ID for figurine like decoration

[nikopolis1]

Bronze figurine like decoration or aplique ,may be from wooden box?Any comments are welcome.Especially I am intrested in the date ,this item looks more like iron age then roman to me

[SC]

Looks kind of Turkic to me with the sword, draw and robe or mail.

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[nikopolis1]

Is this not a guy who is spearing and pulling out a big fish?It is a stray find and there was no coins around that can helps us .500-700 m away there is small roman fort abandoned in 6 century A.D ,but this is not looking roman to me.Any idea what is it ,horse decoration,belt,furniture decoration?Back side is flat ,no hangers

[SC]

It is a warrior mounted on a horse.  You can see the horse's neck - minus full head - and two legs at the front.  He wears helmet and armour and/or surcoat.  Could be holding a spear in two hands or drawing a sword.  Turkic and Islamic swords did not have big cross-guards. The style, especially the pointed helmet, narrow hips and broad ankle length surcoat are very Turkic and Islamic circa 10th-14th century.

Might be completely wrong but that is what the style looks like to me.

At that time "pilgrims' badges" were popular in the west, made of pewter, tin or bronze.  Often featureless on the back as they were sewn onto clothes.  Maybe this is similar.

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[nikopolis1]

I see now ,may be you are right.Given history of the area where was found posibilities are cumans,mongols/tatars and ottoman turks.Thanks for the info