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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap mount height 25mm, width 21.5mm, thickness 11mm, weight 6.17g. Rough lozenge shape in plan this has been cast in the shape of a human head. The face is in the lower third with a protruding nose flanked by oval eyes and a slot below for the mouth. Running across the centre of the piece is a semicircular line that separates the face from a hat that below the line are a series of striations that represent hair. The reverse of the piece is concave with an integral rivet projecting from the centre, the rivet is 3.5mm in diameter at the base and narrows towards the tip. Artefacts such as these have been found in excavations from London and have been dated to 1270-1500.
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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