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Description: | Cast copper-alloy S-shaped fastener. Post-medieval. S-shaped in plan with a moulded ?dragon's head and neck at each end, and a quadrilobed moulding in the centre. One of the heads almost touches the central moulding, forming a loop which encloses two joined rings. There are traces of a white metal coating visible on the surface of the fastener. Total mass: 9.7g; length (fastener): 31.0mm; width (fastener): 17.4mm; depth (fastener): 6.0mm; maximum external diameter (of rings): 16.2mm. Cf. PAS record HAMP-C1EA84 from Chichester, West Sussex. A further parallel is included in Read (2008, 230; ref. 822).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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