Rights Holder: Norfolk County Council
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Unique ID: NMS-0E5046
Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead alloy disc brooch with an incomplete integral pin on reverse. Within a circular border of ring-and-dot in low relief there lies a bearded long-haired bust, which is the image of Jesus that appeared on a cloth used by St Veronica to wipe His face on His way to Calvary. Some details are obscured by concreted adherent soil. Such brooches were known as vernicles or veronicas. The brooch diameter is 21 mm and it dates to the 14th - 15th century.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 21 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2011 - Thursday 31st March 2011
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SMR reference number: 51275
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