File:MEDAL (FindID 835953).jpg

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MEDAL
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Stuart Noon, 2017-03-13 13:37:54
Title
MEDAL
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Unusual lead alloy mount of unknown date and period it appears to be in the form a medal decorated with a swastika. The stamped cross is more consistent with a later Medieval style, suggesting it dates to the 12th to 16th Centuries AD.

The pendant is a mid grey in colour, with an even surface patina.

A direct parallel for this find has not been located at the time of recording.

The swastika, the 'crux gammatica' (a cross formed from 4 Greek capital gamma characters) was widely used long before the Christian period, possibly in pagan religious contexts. It did however continue in use into the early Christian period as a veiled symbol of the Cross (Hattatt; 1987; 222). The length is 50mm, the width is 36mm and the weight 56.87g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lancashire
Date Unknown date
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FindID: 835953
Old ref: LANCUM-69FE85
Filename: LANCUM69FE85.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/606278
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/606278/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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Object location53° 46′ 04.44″ N, 2° 25′ 31.66″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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