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Early Medieval copper alloy gilded spiral saucer brooch dating to the 5th or 6th century AD
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Alex Whitlock, 2014-04-22 16:03:15
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Early Medieval copper alloy gilded spiral saucer brooch dating to the 5th or 6th century AD
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English: Copper alloy gilded spiral saucer brooch dating to the 5th or 6th century AD. The outer rim is upturned rising to a pronounced angular ridge now heavily damaged enclosing an inner platform decorated with running spiral flutings that may well be chip carved or pressed in from a mold. The central raised circle encapsulates a setting for a either a gemstone or cut glass with what appears to be the traces of solder and possibly silver foil in the inner part of the setting. The reverse contains the settings for a pin and catchplate but both are missing. The slight corrosion on the reverse indicates that the pin was made of iron.

The diameter is 22mm, thickness 2mm and the weight 5.67g.

Similar to SUSS-5C6A12, FAHG-1BBCF6 and BERK-A6EC93 on the database.

The brooch is a saucer type brooch. In England these type of brooches tend to be found in burials and date to between the late 5th and 6th centuries. These type of brooches, which are found in female graves, are considered to have played a role in symbolising status, and the design of the brooch may represent an allegiance to a common tradition (Dickinson; 39).

Dickinson, T. 1993 'Early Saxon Saucer Brooches: A Preliminary Overview' Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 6 p. 11-44.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 450 and 550
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FindID: 612420
Old ref: LANCUM-678545
Filename: cgbr.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/465466
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/465466/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/612420
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