TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

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MEDIEVAL
(I) bRooChEs
315. Vernhams Dean, hampshire:
medieval silver coin brooch or badge (2006 T350)
Date: Late 12th century
Discovery: Found by Ms J Harding while metaldetecting
in April 2006.
Description: The coin itself is a silver penny of Henry II
(1154–89), Cross-Crosslets (Tealby) type, issued by the
moneyer William, probably at Newcastle,
c. 1158–80. The poor condition of the obverse does
not permit a more detailed classification. The reverse
is gilt, indicating the side to be displayed, while some
sort of pin fastening would have been attached to the
other side. This fastening is now lost, but was probably
soldered to the coin, as no other sign of, for example,
rivets remain, while several patches of discolouration
may represent traces of solder. The coin is bent, and
this action might well have been sufficient to break a
weakly soldered join.
Discussion: Coin brooches or badges of this type are
known from the late Anglo-Saxon and Norman period
(Williams 2002 & 2006) and although this is somewhat
later than the main group, there is some evidence for
coin jewellery of this broad type across the intervening
period.
Disposition: Hampshire Museums Service hopes
to acquire.
G WILLIAMS
316. Wiltshire Area:
medieval silver-gilt circular brooch (2006 T161)
Date: 12th–14th century
Discovery: Found by Mr A Fudge while metal-detecting
in 2005 and put for sale on eBay, where it was
recognised to be potential Treasure and reported by the
finder.
Description: A Medieval silver-gilt annular brooch
complete with pin. Much of the gilding has flaked
off. The frame is plain and circular in section and has
a constriction for the curl of the pin. The pin is very
slightly bent and has a high collar with moulded
decoration near the curl. Diameter: 17mm;
weight: 1.35g.
Disposition: Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
hopes to acquire.
K HINDS
317. stanthorne, Cheshire:
medieval silver circular brooch (2005 T19)
Date: c. 1280–1300
Discovery: Found by Mr G Pickern while metaldetecting
in January 2005.
Description: The ring of the brooch is decorated at
four equidistant points with punched and grooved
ornament. Two are arranged as a pair of smaller
tapering bands and two as three tapering bands. There
is a flattened area with groove that acts as a pin rest.
The ring is broken adjacent to the constriction that
supports the loop of the pin. The circular collar of the
pin is decorated with a circumscribing groove and
ridges. Diameter 30.5mm; weight: 6.80g.
Discussion: For similar examples see Wolverton,
Warwickshire (Treasure Annual Report 2000, no. 118),
and Thompson (1956), no. 103, pl. X.
Disposition: Cheshire Heritage & Museums Service.
N HEREPATH
318. breadsall, Derbyshire:
medieval gold brooch (2006 T119)
Date: 13th century
Discovery: Found by Mr W Tillotson while metaldetecting
in March 2006.
Description: A miniature gold brooch, consisting of a
single loop terminating in two joined hands. The pin is
plain with a beaded collar. The reverse of the brooch
is inscribed with the letters: I O V R : X V I L V O I O
N L I. The meaning of this inscription is unclear. The
clasped hands may once have held a pearl which has
subsequently been lost.
Disposition: Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
J P ROBINSON
319. Cliffe, Kent:
medieval silver-gilt brooch (2006 T209)
Date: 13th century
Discovery: Found by Mr A Crampton while metaldetecting
in April 2006.
Description: A silver-gilt brooch executed in high relief,
the frame formed of two lions holding in their front
paws a mask, their hind paws resting on a grotesque
from the mouth of which issues possibly a cluster of
fruit. The pin of the brooch is affixed by a loop attached
to the abdomen of the left lion, its point resting in a
groove cut into the abdomen of the right lion. Length:
21mm; width: 19mm.
Discussion: This is one in a series of brooches
representing pairs of figures or animals clutching
a symbol or emblem the significance of which is
unknown. Another example in the British Museum (P&E
2005, 0603.1) donated by Mr Roger Stevens is larger
but less finely executed and made of gilt
copper-alloy.
Disposition: British Museum (2007, 8008.1).
J P ROBINSON
320. Thrussington, Leicestershire:
medieval silver brooch (2005 T466)
Date: 13th century
Discovery: Found by Mr S Norman while metaldetecting
in October 2005.
Description: Complete Medieval brooch, circular with a
domed profile. The hoop is decorated with ring and dot
motifs, alternating with small triangles.
Diameter: 34mm.
Disposition: Leicestershire County Council Heritage
Services.
J P ROBINSON
321. heckington, Lincolnshire:
medieval silver circular brooch (2006 T609)
Date: 13th century
Discovery: Found by Mr D Panton while metaldetecting
in August 2006.
Description: The brooch is small, with a wide, flat
frame with a restriction for the silver pin. The upper
surface of the frame is decorated with a band of incised
paired chevrons containing dots within its interior cells.
Disposition: The Collection, Lincoln hopes to acquire.
A DAUBNEY
322. North Crawley, milton Keynes:
medieval gold circular brooch (2006 T529)
Date: 13th century
Discovery: Found by Mr I Wray while metal-detecting
in October 2006.
Description: A miniature gold brooch with a slightly
convex section, its flat side inscribed with the words:
+AMIE . AMEIA. The meaning of this is unclear but is
probably intended to be amatory. Diameter: 11mm.
Disposition: Buckinghamshire County Museum hopes
to acquire.
J P ROBINSON
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