Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
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Unique ID: SUR-98B541
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
A medieval copper alloy annular brooch with a flat circular frame, and a round-section copper-alloy wire pin wrapped around a pin constriction on the frame. The brooch is inscribed with a series of widely spaced capital letters, and there is a rough encircling groove which forms a border around the outside of the brooch, cutting through the upper parts of the letters. There is also a transverse groove to either side of the pin constriction.
The inscription appears intended as MARIA, but only the letter M and I are clear, and the final A seems to be missing.
Class:
annular
Inscription:
MARI
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.93 g
Diameter: 22.58 mm
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Other reference: 13-107
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
4 Figure: TQ2844
Four figure Latitude: 51.180912
Four figure longitude: -0.170085
1:25K map: TQ2844
1:10K map: TQ24SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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