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A cast copper alloy probable furntiure mount, dating to the Roman period.
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Caroline Johnson, 2004-07-20 14:50:42
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A cast copper alloy probable furntiure mount, dating to the Roman period.
Description
English: A cast copper alloy probable furniture mount (length: 31.5mm; width at shoulders: 30mm; thickness at shoulders: 1mm; weight: 14.18g). The mount is in the form of a bust of a male. The head has clear facial features, with rather sunken eyes, a snubbed nose, rounded ears, a mouth which is slightly open and a beard in the form of deep ringlets. The shoulders are flat. At the back of the mount there is a slot/ bar which protrudes by 7mm out from the back of the head as a possible attachment fitting which helps to secure the mount to a larger object. The mount is hollow but there is what appears to be metallic corrosion (possibly copper alloy) inside the back of the head. Overall, this object is in a fair condition but there are specific areas of corrosion at the top of the head, the front of the face and towards the back. The mount has a dark green-black patina.

A similar example was found near Lakenheath, Suffolk and is illustrated in Nigel Mill's book 'Celtic & Roman Artefacts', 2000, page 128, Ref no 399. This example is possibly from a belt mount and depicts Silenus, the foster-father of Bacchus and leader of satyrs. He is usually shown as bald-beaded with a snub-nose, pointed ears and a moustache and beard, giving him an Oriental appearance.

This probable furniture fitting mount is also likely to depict Silenus, therefore dating it to the Roman period.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 43 and 300
Accession number
FindID: 70767
Old ref: WMID-D1FDC6
Filename: WMID-D1FDC6 2.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/31205
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/31205/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/70767
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Object location52° 08′ 03.84″ N, 1° 36′ 37.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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