The Portable Antiquities Scheme
IRON AGE MINIATURE OBJECT
-400
Incomplete copper alloy miniature shield. The shield is flat, a broad oval in plan, and has a raised tear-drop shaped boss in the centre. The shield is undecorated and has a circular rivet hole either side of the boss, presumably once for attaching a miniature grip which is now lost.The shield is in a fair state of preservation although the perimeter is abraded.Miniature shields are difficult to date however they are thought to range from circa 400BC to the mid-late 1st century AD.
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