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Description: | Early Medieval silver and gold circular pin head, 28mm in diameter and 2mm thick. The object weighs 5.40grams and is in good condition with a silver patina. It is decorated on one surface with four intertwined beasts. The upper two face each other and the lower two face away. Each have two limbs, one long and one short. all the short limbs meet in the centre of the circle, while the longer limbs merge into an interlace pattern which is largly oval in form with the two limbs forming a cross over the top. The object appears to have been gilded all over this surface, but has worn off the protruding parts of the design and now only remains in the depressions. The object has two circular holes drilled near to its edge, one at 12 O'clock and one at 3 O'clock. There is also a small integral suspension loop on its outer edge at 12 O'clock which is damaged. This would suggest that the drilled holes are for re-use as a linked pin set. The reverse of the object is plain silver.
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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