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Author Topic: AE-Pelta shaped horse harness or knob or button ???  (Read 693 times)

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AE-Pelta shaped horse harness or knob or button ???
« on: March 15, 2017, 11:01:02 am »
AE-Pelta shaped horse harness or knob or button ???

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Antique, AE-Pelta shaped horse harness or knob or button #01
type: AE-Pelta shaped Roman (?) horse harness,
size: 26x22,5x9mm,
weight: 7,5g,
date: ??? A.D.,
ref: ???
distribution: Rome (?),

Thank you your opinion ?

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Re: AE-Pelta shaped horse harness or knob or button ???
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2017, 08:54:43 am »
Not 100% clear.  In that size they could be from a belt, but there is no definitive evidence that they were used on belts.

The larger ones are clearly from horse harness and most of the smaller ones like yours are likely from the thinner straps of a horse harness.

They generally date 2nd - 3rd c AD.

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Re: AE-Pelta shaped horse harness or knob or button ???
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2017, 09:22:41 am »
Thankx Shawn ,

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