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Description: | Cast copper alloy furniture mount diameter 29mm, width 9mm, weight 14.87g. that artefact comprises of a disc 2mm thick. On the face is a central boss that is surrounded by two concentric rings. The reverse is stepped to a central section that is 16mm at the base and gently curves inwards to 9mm at the terminal, there is a considerable amount of iron corrosion at this point, which is all that remains of an iron shaft that would have projected from the rear of the object. Artefacts such as these would have been used as decorative furniture mounts throughout much of the Roman period. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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