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BROOCH
Unique ID: BUC-58AFA4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy Early Medieval button brooch, with surface gilding. The brooch is circular and has a raised lip around the circumference. The decoration is in the form of a stylised male face with moustache. The nose / moustache divides the surface into four areas: two wider side areas containing two concentric semicircular lines and an inner dot (possibly representing eyes), an area enclosed by a semi-circular shape with a central dot (possibly representing a mouth) and a smaller area containing one curved line. On the reverse the brooch is flat apart from the worn remains of a lug for attachment of a pin across the diameter of the brooch. Gilding remains on the upper surface only.
Class: button
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 14.53 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th September 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
District: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Temple
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E. | 1993 | A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Oxford | Tempvs Reparatum | 54-5 | 3.2 and 2.6 |
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