Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Roman copper alloy scabbard chape

Peltiform, almost crescent shaped, scabbard chape with a central fleur-de-lis shaped projection on the front, which the two sides bend in to meet. The top part of the back plate is broken, so it is unclear how this would have ended.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

32.60/3.10

Find Information

Site Name: Prysg Field, Caerleon

Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1927-1929

Notes: RBa(2)S

Acquisition

donation, 6/2/1932

Measurements

length / mm:39
width / mm:43
thickness / mm:9

Material

Copper alloy

Location

in collections

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