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The '''Forsbrook Pendant''' is an item of ] jewellery found in ], Staffordshire, England and sold to the ] in 1879.<ref name="Raven">{{cite book|last=Raven|first=Michael|title=A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, the Potteries and the Peak|year=2005|location=Ashley, Market Drayton|isbn=0906114330|pages=142–143}}</ref><ref name="CVW">{{cite web|url= http://forsbrook.dyndns.org/pendant.php |title= Forsbrook Village, Stafforshire |last=Halliwell |frist= Richard |work= Community Village Website] |accessdate= 29 December 2012}}</ref> The '''Forsbrook Pendant''' is an item of ] jewellery found in ], Staffordshire, England and sold to the ] in 1879.<ref name="Raven">{{cite book|last=Raven|first=Michael|title=A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, the Potteries and the Peak|year=2005|location=Ashley, Market Drayton|isbn=0906114330|pages=142–143}}</ref><ref name="CVW">{{cite web|url= http://forsbrook.dyndns.org/pendant.php |title= Forsbrook Village, Stafforshire |last=Halliwell |frist= Richard |work= Community Village Website] |accessdate= 29 December 2012}}</ref>


== Description == == Description ==


The {{convert|36|mm|in}} diameter<ref name="BM">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=88572&partId=1&searchText=Forsbrook|title=coin pendant|publisher=]|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> pendant comprises a 7th century ring enclosing a gold ] (coin) of ] (375-392 AD).<ref name="CVW" /> The coin, whose obverse is displayed, is surrounded by ]s and ], on a cross-hatched ] background.<ref name="CVW" /> The outer edge of the ring is in the form of a double-headed ].<ref name="BM" /> The {{convert|36|mm|in}} diameter<ref name="BM">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=88572&partId=1&searchText=Forsbrook|title=coin pendant|publisher=]|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> pendant comprises a 7th-century ring enclosing a gold ] (coin) of ] (375-392 AD).<ref name="CVW" /> The coin, whose obverse is displayed, is surrounded by ]s and ], on a cross-hatched ] background.<ref name="CVW" /> The outer edge of the ring is in the form of a double-headed ].<ref name="BM" />


The coin was over 200 years old, when the pendant was made.<ref name="CVW" /> The coin was over 200 years old when the pendant was made.<ref name="CVW" />


== Discovery and accession == == Discovery and accession ==
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== References == == References ==
{{Reflist}} {{Reflist}}
* Ozanne, A. 1962-3 The Peak Dwellers', Medieval Archaeology 6-7, 15-52 * Ozanne, A. 1962-3 The Peak Dwellers', ''Medieval Archaeology'' 6-7, 15-52
* Speake, G. 1970 'A Seventh-century Coin Pendant from Bacton', Medieval Archaeology 14, 1-16 * Speake, G. 1970 'A Seventh-century Coin Pendant from Bacton', ''Medieval Archaeology'' 14, 1-16
* Victoria County History, Staffordshire, Vol. I 1908 * Victoria County History, Staffordshire, Vol. I 1908


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The Forsbrook Pendant is an item of Anglo Saxon jewellery found in Forsbrook, Staffordshire, England and sold to the British Museum in 1879.

Description

The 36 millimetres (1.4 in) diameter pendant comprises a 7th-century ring enclosing a gold solidus (coin) of Valentinian II (375-392 AD). The coin, whose obverse is displayed, is surrounded by garnets and blue glass, on a cross-hatched gold foil background. The outer edge of the ring is in the form of a double-headed serpent.

The coin was over 200 years old when the pendant was made.

Discovery and accession

The pendant was found by a labourer who was maintaining a hedge at Forsbrook in Staffordshire. A 'young lady' took it to Isaac Whitehurst of Swan Bank, Congleton, and he wrote offering it for sale, to the British Museum, who accepted, and whose receipt, dated 28 June 1879, is for £15. The museum's accession number is 'M&LA 1879.7-14.1'.

Replica

Stoke-on-Trent Museum and Art Gallery have a replica, commissioned in 1977, accession number K36.1977.

References

  1. Raven, Michael (2005). A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, the Potteries and the Peak. Ashley, Market Drayton. pp. 142–143. ISBN 0906114330.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Halliwell. "Forsbrook Village, Stafforshire". Community Village Website]. Retrieved 29 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |frist= ignored (|first= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "coin pendant". British Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  • Ozanne, A. 1962-3 The Peak Dwellers', Medieval Archaeology 6-7, 15-52
  • Speake, G. 1970 'A Seventh-century Coin Pendant from Bacton', Medieval Archaeology 14, 1-16
  • Victoria County History, Staffordshire, Vol. I 1908
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