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Description: | A copper-alloy mount of medieval date. For two parallels from London, see Egan and Pritchard, 1991, p. 170, nos. 814 and 815.
The head of the mount is circular in plan. The slightly convex upper surface has cast decoration in the form a large central pellet surrounded by four concentric rings of smaller pellets. Extending from the centre of the flat back of the mount is an integral rivet of circular section. Both the front and back of the corroded mount have traces of gilding.
The artefact measures 16.1mm in diameter, 7.1mm thick (including the rivet) and weighs 2.39g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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