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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: DENO-A8D2D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Complete but worn cast copper-alloy shield-shaped harness pendant of Medieval date. The pendant has an intact pierced suspension loop projecting from the upper edge. There are slight traces of gilding on the front of the mount.
The detail of the coat of arms is not clear but may show six lions rampant with three to either side of a diagonal dividing line. This may possibly be the arms of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford (Azure a bend argent cotised between six lions rampant or a label gules). Dependent on the original enamel colouring, which has now been lost, it may also have represented the arms of Henry de Bohun or another member of the same family.
Harness pendants of this type are dated to the thirteenth century, AD. c.1200-1300.
Notes:
Arms: Bohun, de
Class: heraldic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.4 mm
Width: 21.99 mm
Thickness: 2.62 mm
Weight: 6.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E7211
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Ludford Area
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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