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Description: | Medieval harness pendant; cast copper alloy shield-shaped pendant of late 13th or 14th century date. The pendant has a moulded design of a rampant lion with forked tail, facing left, picked out in gilt. The reverse is undecorated. It is suspended from a small, chunky, vertical bar mount with a single rivet extending from the back.Length 44.9mm, width 22.5mm, thickness (plate) 2.5mm, thickness (rivet) 9.6mm, weight 8.35gRef: Griffiths in "The Medieval Horse and its Equipment", pages 61-71
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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