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Phalera

Hollow hemispherical gold fitting (phalera); made from thin sheet, embossed with a long-necked crouching and sinuous-bodied winged beast; plume-like tuft rises from the head; recessed ears, wings and other parts of the animal's body would have originally contained coloured inlays.

Kind
artefact
Date
99 BCE – 99 CE