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Amber Amulets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Martin Henig
Martin Henig
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Institute of Archaeology, Oxford
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Britannia , Volume 15 , November 1984 , pp. 244 - 246
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Copyright © Martin Henig 1984. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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78 The cemetery was excavated in 1838. I am most grateful to Roger Peers, F.S.A., curator of the Dorset County Museum for details and to Daphne Moffatt for the drawing.

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80 The coins were identified by Richard Reece, F.S.A.

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