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Description: | The shape of the terminal is crescentic in plan and is decorated on one face. The decoration consists of two 'trumpet' crescentic shapes which are back to back with the void at the upper edge. The border of this face is raised and varies in width. Protruding from the convex edge is a rectangular sectioned copper alloy casing filled with iron. This copper alloy casing appears to be incomplete as the edge is irregular, and the iron has corroded so that it covers the edge from further examination. The convex edge of the item has an elongated sub-triangular void either side of the rectangular protrusion. The voids do not appear to be decorative as they are quite crude and slightly irregular. The reverse of the crescentic terminal appears to have a high relief 'V', the base of the 'V' continues from the rectangular protrusion. The 'V' is also covered with iron, and iron staining has spilled onto the other fields of the reverse. The item has a dark green patina covering all of the copper alloy surface.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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