Villanovian Shield

Bronze shield decorated with dots and bosses with diagonal grooves. Five decorative zones: the outermost with groups of three ornaments arranged in a V shape, a groove between two double lines with bosses in the centre. After a smooth zone, groups of grooves are radially arranged once again between two double lines with a boss. The centre adorned with rows of small and large bosses in a star pattern, edged with a double line, filled with radially arranged grooves. With fragments of the end fastenings of a strap to attach an embellishment in the middle.