Record ID: DENO-177172
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Derby
Workflow stage: Published
Rectangular folded gold sheet with two rivet holes and a raised central rib, and another scrap of folded gold sheet held inside. The outer sheet is possibly an Anglo Saxon pendant suspension loop, intended for re-use. Length 13.08mm, width 10.34mm, thickness 4.20mm, weight 1.80g. British Museum Curator Report (Angela Care Evans, Curator, Anglo-Saxon Collections): Date: Possibly seventh century AD. Description: Folded strip of gold sheet enclosing a crumpled gold fragment. The strip has a central rib, hollow on the reverse, and is pierced by two holes of a suitable diameter …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2005
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derby Area', grid reference and parish protected.