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Title: Fibulae , id?
Post by: vatos on May 12, 2012, 07:01:56 am

Found this fibulae yesterday.
Weight 18 gram
Lenght : 5 * 2,2 cm

Can anyone id this fibulae?

Ty very much.

Gr Arend

Title: Re: Fibulae , id?
Post by: SC on May 14, 2012, 10:49:20 am

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

Title: Re: Fibulae , id?
Post by: vatos on May 14, 2012, 11:36:58 am

As asked :  Indeed there are traces of ename; in the back.

Title: Re: Fibulae , id?
Post by: Viminacium on May 17, 2012, 07:29:48 am

Plate brooche/fibulae with paste. Roman.

Title: Re: Fibulae , id?
Post by: SC on May 18, 2012, 03:21:14 am

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.