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CLASP
Unique ID: LEIC-75D32B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper-alloy clasp, dating from 1250 to 1400 AD.Length 22mm, width 17mm,thickness 5mm. weight 3.13g. The incomplete frame is sub-trapezoidal and missing its strap bar. It has an expanded, tapered edge which is incomplete and triangular in form. It has a central raised chevron shaped rib running across it and its surface is decorated with a series of incised lines running up to thi from the interior of the frame and then outwards towards the edges. The broken edge has a semi-circular indent, suggesting it had circular holes representing eyes. These clasps are known as kings head types and this one is similar to LIN-34897AA. They feature in Egan and Pritchard 1991, 120, no. 568.
Class:
two part
Sub class: animal head
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 3.13 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Broughton and Old Dalby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6926
Four figure Latitude: 52.82711974
Four figure longitude: -0.97738654
1:25K map: SK6926
1:10K map: SK62NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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