integral rivets. Overall, the mount measures 24.8mm long, 22.3mm wide and 11.9mm thick. It weighs 5.64g. The mount consists of an outer flat circular disc (made from a 1.5mm thick plate) which has a projecting domed circular boss in the centre of its front face. This boss is hollow on the reverse face. There is an integral rivet on one side of the reverse. There would have been another on the opposite side of the reverse, but that side has broken off. These rivets enabled the mount to be attached to a leather strap or belt. The mount is very similar to examples from Germany (Oldenstein, 1976, tafel 49, 542-545). There are also similar examples in Belgium which are identified as horse harness fittings (Berghe, L.V., 1996, 'Some Roman military equipment of the first three centuries AD in Belgian museums', Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, Vol 7. p74, Fig.10.6-7).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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