Record ID: HAMP-454CE4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap junction of medieval date. The central element is quadrilobate, formed of a ring with a rounded lobe at each cardinal point. Between each lobe an attachment loop would have looped round the ring, three attachment loops now survive. Each lobe has a groove coming in from each side towards its base. This, in conjunction with grooves that radiate out from the centre of the base give a scallop shell effect. The lower surface of the ring is flat and plain. Each attachment loop is of the same construction; they vary slightly in size. They are formed of strips folded…
Created on: Saturday 17th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th March 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-451B72
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and very corroded 14th-century copper-alloy medieval English jetton of the Star and Crescent type (c. 1344 - c. 1355 AD; Berry obverse type 3; cf. Mitchiner 247). The jetton is abraded all around its circumference. It has a central perforation.
Created on: Saturday 17th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
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