Searching for SAXON - Got ROMAN/SAXON/MEDIEVAL...

[CRUSADER]

There was a field that's been on my mind for a couple of years because we found a Saxon strap-end & a nice Saxon mount. The kind of period stuff that goes with a Sceat, assuming its a site like I suspect. Today we returned only to find it just had a 9 inch ankle breaker turn. We had driven too far not to make an effort. We last 2.5 hours & it beat me up a little trying to stay up-right, so we called it & moved to the Track-Way Site, another Saxon Site where we had 3 Sceats at the end of last year.

The first site surprised us with our first Roman stuff from that field & a stunning hammered 1582.

First Site;
Saxon Pot Shard
Roman Fibula bit
Roman Mount
Saxon Strap-end (type I need)
2nd C AD Roman Bird Brooch - VERY RARE; 4 record on the PAS, 2 in Hattatt's book & this is best of all of them. Thought to be an Eagle
1582 Lizzy Threepence - A scarce date with the sword mint-mark, easily £100+

The Track-Way Site;
3 Roman Coins
1721 Halfpenny
Jetton
2 Medieval Buckles
Broken Hammered Penny

 

[huntsman53]

Congrats on the awesome finds! I am not sure how the Experts (Archies and others) think the brooch is a Roman Bird Brooch when from the appearance, it clearly looks like a Raven or Crow! Sorry, just my take on it!

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats on the awesome finds! I am not sure how the Experts (Archies and others) think the brooch is a Roman Bird Brooch when from the appearance, it clearly looks like a Raven or Crow! Sorry, just my take on it!

It's not just them its me as well. The construction of the piece is 100% Roman period, what is odd is that its not very eagle looking. This could be, maybe explained away by Celtic metal-workers, either way there is no doubt at all in my mind that it's Roman 2nd-3rd C. Plus to add weight to the argument Saxon & Viking depictions of ravens etc are nothing like this.

PS. Just realised you may have meant the Bird & not the period, in which case I agreed its an odd looking Eagle, I guess the issue is a raven/crow is not a known bird that they ever copied.

 

[A2coins]

good post cru

 

[Truth]

Great job CRUSADER!!!! One day I home to make it down to my Grandfather’s birth place Cardiff South Wales. Congratulations my friend.

 

[Squirrel322]

JUST AMAZING

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats on the awesome finds! I am not sure how the Experts (Archies and others) think the brooch is a Roman Bird Brooch when from the appearance, it clearly looks like a Raven or Crow! Sorry, just my take on it!

I've decided to put the feelers out to a couple of Archie mates to get their thoughts. Mostly because all the recorded examples so far have been so incomplete, that it might have thrown them off in the past. Especially the beak, feet & tail are often missing.