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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object possibly of late Anglo-Saxon/Viking Age date. This object consists of a flat circular part with three evenly spaced triangular protrusions along its edges, from the reverse of these incomplete intergral shafts project. It measures in total 16mm by 19mm and 18mm in length. The flat circular disc measures c11mm in diameter and has a central circular hole. The triangular prorusions with their tips pointing down towards the shafts, which project from their undersides, may be stylised animal heads. The shafts have a roughly triangular cross-section and their missing terminals are curving towards each other. The copper-alloy is very reddish brown in colour and similar to that of Viking Age stirrup strap mount and terminals. No parallel could be found for this object and its function is also uncertain.
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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