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Description: | The object is a decorative terminal, but what it may have decorated is unknown. It is made from cast copper alloy. The traces of gilding and a heavy patina may suggest a Medieval date. The terminal is a three dimensional triangle/pyramid shape. The tip is rounded. Protruding from the base is an integral sub-square sectioned stud. The terminal of the stud is a broken edge, but it is not recent. The stud is slightly bent in profile. The surface of the object is covered with red copper corrosion. However there are small platforms of mid green coloured patina, which has flecks of gilding remaining. The object is 22.63mm long and 9.19mm wide and 9.31mm thick. It weighs 6.47g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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