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Offline nikopolis1

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Two small axe like objects
« on: November 11, 2019, 07:36:46 am »
Any ideas what are these-my gues is some kind of amulets.Size is less then 1 cm.I am not sure about the date also.They dont look roman to me although they were found on a roman site .Top one is made of lead,the other is bronze
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Re: Two small axe like objects
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2019, 07:14:09 pm »
Axe amulets are usually described as post-Roman.  They were popular amongst many early Slavic peoples and may have been holy symbols.

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Re: Two small axe like objects
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2020, 07:02:26 pm »
Miniature Roman votive axes are found in Britain and across the Empire. I have found 2 on my Roman shrine site in Britain - detecting. Difficult to say whether these are genuine, they look a bit clean lined and the shapes and form not in keeping with a Roman votive miniatures but I would need to see them in the flesh. They were sometimes made of lead.
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Re: Two small axe like objects
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2020, 03:22:49 pm »
I am more inclined to think that  otlichnik is right and these some non roman items.These are metaldetecting finds  by the way.Latest coin so far found from the site belongs to Zeno .Anyway whatever they are they are nice adition to my collection of strange objects :):)
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Re: Two small axe like objects
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2020, 06:16:41 pm »
I have a Roman votive dolabra.  It is lead, not silver and is shaped differently from these.  It is paralleled by several finds from Carnuntum.   

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