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Description: | Copper-alloy nummular brooch, 32 mm in diameter. Around the edge, both on the front and reverse, is a single ring of pellets. On the front, made up of short engraved lines, is a motif consisting of a profile head. There is a double band around the forehead, and behind this short lines for hair. There is a circular eye, and two lines forming the angle of a nose; below the nose is a downturned mouth. More lines make the shape of a shoulder and arm, probably swathed in drapery. In front of the face is a row of lines radiating out from the centre. The head is facing right. On the reverse are two broken double lugs, one of which is slightly wider than the other. The latter is probably the pin lug and the other was probably the catchplate. The brooch dates to the later Anglo-Saxon period (9th or 10th century) and is based on a late 4th - early 5th century Roman coin. It weighs 6.52g. The copper-alloy disc has been cast and has incised decoration. Kevin Leahy informs me that similar brooches have been found in Barnetby Le Wold (North Lincolnshire) and Blakeney (Norfolk). | Subjects: | Nummular Late Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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