This frame (38x30cm) displays one Roman bronze brooch plates or fibular plates (without the pin), an ancient iron arrowhead and two Roman coins. These ancient items are mounted into a picture frame that was specially prepared using a number of natural elements such as clay and hessian material to feature such items. We have also used an authentic ancient Roman or Samarian roll out Seal dated about 500 BC- 100 AD to make the clay imprint featured in this frame

Broaches Fibulas This is a very handsome, decorative piece of ancient Roman bronze ornamentation. A fibula was an ornamental pin the ancient Romans and Greeks used to pin their tunics and cloaks together. It is the forerunner of the modern safety pin. Dated around 100-400 AD

Arrowheads Most arrowheads are very hard to categorize. Roman battlefields would have been littered with weapons from the roman armies, their allies and their enemies. Certainly most of what is found today is a mixture of Roman era, Dark Ages & Middle Ages from BC to about 1600 AD. Today, most of the ancient iron arrowheads are coming from Eastern Europe. Many types and sizes of iron arrowheads were used over the centuries but to simplify matters there were only a few categories that all types would fall under, they include- Anti-cavalry arrowheads, designed to bring down the horse along with the rider. Anti-infantry arrowheads are another type, which are very broad compared to the armor piercing arrowheads. The amour piercing arrowheads are heavy and narrow with sharp points and totally different from the anti-cavalry types

Coins dated somewhere between 100-400 AD