Детали

COLEM:2014.27.240.A.B

Colchester Collections

bulla, fenwick hoard

The Fenwick Treasure

This Roman copper-alloy bulla is part of the Fenwick Treasure, discovered in 2014 under the Fenwick store in Colchester High Street. The treasure, also known as the Insula 19 Hoard, is one of the finest groups of jewellery from early Roman Britain. It was buried when Queen Boudica attacked the city in AD 60/1 but was never recovered by its owners. Bullae were protective amulets given to freeborn male children on the eight day of their life. They were worn throughout childhood and then kept as mementos. A short length of copper alloy tubing remains fixed in the suspension loop of this bulla.

0060 - 0061

Roman

width: 20.00 mm
length: 23.00 mm

On Display - Castle, Colchester