Summary

Bar brooch or fibula of bronze with silver inlay, of Roman type, found in Scotland at the east end of the Antonine Wall, made in South West England, 80 - 165 AD

Accession Number

X.FG 11

Other references

Original description

MISCELLANEOUS ORNAMENTS, CHIEFLY BRONZE. Bronze fibula inlaid with silver, found near the Roman Wall at Firth of Forth end. SD note, July 1999: Edited from SCRAN full data set. Fraser Hunter note, 13 September 2001: Illustrated in R. Sibbald 1707 'Historical Inquiries ...', unnumbered plate showing Antonine Wall, description reads 'Fibula Argenea found near the River Forth and not far from the Wall; Illustrated in A. Gordon 1726 Itinerarium Septentrionale, pl IV no 9, the description (p117) adds nothing new.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Clerk Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Antonine Wall, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1894

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Clerk Collection

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Vendor

Image