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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy hooked tag dating to the early post-medieval period (c. 16th century AD). The artefact has lost its hook: the body and trapezoidal attachment loop are what survives. The body is a convex circle with moulded decoration on the upper face seemingly in the form of a moulded facing head with bushy hair and beard in three quarter view, all within a raised border. The beard appears to have a fork which encroaches on the border at the attachment loop. It seems therefore that the loop would have been lowermost during use such that the wearer could see the body decoration. The metal has largely corroded to a mid-light green colour over a red-brown metal. The motif featured on this tag can be seen on other examples recorded on this database: SUSS-D5DF02, SF-B52863.
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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