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Medieval brooch
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2019-09-30 14:41:47
Title
Medieval brooch
Description
English: A fragment of a medieval copper alloy annular brooch, dating from c. AD 1230-1260. The fragment consists of about half the brooch and is semi circular in shape, there is a worn break at either end. The surface of the brooch is decorated with incised writing, either side of this along the edge is an incised border. The brooch is worn with corrosion on the surface, the letters '[...] R V [...] VI' are visible. The reverse is undecorated. The fragment has a dark green patina, and measures 33.5mm in length, 17.1mm in width, 1.8mm in thickness and weighs 2.75g.

A similar brooch can be seen in Egan and Pritchard 1991 page 254, number 1336.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 1230 and 1260
date QS:P571,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1230-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1260-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 973195
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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/1074957
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1074957/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/973195
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Object location51° 45′ 25.56″ N, 0° 49′ 24.6″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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