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Description: | Broken copper-alloy front of a composite hollow button. The front is hemispherical with an incised design of a star or sun with a cenral circle with nine rays or points projecting from it and multiple parallel lines of hatching between each ray. There is a raised dimple off centre in the central circle. About 15%of the front is missing to an irregular, patinated break to one side. The surface has a silvery apppearence suggesting it may be the alloy known as tombac. It is 15.1mm in diameter; 6.2mm tall and weighs 1.79 grams.An identical example is illustrated in Read (2005:73, no.294) from South Somerset which he dates to the 17th to 18th century AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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