FORVM`s Classical Numismatics Discussion Board
Antiquities Discussion Forums => Fibulae and Clothing Items => Topic started by: Mayadigger on January 20, 2022, 04:57:36 pm
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Ave!
Copper alloy; 67mm/31gm
Please let me know your thoughts.
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I don't think so. I think it is almost certainly well after the fall of Constantinople (1453).
The solid construction and ornate decoration look like 18th-19th century to me. Whether Ottoman, local Slavic, Ottoman-inspired Slavic, etc. I don't know.
SC
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Could that be some sort of inscription above and to the sides of the openings?
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I think it is just a floral pattern.
SC