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Description: | A copper alloy boss and petal style Roman probable mount. The mount is oval but with one end pointed, with a raised central dome in the centre with a groove round it. There is a thickened ridge along the centre of the pointed end. It is 24.8mm long, 14mm wide and 7.4mm thick. The reverse is hollow with a projecting lug at the rounded end of the mount. The lug does not appear to be pierced and it is not certain how the mount was attached, what it was attached to, or that it really is a mount. The boss and petal style of decoration is a common early Roman motif and can be seen on several button and loop fasteners and other objects in ??Roman Castleford?? by Cool. One edge of the object is damaged but the metal is solid and has a smooth dark brown patina, with lighter brown corrosion on the reverse. The mount dates from between AD43 and AD200. | Subjects: | boss and petal | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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