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Description: | Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch. Rectangular head-plate with a line of double c-shaped stamps on either side, side wings missing, broken across more stamps. Fully rounded, waisted integral top knop with two grooves around lower half. Shallow c-sectioned bow with a plain section before a pair of transverse grooves, median longitudinal groove, and two transverse grooves before a break across two more grooves. Foot missing. Single broken pin lug partially obscured by iron corrosion on reverse of head-plate. Pin missing. Breaks ancient. Head-plate 12 x 11mm. Surviving length 47mm. Late 5th - early 6th century.
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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