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Unique ID: YORYM-554033
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy penannular brooch of Dickinson's Group G1.7 (Dickinson 1982, 49, Fig. 4. The ring is round sectioned and undecorated with two flattened, lozenge shaped terminals each of which bears an incised ring on one face. The pin is made from a strip of sheet metal, one end of which is wrapped around the ring. It is hog-backed, pushed down into the brooch's ring. There is a slight waist at the point where the pin crosses the ring; this emphasises the end of the pin but could be a result of wear at this point of contact. Outside diameter, 32mm; Ring Section, 4mm diameter; Pin Length, 44mm; Terminal Width, 10mm.
The four Group G1.7 brooches listed by Dickinson were found in the Midlands and West with no finds from the East. However, brooches were found in Anglo-Saxon graves at Driffield and Londesborough, East Yorkshire, which were places in her Group G1.8 which is similar to G1.7 but for their undecorated terminals. Other Group G1 penannular brooches have been recorded by the PAS although none belong to the sub-group seen here. Finds have been recorded at Newby Wiske, North Yorkshire, (NCL-0300777), North Cave, East Yorkshire (SWYOR-213050 and Adwick le Street, South Yorkshire (SWYOR-50B036).
Fowler's Type G Penannular Brooches Reconsidered By TANIA M. DICKINSON, Medieval Archaeology, 26, 1982, pp. 41-68
Notes:
This object was originally reported as part of Treasure case 2012T264. Finds recorded under 2012 T264 comprise YORYM-554033, FAKL-A5EDD5, FAKL-A63087, FAKL-A60695, FAKL-A63D68, FAKL-A64B21, FAKL-A66501, FAKL-A5D152.
These objects were reported as potential addenda items to Treasure case 2011 T591, within which a silver bracteate was reported. It was concluded in this original case that only the silver bracteate could be defined as Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996, as the other reported objects could not be proven to have been in association, as it is likely that more than one burial had been disturbed by the plough. As such the same argument must be extended to these further objects (2012 T264); association with the silver bracteate, reported as 2011 T591, cannot be securely ascertained and it is recommended that these objects listed above fall outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
This object has not been handled by the recorder and has been identified from photographs.
Class:
penannular
Sub class: Booth Type G
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T264
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 510
Date to: Circa AD 550
Quantity: 11
Length: 44 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Diameter: 32 mm
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Treasure case number: 2012T264
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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