Фибула брошь с изображением богини Фортуна, некрополь Каратау, II – III в н. э., Крым, Музей-заповедник «Неаполь Скифский»
Round fibula-brooch with an image of goddess Tyche / Fortune holding a cornucopia and the rudder. Gold foil on the bronze base. Found in the Roman period sanctuary on Mount Kara-Tau, Crimea. The brooch was left there as a votive [sacrificial] offering. 2nd-3rd century
The objects were discovered in 2013 by A. V. Gavrilov, an employee of the Crimean branch of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, following the large-scale looting of the settlement, necropolis and sanctuary, which began in the 1990s.
Analysis of the materials obtained during the study of the sanctuary allows us to date the monument to the Roman period and divide it into two chronological periods in its existence. The main part of the finds from it dates back to the second half of the 1st – first half of the 2nd century. Apparently, this was the time of its most intensive use.
The second group of finds dates back to the 2nd – 4th centuries.
Researchers believe that the sanctuary was associated with a large late Scythian settlement that existed on Kubalach from the 2nd century BCE.
Source: Святилище на горе Кара-Тау в крымских предгорьях Open Archaeology
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