Roman Bronze Belt Mount Group

2ND-6TH CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 - 2 3/8 in. (70 grams total, 40-74 mm).

Comprising: a rectangular plaque with stepped void openwork and scrolled ends; a rectangular mount with rectangular and circular voids; a piriform mount with central void, trefoil to the interior; pierced twice for attachment; a pendant with broad loop, D-shaped plaque with three-lobed void. [4, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired before 1980.
Ex London, UK collector.
Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.

Literature

Cf. for the rectangular plate Bishop, M. C., & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment, from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London, 2006, p.145 no.9.

Footnotes

Belt of Antonine Age incorporated openwork designs, many of which show traces of Celtic decorative influence. According to Bishop & Coulston, these fittings were recognisable as the prototypes for those excavated in the 3rd century Roman military sites.

CONDITION

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