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Description: | Lead Disc Brooch fragment. Segment, perhaps about one quarter, of a disc brooch with a moulded relief design perhaps including one arm of a Greek cross with pellets at the ends of the lines defining its arm, and with a series of pellets along the edge of an adjacent field. There appears to have been a plain border to the design. An integrally cast tubular catch plate or socket remains on the back, Patinated overall, and probably cut rather than torn. This may bear comparison with brooches of the Borre style, is one of a class of cheap brooches worn by the lesser sort, often sporting Christian emblems, and suggests the presence of Anglo-Scandinavian settlement. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000.Diameter (inferred): 40mm, Length: 22.1mm, Width: 21.9mm, Thickness (clear of pin gear): 3mm, Weight: 9.31gms.
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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