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Description: | TREASURE CASE: 2013 T227Fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon silver wrist-claspSurface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the fragment of 97%, the remainder being copper, gold and lead; it weighs 1.22 grams.The find consists of a disc of tightly coiled silver wire of three turns with the remains of two further turns projecting in a tab on one side; diameter (max), 14mm.The coiled circular form is closely similar to the terminals of Anglo-Saxon wrist-clasps of Hines's end 5th/6th-century class A, although they are often looser, e.g. from Riskedal, Norway, and from a site north of Ipswich (J. Hines, 1993, Clasps Hektespenner, Agraffen. Anglo-Scandinavian Clasps of Classes A-C of the 3rd to 6th centuries A.D, Stockholm; Treasure Annual Report, 2003, no. 72.2 and 2005/6, no. 204.2).B.M. AgerCuratorDepartment of Prehistory & EuropeBritish Museum
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