Anglo-Saxon gold bracteate with lacertine monsters

An image of Bracteate. Gold, embossed and chased. Sheet gold, embossed with two interlaced lacertine monsters on a ground of chequers in Style II. Height 3.8 cm, width 3.8 cm. Anglo-Saxon, Kent. Circa 600-700.

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Bracteate. Gold, embossed and chased. Sheet gold, embossed with two interlaced lacertine monsters on a ground of chequers in Style II. Height 3.8 cm, width 3.8 cm. Anglo-Saxon, Kent. Circa 600-700.

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Accession Number: M.62-1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 859 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 695.62kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2008:05:13 12:08:07

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