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Description: | Copper alloy mount or possible pin head. Circular with a central circular hole and silver inlay decoration. The mount is domed around the central hole, making it correspondingly hollow at the back. The decoration is in three main sections, comprising two panels of chip-carved interlace, separated by a narrow (apparently undecortated) panel radiating from the centre to the edge, and a third area containing triple strand decoration,probably a beast. There is an undecorated framing band around the outer edge. The decoration continues over the domed area until a raised, plaine ring which frames the central hole. There is considerable corrosion on the object's upper surface which obscures the detail and has resulted in the loss of some of the inlay. This makes if difficult to trace the decoration mand fully identify it. The back is undecorated.Date: identified by Helen Geake and Kevin Leahy as 8th century.Dimensions: Diameter - 36.77 mm, height - 5.86 mm, thickness - 1.62 mm, weight 8.94 g
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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