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Description: | Report on Potential Treasure for HM Coroner 2014 T19Parish/County: Elkington, LincolnshireFragment of a medieval silver-gilt circular mount with traces of an engraved Black Letter inscription which may represent the "C" or "S" from IHC or IHS, the first three letters of the name "Jesus" in Greek. The decorated area consists of a punched field within a narrow border. The punched field is gilded; the letter itself and the border are reserved in silver.A comparable complete mount is at TAR 2004 No 217 (2004 T279).The mount fragment dates to the late 14th or 15th century.Dimensions: length (maximum) 21 mm.Weight:In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.Beverley NenkCurator of Medieval Collections6 June 2014
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