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Description: | Cast lead alloy badge or mount with a raised design on the front. The piece is incomplete with straight breaks across two sides and irregular edges. The central design is circular and the piece may also have been circular but this is unclear. The front has a design of a mans bust in profile, he wears a rounded hat with a prominent brim and a decorated robe, he also appears to be bearded although this could be his hand held to his mouth or another feature. The bust is within a raised circular border with the field around the bust filled with ring and dot designs. The border has a thin inner plain line, then a thicker ropework line (ie interrupted by multiple, evenly spaced diagonal lines), another thin line then a second wider line. the back is plain. It is now 28.9mm by 19.6mm by 1.9mm thick and weighs 6.18 grams.The general form of a moulded lead-tin alloy circular badge is common for pilgrim badges of the 15th and early 16th century but the design is not paralleled in the usual sources. Heads in profile are rare on these badges although some figures with hats with prominent rims are known (cf BH-6EDFD6 and HAMP2202 for hats although these are different in the rest of the design). It could possibly be a mount of slightly later date similar to SOM-09E840.
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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