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Description: | A copper alloy possible Roman spur. It may have been tinned, giving the surface a rich glossy brown patina. It may be a 'rivet-spur' type with a heel-plate containing the mark where an iron goad may have been attached. The object is rectangular-sectioned with a hook above the goad scar. This seems to have a zoomorphic terminal. The heel plate is decorated with a raised rim along the top and bottom, with small notches cut every few millimetres along the corners. The plate does not have discoidal terminals like many examples, but there is a copper alloy rivet with a damaged rove through each end of the plate. The object measures 49.7mm long, 29.1mm wide and 27.1mm thick, making it also a little smaller than other examples. Similar but more decorative examples on the database include HAMP3317 and NLM5354 which are both late Roman. There are also examples on page 205 of the Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort by Allason-Jones and Miket.
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