Description
Heading : Roman Pewter Mirror c 200 AD
Material: Pewter artefact
Period: Early Roman occupation of Britain
Date: 1st to 3rd Centuries AD
Source: British found. The property of a private Sussex collector
Condition: Structurally sound. verdigris to both sides partly obscuring both the mirrored surface and the decoration on the reverse
Description: Flat; circular with a small semicircular eyelet attached to reverse; one side flat and polished; reverse with cast. curved decorations within concentric circles
Size and Weight: 6.3 cm in diameter – 35 grams
Notes : Mirrors had been in use for some three millennia before this example was made. originating in ancient Egypt where bronze was the base metal.
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