Cultural object · Europeana
IMAGE- Medium
- ARMOUR
- Year
- 43
- Place
- United Kingdom; Northamptonshire; South Northamptonshire
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Provider
- The Portable Antiquities Scheme
- Collection
- 2048087_Ag_EU_AthenaPlus_CollectionsTrust
A strip of copper alloy sheet with a single oval piercing in the centre. The two lower corners are curved, making it D-shaped in plan. Copper alloy strips of this shape are likley to be armour plating from military uniform. In this case, Loica Squamanta from a Roman date is probable, alough its similarity to armour from a post-medieval chin strap cannot be ignored.
archaeology - ROMAN
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