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Description: | An early-medieval copper-alloy disc brooch.A single ring-and-dot punchmark is located at the centre of the upper surface of the flat-sectioned disc. Two concentric grooved rings surround the centre and a further pair of such grooves extends around the circumference. The area between the two sets of grooves is decorated by a ring of ring-and-dot punchmarks, slightly larger than the central mark. The edge of the disc is damaged and, like the reverse, bears traces of a white metal coating. Scars on the reverse indicate that the two lugs of the hinge have been deliberately removed, as has the catchplate, which would have been located opposite. Adjacent to the hinge remains is what appears to be part of an in situ copper-alloy rivet. A partially drilled hole is situated opposite this, next to the stub of the catchplate. This modification may represent a repair to the pin mechanism, or else the brooch may have been adapted to create a mount or pendant.Dimensions not known (recorded from photograph). Weight: 17.18g.Several similar brooches are held within the collections of the Ashmolean Museum (Macgregor and Bolick 1993: 63-67). These brooches appear to be an insular Anglo-Saxon development, with the majority having been found south of a line connecting the Severn and the Wash, with a concentration in the Upper Thames valley, where they may have been produced. The majority probably date from the period of the mid-5th to mid-6th century (ibid. 57).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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