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Description: | A brooch which has been been constructed using a Medieval Silver hammered coin; a "canopy" type penny of William I dating to 1070-2. North 843. The coin has been gilded on the reverse which has become the front of the brooch. The obverse of the coin which has been used as the back of the brooch shows a two column canopy covering a crowned and diademed bust facing with the face of the King and canopy still visible. However there is some damage to the reverse of the coin and the legend has been worn and so is partially illegible. The reverse design shows a double quadrilateral with incurved sides and a fleury at the angles. There would have been an annulet at the centre of the design but the brooch now has a blue setting, possibly stone or glass, which has been punched through from the back with a circular perforation showing the setting. The edges of the coin have been pushed up supporting the setting in place which protrudes from the rest of the flat brooch. On the back of the brooch there is a rectangular strip of silver diagonally across the centre, riveted in place by two silver rivets at either end; both approximately 1.32mm in diameter. This strip covers and possibly also supports the blue setting in its place. The strip is broken/snapped at one of the rivets, with the rivet still in situ but showing a semi circular notch in the strip where it has broken. The other rivet, which is also still in situ at the other end, holds the remainder of the strip which then branches out either side creating an almost T shape. One branch is now damaged and broken but the other appears to be complete, measuring c.3.6mm and partly folded, and has a semi circular terminal. In this terminal there is a circular perforation holding a broken circular stem of silver measuring c.5.97mm in length. This could potentially be the remains of a pin or other form of attachment. Each of the rivets are visible on the front of the brooch and have been convinently placed over two opposite angles of the coin design of the double quadrilateral.The diameter of the brooch is 19.32mm and it weighs 1.55g. The setting is approximately 3.11mm in diameter and has a depth of c.3.55mm including the Silver strip on the back. The strip on the back is c.14.79mm in length and c.3.96mm in width.The brooch is worn with areas of gilding missing on the front and parts of the legend now partially illegible. There is damage to the attachment mechanism on the back of the brooch and also damage to the edge of the brooch with a fragment missing. The blue setting looks to be in quite good condition. Other coins which have been reused and manipulated to create brooches have been recorded on the PAS database but no examples show the use of the a stone or glass setting.
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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