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Description: | A cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon button brooch with gilding on the front of the brooch. The rim has been badly damaged, it is 1.21mm thick. The brooch is flat and circular (the diameter varies from 16.8mm to 15.2mm). The brooch depicts an incised circle, just inside the rim. Inside the circle there is a depiction of some sort of head, the head could be anthropomorphic or it could be zoomorphic. The head has a pointed helmet, flat eyebrows and triangular eyes. The cheeks are curved and narrow. The nose is thin and has flaring nostrils. Traces of gilding can still be seen on the face. The reverse is undecorated, but the broken remains of the pin lug and the catchplate survive. The pin lug and the catchplate only survive as small lumps. The pin lug and the catchplate have been arranged in a longitudinal alignment. No pin survives. The brooch is otherwise complete. The metal appears a little worn and corroded. The artefact is generally a mid brownish-green colour. Similar brooches, including one from nearby Alfriston can be seen in Avent and Evison, page: 82 ref: class Bii. This type of brooch dates from the Early Anglo-Saxon period, between circa 450-550 AD. | 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: | 450
550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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