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Description: | Late Saxon convex disc brooch, cast. Very worn with considerable edge-damage. Traces of Borre-style decoration are visible comprising three cat-like animal heads facing into the centre of the brooch separated by the lobes of a trefoil. Faint traces of gilding are also visible. On the reverse are the remains of a pin-lug and catch-plate set parallel to the sides of the brooch. Maximum diameter: 24mm, weight: 3.56g. These brooches are relatively common in East Anglia, with over 20 known from Norfolk alone. Brooches of this type are also widespread in Scandinavia, with a particular concentration at Birka (near Stockholm, Sweden). | 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: | 900
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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