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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-9688E0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Saxon, cast, copper-alloy disc brooch with backward-looking beast within a border of 28 pellets (this is the most frequently recorded number of pellets on a brooch of this type). The beast has an upturned tail and open jaws. It has no mane as many other brooches of this type do. There is a ring-and-dot eye, a single ring-and-dot on the beast's breast and one on it's haunches. The beast has four legs, with two or three toes on each which blend into the border pellets. On the reverse are the integrally-moulded pin-lug and catch-plate. The pin-lug is positioned directly behind the beast's breast and is heavily encrusted in iron corrosion, probably the remains of an iron pin. The catch-plate is intact and curls upwards with the open side facing up.
Notes:
A similar backward-looking animal brooch was found in an early 10th-century context in 16-22 Coppergate, York, giving the best archaeological date for the series (Roesdahl 1981,'The Vikings in England', no. E10, p.75, 105).
Donated to "The Collection" Lincoln, 16/04/2014.
Class:
Back-turned animal
Sub class: Weetch Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1066
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.07 mm
Weight: 7.03 g
Diameter: 27.26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: South Somercotes
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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