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Description: | A fragment of acast copper-alloy Early Medieval Ansate brooch. The fragment consists of hald of the arched back with a rounded terminal to one end. The other half of the brooch has been broken away by an old break. . The arched back of the brooch is decorated with a ridge at the break of slope up to the arch and double ridge in the center. Below one terminal there are the remaind of a broken integral catch pate extending The reverse of the brooch is undecorated.The fragment is 22.9mm long, 6.7mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 2.97 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.An almost identical example has been recorded from the same localtion, KENT-C5C836. There is also a very similar example has been found in the same feild: KENT-918A91.
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