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Fibulae , id?
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vatos:
Found this fibulae yesterday.
Weight 18 gram
Lenght : 5 * 2,2 cm
Can anyone id this fibulae?
Ty very much.
Gr Arend
SC:
I believe that it is a variant of the Hod Hill family. Are those traces of enamel in the back? It looks like it but I can';t be certain.
Shawn
vatos:
As asked : Indeed there are traces of ename; in the back.
Viminacium:
Plate brooche/fibulae with paste. Roman.
SC:
No. A plate fibula is a flat fibula. One of the first divisions of fibulae is into plate or bow and this is clearly a bow type - it has the arched body.
Within bow type it is likely a Hod Hill type variant as the overall form and the small side lugs indicate. It is then an enamelled sub-type. I have yet to find an exact parallel but it would be described as:
Fibula, Hod Hill variant, enamelled.
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