Metal Artefacts of Antiquity by Brian Read

	Soft back, 137 pages, Illustrated B&W, 21cm x29.5cm
	This is a well researched and illustrated title from the author of History beneath our feet, Brian Read. This is a catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom. The book covers such items as: Mounts, Pendant suspension mounts and pendants, Strap distributors, Terrets, Spurs & Spur fittings, Horses' bit, Keys & locks, Seal boxes, Seal matrices, Daggers & Knives & their fittings, Sword fittings, Spear tools, Spoons, Brooches, Weights & weighing apparatus, Candleholders, Lamp suspenders & lanterns, Purse bars & pendant frames and Lead tokens.
Metal Artefacts of Antiquity by Brian Read	Contents:
£17.95	Iron Age or Roman period mounts Anglo Saxon mounts Anglo Saxon stirrup strap mounts Medieval mounts Post medieval mounts Medieval Pendant suspension mounts Roman period pendants Medieval pendants A post medieval pendant A possible Iron Age strap distributor Medieval strap distributors Medieval swivel distributors Iron Age terrets Roman period targets A Roman prick spur An Anglo Saxon prick spur Medieval prick spur A post medieval prick spur Post Medieval rowel spurs and fittings Medieval or post medieval spur rowels A post medieval horses bit Roman period finger-ring keys Roman period large keys A possible Anglo Scandinavian key Medieval large keys Medieval casket keys Post-medieval casket keys Medieval cylindrical spring strip padlocks Roman period lock pins Roman period seal boxes Medieval seal matrices Post-medieval seal matrices A Bronze Age dagger A possible Bronze Age dagger pommel Medieval dagger guards Post-medieval dagger pommels A Bronze Age socketed knife A Roman period possible knife pommel A Roman period knife handle A Roman period folding knife handle	Post-medieval knife handles A medieval scale from a scale-tang knife Post-medieval terminals from scale-tang knives Medieval hilt plates from white-tang knives Medieval shoulder bolsters from whittle-tang knives Post medieval knife end-stops A Roman period knife end stop Post-medieval possible knife end stops An Anglo-Scandinavian sword pommel Medieval or post-medieval sword or dagger chapes A Bronze Age socketed spear A Bronze Age knobbed sickle A Bronze Age socketed gouge A Bronze Age tanged chisel Possible Bronze Age awls A Bronze Age looped razor A Roman period razor Roman period spoons Medieval spoons Post-medieval spoons Iron Age brooches Roman period brooches Sub Roman brooches Anglo Saxon brooches Anglo Scandinavian brooches Medieval brooches Roman period weights Possible Anglo Saxon weights Medieval weights Post-medieval weights Possible weights A Roman period steelyard fitting A medieval tumbrel Medieval candleholders Medieval possible lamp suspenders and lanterns Medieval or post-medieval lead tokens