Strap End Pendant, Bronze

Strap end for military belts, also wearable as pendant. Copy from a find from the roman Zugmantel fort in Germany, now in the collection of the Saalburg Museum, probably dating to the 2nd or  3rd century. Handcrafted from real bronze. Size 40 x 17 mm. Picture 2 shows the original.

Literature:
Jürgen Oldenstein, "Zur Ausrüstung Römischer Auxiliareinheiten", In: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommisssion, Band 57/1976, Mainz 1977, S. 49-336 - here cat.no. 266