Standard / backing disc

Description

Bronze backing disc from a standard, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 100 AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 133

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Standard / backing disc

Date

80 - 100

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze; three metal loops on back; without radial lines in central concavity

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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