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Description: | Cast copper alloy mount, piriform with a hemispherical terminal at the pointed end. The front is convex and the back slightly concave with an integral circular rivet projecting form the centre. It is 18.7mm long, 12.7mm wide, 4.0mm thick excluding the rivet, 9.5mm including and weighs 2.51 grams.Mounts with integral rivets were most popular in the Roman and Post Medieval periods. The form and more solid design of this piece suggests a Roman date.
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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