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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF1878
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Lead-alloy/pewter 'nummular' brooch. It consists of a flat circular plate 1.5mm thick, with a beaded outer border which encloses a design imitating a coin. This consists of a concentric legend enclosed by a second inner beaded border, and a centrally located cross. The legend is highly simplified and nonsensical, with individual letters being replaced by strokes. The reverse retains the attachment mechanism, consisting of a damaged pin lug and a sub-rectangular catchplate with a central perforation. Pewter disc brooches with beaded borders are fairly common in the Late Anglo-Saxon period. They share the same attachment features, consisting of a pin lug and looped catch; see examples from Thetford (Rogerson and Dallas, EAA 22, nos. 3 & 4). Brooches directly imitating coins are rarer, though there is a notable 10th-century group which copy contemporary Anglo-Saxon coinage, to which this must belong (see Wilson 1964, 35).
Notes:
Included in Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 213.
Class:
nummular
Sub class: Weetch type 2.Aii
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.3 mm
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: 'Badlingham'
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson, D.M. | 1964 | Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100: Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period | London | British Museum Press | 35 |
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