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Description: | A cast copper alloy stud, of late Iron Age - early Roman date.The stud has a circular, flat head - with a long circular shaft extending from the centre of the reverse. The shaft has a blunted end. The head of stud has been chip carved and then enamelled. The design features two spirals, which have rounded heads and long curving tails. The heads sit next to each other, wise the tails loop around in opposite directions. One is enamelled blue, the other is red. The metal surface is a mid greyish-green colour and it is pitted.A search through the standard literature could not produce a parallel for this find.
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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