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Roman copper alloy sheet
Corner fragment of a sheet or plaque with silver plating and niello inlay. Five scroll motifs above a single line. Comparable inlaid decoration of high quality appears, for example, on sliding lids of medicine boxes, but with so small a fragment, definite identification is not possible.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.3H/3.59
Find Information
Site Name: British Telecom Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1987
Notes: Excavation conducted on land immediately to the east of the telephone exchange on Museum Street. Context: Phase Vb
Measurements
length / mm:20
width / mm:16
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