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Roman silver vexillum head
Slender, slightly tapering shaft with a socket at one end and a blunt point at the other. Immediately above the socket is an onion-, or inverted heart-, shaped plate, this extends nearly halfway up the shaft, where it narrows to little wider than the central shaft before expanding again into a fishtail shape. Split socket, formed simply by the plate wrapped round.
Silver standard head, 75-300 CE. This belonged to the Second Augustan Legion, which was stationed at Caerleon.
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Site Name: School Field, Caerleon
Notes: found lying in the uppermost floor of Room 9 in the magazines adjacent to the basilica exercitatoria (XIX).
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