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A total of 360 fragments of a large Roman silver platter were found. The hoard was being ploughed up from a ditch, which is from a late mediaeval field system at the site. From a detailed analysis of the fragments, it turns out that several platters are represented, but the majority of them come from a large round silver platter, decorated with punch-applied figures, niello inlay and gilding. A computer-rendered drawing of the decorative elements has shown that the platter had a plain central medallion with gilded frame, which had a diameter of 13.30 cm. Around the central medallion is a 4 cm wide decorative section, surrounded by a gilded frame with a diameter of 23 cm. The decoration in this section consists of a number of medallions, which are decorated alternately with geometric patterns in niello and gilding and gilded punched human figures. A wreath surrounds one of the gilded human figures, and it is possibly a depiction of an emperor. Between the medallions is a geometric vine motif, which probably originally was niello inlaid. No rim fragments of the platter have been found, so the full dimensions of the piece cannot be given with certainty.
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Dataset: Royal Collection of Coins and Medal at the National Museum of Denmark, uploaded by Rasmus Holst Nielsen July 2022. Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2026).
