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LOT 1038
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
POST ROMAN SQUAMA ARMOUR
5TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (55 grams total, 19-38 mm).
5TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (55 grams total, 19-38 mm).
Each scale B-shaped, slightly convex sides, two equally spaced circular holes along the straight edge. [5, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
LITERATURE:
Cf. D'Amato, R., Salimbeti, A., Post Roman Kingdoms, Dark Ages Gaul and Britain, 450-800, Oxford, 2023, p.37, letters A, D, for similar.
FOOTNOTES:
This object is not typical of 'squama' which usually has scales that are rectangular with one rounded end, and numerous attachment holes at the square end in pairs. However, it can be a type widespread in the post Roman age, with various specimens found in Britain (PAS SWYOR-CA6BBB, BM-95F434 and NCL-34BE90.
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