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Description: | Late Iron Age or early Roman cast copper alloy pendant. Circular with transverse constriction at apex, rounded sub D-sectioned. There is a radial line of six closely spaced blind holes on the lower external face. Each blind hole is 3mm in diameter. Five of the holes contain orange/brown iron-stained possible decayed enamel or fine-grained mineral deposit. The empty hole is 2.5mm deep. The metal has a dark brown patina. External diam.18mm. Internal diam.5mm. 8mm thick. Weighs 10.90g. See a similar find from Herefordshire HESH-D16AA6. 1st century BC/AD.
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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