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Description: | A cast copper-alloy object, possibly a mount and perhaps of Roman date. It is flat, disc shaped and with moulded decoration on the front face. This consists of a central ring and dot motif with eight recessed leaf-shaped motifs radiating from it. Surrounding the leaf-shaped motifs is an inner circular border formed from a recessed wavy or zig-zag line. Between the inner border and the outer edge the disc is decorated with evenly spaced recessed X-shaped fields numbering 19 in total. It is possible that all of these recessed fields originally contained enamel or similar decoration, however nothing is preserved in any field to suggest whether this was the case or indeed what form this may have taken. Around the edge of the disc are three small and evenly spaced circular perforations, one of which perforates the outer edge of the disc. The back face is flat and undecorated and both surfaces have suffered from post-depositional damage and wear. It measures 31.52mm in diameter, 1.32mm in thickness, and 7.04g in weight.The precise function of this object remains uncertain. The three perforations around the edge of the disc suggest it may have been utilised as a decorative mount of some kind. At the same time, the decorative elements on the front face are similar to enamelled fields found on Roman objects, such as plate brooches of 1st to 2nd century AD date (see for example Hattatt, 1989: fig. 203; J. Plouviez, SCC, Pers. Comm.). However, there is no evidence for brooch-like attachments on the reverse face, and the perforations suggest a probable different usage, perhaps a secondary usage at a later date. It is possible, therefore that this object is of Roman date, but a later date in the Early-Medieval through Post-Medieval periods cannot be ruled out.
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