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Description: | An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy Pressblech die stamp for making foils (c. 700-c. 800).This stamp would probably have been circular when complete. The majority of the edges have been lost to breaks and corrosion. A small piece of the original edge survives.This object is sub-circular in plan, sub-rectangular in cross-section, moulded at the front and flat at the rear. A cross pattée at the front has a figure-of-eight (Irish) knot in relief in each angle. There is a small circular depression at the centre of the cross. The back is plain and flat and has a tiny piece of embedded iron at the centre.This object has a shiny mid to dark green patina and is corroded in places.Length: 18.2mm; width: 16.7mm; thickness: 2.6mm. Weight: 2.44g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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