Description

Summary: Iron Age gold strip fragment broadly rectangular in shape. The front face has punched decoration consisting of a stylised flower with oval petals. Located next to one of the petals is a central perforation. No clear parallels for this object have been found. It superficially resembles a casket ornament but is earlier than 1st century AD in date. The perforation suggests that the fragment was once secured to something made of wood or leather. The decoartion suggests a date of between 250 and 50 BC. Found in the Marlborough area of Wiltshire.