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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date (AD 1230 ? AD 1400). Outer diameter 29mm, inner diameter 18mm. Weight 6.53g.
The frame of the brooch is circular in plan and flat on each face. It varies in width throughout its circumference from 6mm to 4.2mm. Details of the pin constriction are obscured by a large deposit of iron corrosion, indicating that the missing pin was made of iron. One face has the remains of an inscription that appears to have extended all around the face. However, due to corrosion, the only letter that can be positively identified is a letter A close to the constriction. The other face may also have had an inscription although this is not now visible.
The brooch is corroded and pitted and in poor condition. Traces of a black deposit on each face may be decayed silver or niello. | 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: | 1230
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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