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Unique ID: SF-2F9869
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch dating to circa AD 1200-1400. It is circular in plan and flat with rounded. Along the internal edge of the frame is a rectangular notched slot which would have housed the now missing pin. The frame is now heavily worn but appears undecorated.
Similar brooches are depicted in Egan and Pritchard 1991: pg 249, fig 160.
External diameter: 28.5mm; Frame width: 4.7mm; Thickness: 1.1mm; Weight: 2.79g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Width: 4.7 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 2.79 g
Diameter: 28.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2020 - Thursday 31st December 2020
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SMR reference number: RLM 013
Other reference: NH20-041
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books |