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Description: | A complete copper-alloy probably mid to late Anglo-Saxon openwork disc brooch of unusual type for which no exact published parallel could be found.
This brooch is flat and circular in plan, measuring 28mm in diameter. It has four evenly spaced roughly triangular open work holes, which form a cross shape within the circular border. There are traces of a groove running along the centre of the front face of the circular border, no other incised decoration can be seen.
On the back face there is a complete integral pin loop and opposite this a complete integral catch plate. There are slight traces of iron corrosion between the pin loop and catch plate which are likely to be the remains of an iron pin.
This brooch is in good condition with a dark /olive green patina, this is missing in places revealing a reddish brown copper-alloy beneath it. This is very similar in colour to the copper-alloy used in other late Anglo-Saxon artefacts, including other brooches, stirrup mounts and terminals. | 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: | 750
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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