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Description: | An incomplete tinned cast copper-alloy early-medieval disc brooch (Anglo-Saxon: 5th/6th century AD). The brooch is now sub-circular having suffered some circumferential abrasions. The reverse features a pair of horizontally aligned lugs towards the circumference. The catchplate survives well, while the semi-circular pin lug has been broken from the perforation upwards; the pin is missing. The flat upper surface of the brooch is decorated with a central ring-and-dot motif (ring dia.: c. 7.4mm), while the circumference is notched. A similarly decorated pair of brooches can be found illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick (1993, 57; ref. 4.2). Such brooches were often tinned; this example retains much tinning on its upper surface and a trace on the lower, over a mid/dark green metal. Both surfaces appear to have suffered from corrosion and some scratching. The artefact is also slightly bent in profile.
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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