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BADGE
Unique ID: NLM-88CDE5
Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead alloy badge fragment. A circular plate with a stub of diameter 6mm projecting from the middle of the back, possibly a fixing point or fastening. The remains of a separately modelled and applied equal-armed cross with pelleted arms, comprising two complete arms and the stubs of the others, appear on the display face within a cusped border. The latter may indicate a quatrefoil frame for the cross. This might have provided a general reference to ecclesiastical architecture; however, quatrefoils were also prominent features of badges advertising the Rood of Grace at Boxley (near Chatham, Kent), where the cult of what was later revealed as an animatronic statue of Christ Crucified enjoyed a late medieval floruit (Spencer 1998, pages 164-166, figs180c-182). Patinated and abraded. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1400-1500
Diameter: 28.6mm, Thickness (overall, clear of pin): 4.5mm; Weight: 9.02gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 9.02 g
Diameter: 28.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41163
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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