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Description: | A bent, corroded and incomplete copper-alloy disc brooch of early Early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date.
The plate, which is circular in plan, is decorated around its perimeter by a series of closely-spaced parallel grooves, which create a toothed edge. Just inside this outer border is a ring of small punched dots. The centre point of the brooch is marked by a larger incised dot surrounded by two concentric grooves. On the reverse, the pin attachment is set just in from the edge and consists of a single lug with a rounded top edge and circular pin hole. A remnant of the catchplate lies opposite the pin attachment. The pin is missing but the pin attachment has adhering to it traces of iron corrosion. The surface of the brooch also has possible traces of tinning or silvering.
The object measures 34.9mm in diameter, is 9.3mm thick (including the pin attachment) and weighs 8.54g. The plate is 1mm thick. | 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 | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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