Roman Horse-Head Brooch

Replica of a Roman horse head brooch.

Here you can buy a Roman horse head brooch, also known as a tetraskelion fibula due to its shape.

This Roman brooch with horse heads is a typical representative of the tetraskelion brooches from the period between 275 and 350 A.D. The term tetraskelion refers to the four arms of the brooch.

The Roman horse-head brooches were particularly widespread in the Balkans among the auxiliary units of the Roman cavalry. They may have served as a military badge of rank or possibly also had a religious significance in the context of a horse cult.

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The horse head brooch measures 3.8 x 3.8 cm and has a sturdy pin construction on the back.

You can buy this Roman brooch replica in high-quality bronze or genuine silver-plated.
Alternatively, you can also order a brooch made of 925 sterling silver.
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Brooches with horse heads in the shape of a tetraskelion were widespread throughout the Roman Empire from the 3rd to the 6th century AD, and were apparently very popular with the eastern foederati as a soldier's brooch in the Roman cavalry.

Brooches of this type originally came from the Balkan region, but with over 50 finds they are widespread across large parts of the Danube lowlands, with most of the finds coming from necropolises or individual graves.

These brooches are more common around Novi Banovci (in Roman times Burgenae), where Roman cavalry corps were stationed until late antiquity and where a production center was probably located. The distribution of these brooches coincides with the presence of Roman foederati (Huns, Goths and Alans) in the Danube lowlands. Many of the horsemen were apparently equipped with such brooches.

Evidence of protomes in the shape of a horse's head can be found among many peoples of the Roman period in south-eastern and Central Europe, for example on belt buckles, brooches and combs. They then became characteristic of Roman cavalry units that the Romans had recruited from Pannonia, whereby the horse motif was mixed with the much older tetraskelion-shaped symbols.