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Description: | A cast flat disc brooch. Around the circumference are eighteen projecting tooth-like lobes, giving the brooch a cogwheel-like appearance. In the centre is a low lozengiform boss with a concave underside. Four approximately D-shaped perforations make an openwork cross. A groove around the central boss extends at each corner to form a line down the centre of each arm. Around the cross is a circular band with a further groove forming a border. On the reverse is a pin-lug set parallel to the outer edge of the brooch and a catch-plate set perpendicular to it. Traces of iron corrosion around the pin lug are the only remains of the pin. One of the external ??teeth??, which are thinner and longer than those usually seen on this type of brooch (A. Cattermole, pers. comm.), is now missing, and there is a small hole at the end of one of the arms of the cross where the central groove has worn through.
Several other brooches of this type have been recorded from Norfolk, including one from the Greyfriars excavation in Norwich (EAA vol. 120, pp. 193-4). 9th century.
Maximum diameter: 28.5mm. Weight: 3.96g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Crawford, Becky | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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