Crimea findings

[M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER]

Those first two fragments seem quite small for stand alone Roman mail. I wonder if they are not mail that was used in "plumata" armor except that the scales are no longer present.
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Paolo

Perhaps, that is an interesting question. The author does not suggest that possibility though, he speaks of all the fragments as hamata pieces. He also indicates that 848 hamata fragments were altogether found in the same sanctuary (discussed in another Russian source I do not have), as well as a large fragment of a brass hamata with small rings.