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LOT 0665
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Military Lunar Horse Harness Pendant and Hanger
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (5.79 grams, 60 mm).
Composed of a pelta-shaped pendant (lunula) attached to a drop hanger decorated with concentric circles, the central one with remains of light blue and crimson enamel.
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK, in 2022.
Property of a Yorkshire gentleman.
Literature
See Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 581, for type; for near identical lunulae as horse harness pendant see Zwart, A.J.M., 'A Bridled Horse Burial from Beuningen (NL)' in JRMES, volume 9, 1998, pp.77-84, fig.3 no.18.
Footnotes
Horse harness pendants were often characterised by lunulae (small moons, i.e. pelta-shaped artefacts) and drop hangers. They were decorated with enamels of different colours.
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LOT 0665
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Military Lunar Horse Harness Pendant and Hanger
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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