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Offline Mayadigger

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ID for artifact with face, please
« on: July 21, 2023, 05:33:15 pm »
Ave!

Copper alloy; 32mm/3.1gm

Eyes, nose, mouth, shoulders and wearing a funny little hat. Or, rather than a hat, wearing a hair band of some sort?

Nothing screams Roman, so I'm thinking Celtic.

Possibly a broken hair pin...or something completely different.

Any thoughts are, like normal, highly appreciated!
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Re: ID for artifact with face, please
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2023, 01:09:37 pm »
What, no-one has any thoughts?
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Re: ID for artifact with face, please
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2023, 03:23:19 pm »
Not anything I have seen before.
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Re: ID for artifact with face, please
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2023, 06:05:15 pm »
Stylistically, Balkan Celtic - but likely Roman era I think.

Not sure of use.  Could also be a clothing pin, especially if pre-Roman.

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