Plate 4. 



Fig. I. 



Etruscan, bronze. Second century B.C. 



Found in the Etruscan tombs of the Volumnii, near Perugia. 



Large circular studs § in. diameter, shghtly convex surface ; spread 2| in. ; 

 heel-plate f in., slightly rounded externally, flat inside; spike round in 

 section, rather more than J in. On upper and lower edge of heel-plate some 

 attempt at ornament in two small rounded knobs. 



Fig. 2. 



Roman spur, bronze. Probably 50 B.C. 



Point i in., round in section; heel-plate circular, i in. in diameter; sides 



2 in. ; spread 25 in. ; sides rounded ; terminals flattened, with quadrilateral 



perforation. 



Mr. Redferns CoUectiou, 



