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Description: | A complete copper-alloy gilded mount of Early-medieval date. The mount is in two fragments, it is circular in plan and broadly rectangular in cross section. The front face of the mount is decorated with a central knop surrounded by a circumferential groove and a raised circumferential band. The outer edge is also decorated with a circumferential groove and band. In between the mount is decorated with intertwined possible beasts. Due to wear it is difficult to discern. There are traces of gilding visible on on the front face.The reverse is undecorated, four incomplete circular projections are visible, one at each cardinal point.The mount is 34.60mm in diameter, 4.95mm thick and weighs 7.43 grams.
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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