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Description: | A Viking lead weight, inset with a gilded copper alloy mount. Lead weight has been cast into a lozenge shape with rough edges and a worn base. The inset copper mount is also lozenge shaped, it is unclear if there are rivet holes in the mount as the edges are partially covered in lead. The inset is chip-carved, sectioned into four parts by two overlapping semi-circles, in each section created by the overlapping semi-circles there is an interlace pattern. A similar mount can be found in 'Saxon and Viking artefacts' by Mills, on page 67 (AS159). There is a trace of gilding near the edges of the interlace pattern, and on the surface of the raised design. The weight weighs 154.52gSimilar objects can be found on the database as: LVPL-9C24B6, SWYOR-CC1E24, NMS-03F926, LVPL1684.
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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