This authentic artifact is a Roman bronze cup fragment. Unearthed at a military/settlement site near the modern town of Varna, Bulgaria, once known as Odessus to the ancients; this artifact dates to the 1st-6th centuries AD, more than 1600 years ago.
Bulgaria, known as Moesia Inferior, was an important province in the eastern Empire, providing military bases; and naval and commercial ports on the Black Sea.
This artifact measures 1.50" long and is in the shape of a bull. Enameling highlights the eye. Although fragmentary, this appears to have originally been a part of a drinking or libation cup.
Professionally cleaned of all surface dirt, this artifact still retains an earth patina from soil contact for many hundreds of years. This artifact would make a welcomed addition to any antiquities collection.
