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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy seal box lid. Circular lid decorated with two raised concentric rings around a central circular perforation (one ridge around the perforation, one at the edge). Single lug with circular perforation projecting from the edge. Traces of tinning/silvering on the obverse. Dark brown-green patina. Length 21.66mm, width 14.67mm, overall thickness including lug 5.7mm, thickness across lid 2.1mm, width of lug 4.6mm, thickness of lug 1.3mm, weight 1.64g.A similar seal box lid is published in Zienkiewicz 1986 'The Legionary Fortress at Caerleon: II', p.183 fig 60, no.136, from a floor level in the Basilica dated to the early 2nd century by a contemporary copy of an as Hadrian, 121AD.
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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