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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JJ Walker, post: 7947954, member: 125206&quot;]So I&#039;ll try out a couple artifact posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one I got from an auction that was selling many coins and a couple artifacts that were found together in the Balkins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This item was listed as:</p><p>&quot;Roman Empire, 1st - 3rd c. AD. Bronze zoomorphic handle fragment of a horse. 60mm x 31mm x 21mm. Dark brown patina. Found in the former Yugoslavia.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Paid $80.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376617[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376618[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376616[/ATTACH]</p><p>(example)</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess you all may know that I&#039;d love to see this as bronze as it was when it was made.&nbsp; I also guess you all are going to tell me where to put the handle if I do that.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, if anyone wants to point me to a place to learn how to restore ancient bronze I would appreciate it.&nbsp; Not saying I&#039;d do it on this, but I really want to learn it.&nbsp; I love what this guy did:</p><p><a href="https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_b/advanced/tb_1_1b.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_b/advanced/tb_1_1b.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_b/advanced/tb_1_1b.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>However I cannot get in touch with him as he&#039;s retired:</p><p><a href="https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/~hf/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/~hf/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/~hf/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That aside, what are your thoughts as to what this is?&nbsp; It really seems to be a Hippocamp.&nbsp; Looking at the facing left photo it looks like some kind of item is holstered in his side with three circles/dots on it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve read in some research that on ancient Roman rings (I&#039;ll be posting one that I got) the number of circles represent which legion the owner was in.&nbsp; So if that&#039;s true, maybe this was in the 3rd Legion?&nbsp; Lots of leaps there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas what this would have been attached to?&nbsp; I want to believe it was some kind of weapon like a small 4 inch dagger.&nbsp; But I guess likely it was some kind of foot for pot or something.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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