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Description: | A modern gold pendant.The object consists of two gold discs with pressed images, replicating probably (the details have not pressed through clearly) coin obverses (i.e. the bust side only repeated to make two halves) of the emperor Maximian (AD 286-310), with a gold disc between and a beaded rim. Such mouldings in thin gold or silver foil taken from a coin 'host' are often termed clichés and were a technique known in antiquity to produce forgeries as well as a similar technique for 'bracteate' jewellery popular in Barbaricum (beyond the Roman frontier). Although both coins and bracteates in filigree frames are known, no precise parallels are recorded for a multiple cliché like this mounted within a filigree frame.Diam: 25.4mm; Weight: 6.97gA report has been prepared by the Dept. of Scientific Research, British Museum (see separate sheet). The beaded wire is virtually the same metallurgy as the two pseudo coin mouldings so all were likely to have been made at the same time. The gold composition is compatible with Anglo-Saxon products (and many other periods besides); however, the filigree wire appears to have the characteristics of modern and not Anglo-Saxon manufacture.The Treasure Act requires that a group of coins should 'belong to the same find'. However, for jewellery only one item is required provided it is of sufficient antiquity. On the balance of probabilities, therefore, I conclude that as a modern gold pendant it does not constitute a prima facie case of treasure.
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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