🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Not 100% sure with this one

[Urien of Rheged]

The moment I dug up this little blighter deep down on pasture I just knew it had antiquity to it. I just wasn't certain what it was though.
Anyway after researching I believe I've identified it.
But I'll leave it to you fine folks - who I have to say are collectively quite enclyclopedic with this stuff I notice - to see if anyone else concurs...

 

[Gare]

How about a fishing sinker. Tie the line around it ?

 

[Urien of Rheged]

How about a fishing sinker. Tie the line around it ?

I see why you might think that. You can obviously see that material has been tied in the middle and has caused wear but no I'm pretty sure its not a fishing weight, those two cupped grooves would be unnecessary for such a use.

 

[Gare]

I see why you might think that. You can obviously see that material has been tied in the middle and has caused wear but no I'm pretty sure its not a fishing weight, those two cupped grooves would be unnecessary for such a use.

Because of there size they would be able to tie the line in the center and the large spots would help hold the line on . This is just a guess .

 

[Urien of Rheged]

Because of there size they would be able to tie the line in the center and the large spots would help hold the line on . This is just a guess .

I was thinking it could be one of these...

Record ID: SWYOR-64CFAB - ROMAN toggle

Record ID: LANCUM-FBFCE3 - IRON AGE toggle

 

[Mdpartner]

Roman Toggle

 

[CRUSADER]

I was thinking it could be one of these...

Record ID: SWYOR-64CFAB - ROMAN toggle

Record ID: LANCUM-FBFCE3 - IRON AGE toggle

Yes similar, I would say Romano-Celtic, its an early cross-over piece. Probably made but Celtic metal workers in the early Roman period, it has that influence.