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Description: | Copper alloy Anglo Saxon pendant, known as a spangle. This spangle is hexagonal in plan and formed from sheet copper alloy. It is decorated by five holes, perforated from the front to the back, which has uneven metal around the edges of the holes. The frame is broken at the upper hole. It has an even green patina .Spangles had a variety of uses; they were worn at the top of pins, or on buckets, or on the ends of necklaces. They are early Anglo-Saxon and date to the fifth or sixth centuries AD. A selection of circular spangles can be seen in MacGregor and Bolick, 1993, page 246. Similar can be seen on this database at ESS-12EAF3 and LIN-A45E46.
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