Mount for Spear Shaft
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 400
Medium: Gilded silver inlaid with niello
Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in., 1.1oz. (3 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm, 31g)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Culture: Late Roman
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Date range
395 – 405
Largest dimension
2.6 cm
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