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Description: | Medieval or Post Medieval? copper alloy and gold mount or medallion, 32mm in diameter and 4.5mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a dark green patina and weighs 19.33grams. The object is decorated with a 'Dragon' which resembles a bull like beast with straight, short horns and a wide flat nose. It has large bat like wings which are decorated with cross hatching. Under its feet is some sort of border or stand? made up of short incised lines contained in a longer incised border. The reverse is plain and bears no sign of any fixings. There are traces of gilding picking out detail on the decoration and also worn patches on the reverse. | 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: | 1100
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Wendy Scott | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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