Roman Silver Horse Brooch
2nd-3rd century A.D. A silver plate brooch formed as a profile horse with arched neck, notched mane, incised panels to the neck and flank with ring-and-dot ornament; pin-lugs and catch to the reverse. Cf. Heeren, S. & ven der Feijst, L., Fibulae uit de lage Landen, Amersfoort, 2017, item NL-1015-02a; Bayley, J. & Butcher, S., Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004, item T205, for type. 7.17 grams, 35 mm (1 3/8 in.). Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.Property of an East London gentleman.