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Description: | A gilt copper-alloy object, probably an apex mount from a shield boss. The mount is circular and slightly concave on the reverse. The slight depression in the centre of the reverse is paralleled on other ones and the size, although right at the small end, is not impossible. The front has a raised perimeter rim. There is a recessed band within the perimeter which gently rises to form a second perimeter ridge around the centre of the mount. Within this perimeter is an asymmetrical motif comprising three cresecent-shaped motifs that may be read as three identical Style I animal elements, probably headframes each around an eye. Each motif has a large raised crescent with either end of the crescent splitting into three 'prongs'. Below each crescent is a small raised oval pellet.The decoration does not fit into either of Dickinson's main groups (a = small with profile animals, b = large with two or three chasing animals) although the small size suggests that it should be grouped with type a. Other examples of type a discs with non-standard decoration on the PAS database include NMS-F2E0E7 and LEIC-194735. Date broadly 6th century.
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