|
Date: |
|
Description: | Central part of a lead nummular brooch in very good uncorroded condition. Measuring 27 mm in diameter, it has rather late Celtic-looking decoration. In the centre is a small pellet surrounded by a relief triangle. Around this are three relief double-strand C-shapes, arranged back-to-back to form a triangle with outward-scrolling points. One of the pairs of scrolls has a pellet in each scroll, another has an annulet in each scroll, and the third has one pellet and one annulet. Each pair has a linking double-strand chevron between the scrolls. In the centre of each side of the triangle (each C-shape) is a rather worn relief single-strand reversed S-shape or figure-of-eight set radially, with each outer loop containing a pellet and each inner one an annulet. One inner loop has been cut through by an irregular oval hole. The centre of the brooch is flat but raised, and the edge steps down to what was originally a number of rows of small pellets. The step has presumably caused a weakness, and all but a tiny fragment of one row (with four pellets) is now missing, along with the pin lug and catchplate. Nummular brooches were originally based on coins (hence the name, from numismatic) but this one has clearly come a long way from that! It?s a very well-preserved and rather important piece. 9th or 10th century. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 850
1066 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
Central part of a lead…
-
BROOCH
Central part of a lead…
-
BROOCH
Gilded copper-alloy great square-headed brooch…
-
BROOCH
A cast lead-alloy brooch of…
-
BROOCH
Small flat copper-alloy disc brooch…
-
BROOCH
Small flat copper-alloy disc brooch…
-
BROOCH
Large and near-complete copper-alloy cruciform…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver-gilt…
-
BROOCH
A copper-alloy brooch of hybrid…
-
BROOCH
A copper-alloy brooch of hybrid…
|