3rd century AD. A substantial bronze phalera with concentric rings of openwork ornament and incised rings to the centre and rim. Cf. Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, London, 1993, fig.100.33.9 grams, 80mm (3"). Property of an Sussex teacher; formerly in a private collection formed in Hamburg, Germany, in the 1990s.[No Reserve]