Monument record TDM 009 - Bronze head, hollow casting, worn, traces of tinning on right eye. Found whilst metal detecting.
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 195 486 (101m by 100m) |
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Map sheet | TM14NE |
Civil Parish | TUDDENHAM ST MARTIN, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Bronze head, hollow casting, worn, traces of tinning on right eye. Bacchus rising from a calyx - Bacchus resurrected as in Eleusinian myth of Dionysus- Zagreus. Probably an applique fitting from a casket or piece of furniture and not necessarily from a shrine (S1).
Metal detector find (S2). Also 14 coins (1 C2, mostly radiates of C3 or C4), a Samian form 33 rim and greyware sherds. Mostly metal detected. Further coins (C2-C3) and brooch fragment (S2).
(see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s): bronze Antoninianus of Carausius, ?Pax type, London mint, 286- 293 (S2).
Within area of cropmarks, TDM 017.
Sources/Archives (3)
Finds (6)
- FSF17406: FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF17407: COIN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF17408: POTTERY SAMIAN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF17409: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF17410: COIN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF17411: COLCHESTER DERIVATIVE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
Mar 2 2009 1:27PM