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Description: | A lead nummular brooch of late early medieval, 9th-10th century in date, now incomplete as a fragment of one side is missing due to an old break. Nummular brooches are so called as they are ultimately derived from coins and often have rings of pellets, around a central 'coin' motif. Other nummular brooches are known from elsewhere in Suffolk, see SF-88E700 and SF7796.
This brooch is circular in shape and measures c26.54mm in diameter. The front face is worn but decorated with a moulded design. There is a cross in the centre within a circular moulding. There are irregualr moulded lines around the border of the brooch, these do not make sense as letters either as they are or when an impression was taken, it therefore seems most likely that they are abstract decorative lines, perhaps meant to reperesent the border inscription on a coin.
On the back face there is a worn integral pin lug and catch plate, there are traces of iron stining, so presumably the pin was iron and has since disappeared. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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