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Description: | An incomplete cast lead mount of uncertain date. More than half of the object is missing due to old breaks. It is flat, disc shaped in form and with moulded decoration on the front face. This comprises a large central globular boss, from whch radiate the remains of four surviving cross-hatched leaf or metal motifs. These motifs are separated by trefoils of pellets, al of the decorative elements contained within a double border. The back face is flat and undecorated. The surviving object, formed from two joining pieces, measures 39.16mm in length, 24.04mm in width, 6.62mm in thickness (at central boss, 1.09mm at plate), and 7.8g in weight.This is a decorative object, possibly a mount or similar, its precise function uncertain due to its preservation. The decorative elements find parallels in lead tokens and counters of the Medieval period (e.g. Mitchiner and Skinner, 1983) and this might suggest a similar date range for the current object, perhaps in the 13th-15th centuries AD. However, this remains uncertain until such time as a close parallel is identified.
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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