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Silchester eagle
The Silchester eagle
MaterialBronze
Size6 inches (15 cm) high
Created1st or 2nd century CE
Period/cultureRoman
Discovered9 October 1866
Calleva Atrebatum
Discovered byJames Gerald Joyce
Present locationReading Museum
IdentificationREDMG : 1995.4.1

The Silchester eagle is a Roman bronze casting dating from the first or second century CE, uncovered in 1866 at Calleva Atrebatum in Silchester, Hampshire, England. It was purchased in 1980 by Reading Museum in Berkshire where it remains on display as of 2022.[1]

  1. ^ "Silchester Gallery". Reading Museum. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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