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Record ID: IARCH-192E60
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two silver armlets and ring in Dept. of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, BM (A.W. Franks Bequest, 1850). The armlets were penannular snake bracelets, 2 5/8 in. in diam., each made of a strip of silver, 3/8 in. wide. They were ornamented with patterns of punched dots and incised lines. The snake armlets each bore an inscription incised on the underside near the terminal. One inscription, complete, read VIIRNICO, the other was incomplete. H.E.M. Cool, in Britannia, X (1979), 165-8, full description and figs. Of armlets.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Sunday 22nd January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castlethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.