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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early Medieval Ansate brooch. The brooch has an arched back with an equally size rounded terminal on either end with a ridge at the extreme end. The arched back of the brooch is decorated with a ridge at the break of slope up to the arch on either side and double ridge in the center. Below one terminal there is an integral pierced double lug which contains a transverse iron pin which would have secured the now missing pin. The lug extends 7.5mm from the reverse of the brooch. Below the other terminal is an integral catch pate extending 3.6mm from the reverse of the brooch. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated.The brooch is 35.3mm long, 6.6mm wide, 5.1mm thick and weighs 5.74 grams.Ansate brooches are Frankish in origin and are found on the Continent from the 7th century onwards, but they are not used in England until the 8th century. They were probably in use until the 10th century. A very similar example can be seen in Hattat, p380 ref 1686.A fragment of an almost identical example has been recorded from the same localtion, KENT-C633E0, as well as a very similar example that has been found in the same feild: KENT-918A91.
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