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Description: | Probably a small worn cast copper-alloy openwork 'cogwheel' disc brooch of early-medieval date (c. 9th century AD). The circumference of the brooch is heavily abraded but may have originally been toothed. The upper surface features moulded decoration in the form of an arcuate cross with solid lozengiform centre. The arms of the cross are joined and the joining elements decorated with moulded scrolling. Between the arms and the circumference there are four sub-circular perforations; one seems either not to have been cut or is filled with corrosion product. On the flat reverse are a pair of pointed lugs, presumably the remnant of the pin lug and catchplate. The artefact has been slightly bent in profile. Similar artefacts can be found illustrated in Hinton (1974, 21; ref. 14) and recorded on this database: NMS-DC5234, NMS-9F1CD4. As such brooches tend to be found in and around East Anglia, the attribution remains tentative. | 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: | 800
900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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