4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 29cm
Description
disc brooch; probably an Italo-Byzantine imitation of the imperial fibula of the Byzantine court; cameo (white upper layer on brown ground) portrays a profile bust of a helmeted figure, probably Athena
Image Details
Date
6th century
Accession Number
AN1909.816
Material
stone (sardonyx, amethyst), gold
image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford