08-27-2011, 03:08 AM
Quote:I really was shocked, last night, to find out that the Corbridge Hoard was dated to the Hadrianic period. I assumed, because of the lorica fittings that it belonged in the 1stC. :|I shudder to think what you'll make of the Corbridge-type fittings from 4th-century contexts at León!
CH as a 1st-century find is an old meme that Robinson derived from what he was told by the excavators. He was not an archaeologist so could not evaluate it correctly.
Mike Bishop