File:A late Medieval – early Post Medieval gold mount in the shape of a Gothic letter "a” dating 15th – early 16th century. (FindID 284880).jpg

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A late Medieval – early Post Medieval gold mount in the shape of a Gothic letter “a” dating 15th – early 16th century.
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Museum of London, Kate Sumnall, 2011-02-01 12:17:33
Title
A late Medieval – early Post Medieval gold mount in the shape of a Gothic letter “a” dating 15th – early 16th century.
Description
English: A medieval fitting in the shape of a Gothic letter, possibly the letter "a". On the reverse there are two studs; that were used to fix the letter to a leather or fabric strap.

The fitting is gold and dates from the fifteenth or early sixteenth century.

Dimensions: length 8 mm, width 6 mm.

Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.


J P Robinson
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1400 and 1550
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 284880
Old ref: LON-98D167
Filename: Johanessen - 2010T44 - Jan 10.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/314558
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/314558/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/284880
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Object location51° 30′ 35.28″ N, 0° 05′ 10.34″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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