Circular, over 7/8 (0.90”) diameter. White metal, probably a tin-lead pewter alloy. Wheel form with the cross within pierced ground. Triple ringed broad outer edge. Probably a reference to the Wheel of Fortune, the belief in which carried on into the Christianity period. The top with a flared thickened end bail. These were produced in the Holy Land for pilgrims who wore them at home as prestige symbols. They were sold at shrines of saints where holy relics of the saints, sometimes, the whole corpus were preserved. The symbols are specific to the life and achievements of the saint. Pilgrims wore them strung as necklaces, on hats, or attached to the clothing.
