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Description: | Rectangular copper alloy plate brooch of Continental origin and of the Middle to Late Saxon periods with, on the reverse, a transverse pin lug and a very short catchplate, now bent. The pin is missing and a crack runs from the edge towards the centre. At each corner there is a small, flat, grooved, trfoil lobe and in the centre of the front face an elongated hollow-backed boss. No exact parallel has been noted but a number of closely related enamelled examples have been noted (Eggenstein 2008, 287-8 and Bos 2007/8, 790, 2.9.3.1-3. 25 x 16.5mm. 9th - 10th century.Area no. 1 on annotated map in file.
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