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Roman copper alloy phalera
Of sheet copper alloy, saucer-shaped, with a raised central boss and broken irregular edge, suggesting that it was originally part of a larger object decorated with punched ornament in the form of conventional, provincial Roman quadripartite design with fleur-de-lys and ring-and-dot pattern, and S-scrolls.
Part of a hoard, dating to the period 50-75 CE. It was buried at a time when the Silures, the native tribe of south-east Wales, were fighting a guerilla war against the Romans. The hoard consists of a mixture of both native and Roman military objects.
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Site Name: Nant-y-cafn, Seven Sisters
Notes: Found in the bed of a small mountain stream, a tributary of Nant-y-cafn, somewhere within an 80m length of the stream; the coordinates stated above therefore indicate only the general area of the findspot. Buried in the middle of the first century AD during the Roman conquest of Wales.