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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy roundel, probably 14th/15th century. Moulded decoration of a convex sided shield bearing a wavy six-pointed star on a roughened background, and with three sets of two leaves with central trefoil around, and a plain line border. The reverse is undecorated. The obverse is slightly convex and the reverse is slightly concave. There is no evidence for means of attachment. Dark green patina with some patches of light green corrosion. Diameter 45.4mm, thickness 2.0mm, weight 20.95g.Each arm curves one way, with the tip curving the other, as with an artefact illustrated in Saunders ed. (2001, 112; ref. 69) Vol 3.Spencer (1990) "Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue; Part 2" includes four wavy rayed sun/star badges which may have some magical/amuletic significance relating to Christ and the nativity (pp39-40, no.s 79-82, figs 104-107), dated to the 14th/15th century.OR possible Yorkist symbol, 15th century
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