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Fibule romane de pe valea Târnavei Mici
Roman Brooches from Târnava Mică Valley

Author(s): Oana Tutilă, Ioan Alexandru Bărbat
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Altip
Keywords: brooches; Lunca Târnavei; Dacia; Roman Age

Summary/Abstract: The artefacts analyzed in the present note were discovered by chance on the territory of Lunca Târnavei village, Şona commune, Alba County (Pl. I/1-3). The six Roman bronze brooches belong to the strongly profiled type (Cociş 8) (Pl. II/1-5) and the knee type (Cociş 19) (Pl. II/6). These kinds of brooches were common and popular in the Roman Dacia milieu, being dated in the 2nd century.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 239-245
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English, Romanian