Phalerae

[PhilusEstilius]

I have read some of Valerie Maxfields' work on Phalerae and where she gives mention to the Lauersfort set I have to disagree on one point. This is where she gives info regards the names on these, she refers to the name Medami as possibly being a second owner of these phalerae. I would say this is not so for this name Medami is scratched onto all of the back plates of these pieces, my own personal opinion is that the name Medami is the craftsman who made the Lauersfort Phalerae. There is other evidence that tends to indicate this kind of situation where a name is simply scratched onto items, indeed phalerae such as the back plates from phalerae that were found at Trimontium in Scotland these all carry the name Attici scratched onto these. This clearly indicates that Medamius made the Lauersfort and Atticus made the Trimontium pieces, however very sadly the Trimontium plates are minus their pictures.