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Description: | A copper alloy middle Anglo-Saxon ansate brooch. This brooch is complete and has an arched bow and two oval shaped terminals. It measures 38.2mm in length and each terminal is c10.4mm in width and the bow is 3.8mm in width. The front face of the terminals are decorated with cross-hatched grooves. On the back face one terminal has a catchplate projecting from its centre and the other has a single pin lug, no trace of the pin survives. Although ansate brooches can be earlier on the continent in England they date from the 8th and 9th centuries.
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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