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Description: | A copper-alloy open-frame brooch of 13th century date.The frame is sub-circular in plan. The upper surface bears moulded decoration in the form of two serpent-like animals, their opposing heads either side of the much narrower pin constriction. The wire pin has been looped around the pin constriction, the point sitting on a protruding rest. The underside of the brooch is flat. The surfaces are heavily corroded. It measures 16.9mm wide, 17.9mm high and 1.6mm thick. The weight is 0.97g.For a similar brooch (albeit with four heads), from Mildenhall, Suffolk, see Treasure Annual Report 2004 (TAR 2004: 95, no. 145).
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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