Record ID: LEIC-D6218C
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval gold bracteate fragment, 19mm long, 13mm wide and 0.5mm thick with a weight of 0.74grams. The object is sub-rectangular in form and cross section and represents a fraction of the edge of a bracteate pendant. This bracteate has no known English parallels but does have similarities to Scandinavian examples. Charlotte Behr writes, Description: Only a small, almost rectangular, fragment of the bracteate has been found that includes the outer edge of the gold foil between roughly '10.30 and 12.30' assuming that the projecting section of the gold foil was part of the…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-1E63A8
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval gold A-bracteate, 34mm long, 28mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 3.59 grams. The bracteate is incompletely preserved, the loop has been ripped off and about one third of the stamped outer zone on the upper right part is missing. The gold foil is heavily buckled with several tears. The lower right part has been folded which may have been intentional whilst the other damages appear to be post-depositional. The gold foil was surrounded with a beaded wire set along the edge. It is heavily abraded. Underneath the (missing) loop is a beaded gold wire attachment (but with…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-EDD980
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval gold A-bracteate pendant, 24mm in diameter, 1mm thick and weighing 2.48 grams. The pendant has a simple gold attachment loop and shows a male bust, left, with a possible drinking horn to mouth. See full description by Dr Charlotte Behr, Roehampton University: Description: The pendant is made of a disc of gold sheet that is scratched, torn and bent in several places. A simple gold strip serves as loop. The gold underneath the loop is far more reddish than the remainder of the pendant. The centre is decorated with the design of an male head with bust. In the tradition of…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton', grid reference and parish protected.