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Description: | Part of a copper-alloy disc brooch, dating from the early part of the Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period.Just under half of the disc remains, the rest having been lost in antiquity. The upper surface of the flat-sectioned brooch is decorated with a number of equal-sized ring-and-dot punchmarks. A ring of such marks extends around the remaining perimeter, with one complete and two incomplete marks at the centre. On the reverse, a right-angled lug, located a short distance in from the edge, represents the remains of the catchplate.Diameter: 33.6mm; width: 21.6mm; thickness of disc: 1.4mm; weight: 4.32g.Several similar brooches are held within the collections of the Ashmolean Museum (Macgregor and Bolick 1993: 63 - 67). These brooches appear to be an insular Anglo-Saxon development, with the majority having been found south of a line connecting the Severn and the Wash, with a concentration in the Upper Thames valley, where they may have been produced. Most probably date from the period of the mid 5th to mid 6th century (ibid. 57).
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