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Description: | Cast copper alloy late medieval or early post medieval mount. This mount is circular in plan and flat in section. It has a central circular perforation and was possibly attached by means of a rivet, now missing. The front of the mount is decorated with a double border of punched rectangles, 4mm apart that follow the circumference of the object. Within the central circular field created by the inner border, is further decoration in the form of two horizontal incised lines, with incised triangles flanking a semicircle above the upper line and three V shapes and a triangle beneath the lower line. Between the lines is incised IHC, derived from the Greek inscription for Jesus Christ. In the space between the two circumfral lines, around the central decoration is inscribed: +NAZAREN ' REX IVDEORV:[M] , which completes the phrase "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews". The reverse is plain. The mount is 26.3mm in diameter, 1.02mm thick and weighs 1.88g. It has a dark brown patina with some patches of orange corrosion product to the front. The mount is slightly bent, and to the rear, where the bend occurs, there are patches of lighter green. The mount dates to th elate 15th or early 16th 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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