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Description: | Incomplete copper-alloy mace head. From the weight the metal appears to have a high lead content. The mace head is circular (diameter 58 mm) and heavily cast with four projecting blunt lozengiform pyramids between four half-pyramids above and below. The circular central perforation is slightly irregular (approximate diameter 20 mm) with straight openings and a concave internal moulding. It is 28 mm high. A broadly similar example, with two rows of pyramidal projections, was found at Lidgate in Suffolk and is illustrated in Evans 1881 (The Ancient Bronze Objects, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland) fig.339, and, further afield, parallels are known from Central Europe and the Balkans. In particular, a number of 13th-15th century examples from Hungary are illustrated in Nicolle 1999 (Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era 1050-1350: Western Europe and the Crusader States), pp. 317 and 520, nos. 861a-c). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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