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Description: | A copper alloy disc of 29mm diameter and 1mm thickness. On one face is a compass-drawn cross formed of four intersecting quarter-arcs, shown by single incised lines. The lentoid zones are left blank, but the 'expanding arm' zones are filled with punched dots which appear to have been driven directly onto the metal and not made in a casting stage or model.In fact the whole object appears to be fabricated from sheet metal. The appearance of this disc with compass-drawn cross is naturally quite archaic: but the reverse shows a scar some 23mm long and 5mm wide, which suggests that there was formerly a simple catchpin and fastener attached as a single piece to it. Surrounding this scar is an incrustation of whitish deposit, possibly lead oxide from solder. This type of attachment seems comparatively modern, yet the brooch might be Middle Saxon. The date is a puzzle. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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