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Description: | An Early Medieval (middle Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy disc dating to the 8th or 9th century. The object is incomplete, with approximately 40 percent of the disc broken and missing. The front surface is decorated with an engraved design around the central rounded knop, all of which is contained within a raised border running around the outer edge. Large amounts of gilding remain on the front surface. The design comprises an equal armed cross with rounded terminals and a groove running just inside the edge of the cross. The cross is centred on the knop and the arms extend to the outer edges of the disc. In between two of the arms are similar circular intertwined motifs; corrosion obscures the detail. In between the next arms, the motif varies and is no longer circular, the intertwined strands possibly represent a beast. The fourth arm and last quarter of the decoration is missing. Along the break there appears to be the remains of a deliberate perforation. The semi-circular curve appears quite regular but this may be coincidental. One section is bent at an angle to the rest of the disc which is due to damage.The reverse is undecorated and has no signs of any fittings for a brooch or of any signs of attachment; the object may be a pin head. Dark green patina.Dimensions: diameter 33.31mm; thickness 3.73mm; weight 4.12g
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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