£200 - £300
Romano-British Strap-Junction. Circa 1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 76.55g. 74 mm. An impressive large strap-junction in the firm of a three spoked wheel. The centre boss is decorated with concentric rings around a circular depression at the centre. Each spoke is detailed with moulded back to back crescents.
Possible functions include use as a strap junction, a fob or dangler, or as a votive object.
Similar objects include fobs or danglers dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period, (c 200BC-100AD). Fobs or danglers are a poorly understood artefact type, and may have been hung from items of equipment, personal apparel or harness decoration (Jope 2000, pp 285). Jope, records 17 known examples of danglers and related 'hangers' from Britain, while Macgregor (1976a, pp 37) records nine know examples of Triskele-decorated fobs from the British Isles.
Other similar objects include miniature or votive wheels
Reference: Jope, E.M. 2000 Early Celtic Art in the British Isles. Oxford University Press
MacGregor, M. 1976 Early Celtic Art in North Britain. Leicester University Press
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