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Description: | Fragment of Early Saxon copper alloy Cruciform brooch, upper part missing, ancient break above a ribbed convex moulding at the animal-head terminal with prominent eyes and divided scrolling nostrils. There is a slight vertical moulding representing the missing catch-plate on the reverse immediately below the break and above a deep oval hollow, with a smaller circular hollow behind each nostril. Surviving length 50mm. Width (across nostrils) 22.5mm. Late 5th-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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