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Description: | An Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy saucer brooch.The upper surface of the circular plate bears a geometric pattern comprising five relief-moulded 'running spirals' around a central pellet-in-ring. A plain line border (raised) extends around this design, separating it from the upward-angling rim, which is missing from much of the bottom half of the brooch. On the reverse, the hinge and catchplate each comprise a single right-angled lug. The hinge lug is incomplete, with part of its original pin hole remaining; the catchplate has lost its rolled upper edge. Iron corrosion, probably from the missing pin, surrounds the hinge.Height: 26.9mm; width: 26.5mm; depth: 9.1mm. Weight: 4.68g.Published parallels for this brooch include examples from Caistor-by-Norwich, Hastings and Abingdon (Dickinson 1993: figs. 9, 10 and 13). The dating of saucer brooches is problematic, but they probably first appeared around the mid-5th century. The five-spiral design is the most commonly employed motif on those brooches with geometric designs, comprising 25 per cent of Dickinson's corpus (ibid. 17).
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