003-Tyre Brooch
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Brooch made of cast brass and finished with hand-hammered brass pin and hardened. Outer diameter 3 cm, inner diameter 2 cm. Dated the thirteenth century.
This brooch that says AVE MARIA G (Razia plena ...) was taken from a series of pins found on the beach in Tyre, Lebanon dating from the twelfth to thirteenth century and had spread throughout the European contingent.
See the original photo. Literature: Taburet 1989, pp 223-224