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Author Topic: Artefact for ID please - possibly Roman?  (Read 2746 times)
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« on: May 10, 2015, 10:47:41 AM »
Hi all,

I posted this on another forum, hoping to get an ID, but no luck so far (I'm impatient!). Any help or pointers gratefully received.

It was found about 4 inches down on a ploughed field - I also found five Roman coins in the same field, which is why I think this might be Roman...

Thanks in advance guys....

(p.s. hope I've done the photo attaching right..)

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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2015, 07:45:18 PM »
Looks very interesting indeed...
No ideas as to what it could be though... Roll Eyes
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2015, 07:51:18 PM »
dont know what it is, looks a bit like a brooch,  nice find anyway.
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2015, 08:00:02 PM »
Possibly a hanging bowl mount.
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« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2015, 08:27:06 PM »
Quote from: cardiffian on May 10, 2015, 08:00:02 PM
Possibly a hanging bowl mount.


Liking the bowl mount idea...

I forgot to say that there is another less obvious face on the back side...that's why I thought it might be Roman (Janus, God of doorways and all that)...?
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2015, 10:53:11 PM »
Looks like a sword hanger or possibly a purse hanger, the holes at the bottom would either hold purse strings or sword fittings. Doesn't look Roman though, I would say Saxon or later, up to medieval.
How big is it?

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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2015, 07:10:58 AM »
Quote from: Meatslicer on May 11, 2015, 10:53:11 PM
Looks like a sword hanger or possibly a purse hanger, the holes at the bottom would either hold purse strings or sword fittings. Doesn't look Roman though, I would say Saxon or later, up to medieval.
How big is it?

Eric

It's just under 5cm tall and 3cm wide at the widest point of the base (where the holes are). It's quite heavy for a little thing...it weighs 58grams.
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« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2015, 04:08:54 PM »
Well...it's been a long time since I originally posted an ID request on this, but I took the advice of someone on this forum and gave it to my FLO for investigation. 

It's been listed on the PAS database as a Roman escutcheon, and here is the PAS record:

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/737083

Apparently, the FLO showed it to quite a few people, and no-one could find a similar one, so it's a bit of a one-off...
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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2015, 04:30:52 PM »
Very nice interesting find,I can see where it could possibly be something to do with some kind of sword hanging aparrel.
Well found,and it would be great to get a positive ID 👍
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« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2015, 04:39:22 PM »
interesting finds well searched Wink
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