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Description: | A cast copper alloy Post-medieval religious pendant. The pendant has four projecting knops at each cardinal point, with the top knop being a loop for suspension. The pendant's obverse has a female and male facing each other - the male, on the right appears to have long hair and a pointed beard, popular during the 17th - 18th Century. Beneath the figures is the word ROMA. The reverse of the pendant has a worn pattern or possible inscription around its circumference (now illegible), while inside are the letters IHS, usually understood to represent the initials of the name of Christ (Jesus H. Christ). That the pendant has ROMA on the front suggests this is a Roman Catholic piece, rather than Anglican, and therefore is probably European in origin.
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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