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Category: 
Animal accessories > horse accessories > bridle
Finder: 
SondelSuechtig
Find ID: 
VT-P65NPQ56
Published: 
19.10.2024
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Description: 
Does anyone know where this was on the horse's harness?
Literature: 
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/149969
Diameter: 
75,0 mm
Detector: 
Deus II
Country: 
Germany
County: 
Gifhorn

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Sondelreise   19.10.2024
Looks to me like a chain idler
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SondelSuechtig   19.10.2024
No, it is not. I think it has some kind of fitting. It has angel motifs. An angel with a sword. And there are rivets on the back. I have added better photos

 

 

Sondelreise   19.10.2024
Now in the cleaned state yes of course, thought earlier it is a pinion

 

 

Jan   19.10.2024
Top find, what a huge piece! 👍
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SondelSuechtig   19.10.2024
Yes :) I'm glad I saved this from the plow
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Niedersachse   20.10.2024
Nice find! :-)
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Markus Wehmer   20.10.2024
What a fantastic and exciting find! Congratulations! I could imagine it in the middle of the chest strap or on the side of the halter (on the temples) of the horse.
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Markus Wehmer   4.11.2024
I just came across an article by Christoph Eger that reminded me very strongly of your find. It deals with late Roman disc gags, i.e. the side end of the bit of a bridle, on which the fight of Bellerophon against the Chimaera is depicted. Open link: www.academia.edu I therefore think that you should continue researching disc gags.
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Markus Wehmer   4.11.2024
Or in the direction of phalerae... in any case, ancient motifs seem to be the model for your find.
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