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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Anglo-Saxon disc brooch. This brooch is circular in plan but has sustained damage around approximately half of its circumference. It is flat in section and is now bent giving it a gentle downward curve to either side. The brooch has a central, circular perforation. Around the perforation are three pairs of concentric incised lines, two around the perforation, two at the edge of the brooch, with the other pair evenly spaced between. Rows of punched dots are seen between the outer and middle pair, and middle and inner pair, but there does not appear to be punched dots between the inner pair of lines and the perforation. A small amount of tinning can be seen on the front of the brooch, as is usual with this type. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The missing portions of the circumference of the brooch include the area where the integrally cast catchplate would have been. However the single, integrally cast lug for the pin hinge partially survives. It is quite elongated at 7.8mm and has some iron corrosion around the partial perforation. The brooch has an even mid green patina to front and back, with exposed surfaces of lighter green. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The brooch has a surviving diameter of 29mm, is 1.76mm thin and weighs 3.29g. MacGregor and Bolick, 1993 illustrate many similar examples with the concentric ring decoration. Brooches of this type date to the 5th and 6th centuries. | 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: | 475
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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