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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy lions head furniture or casket stud / mount.The stud is pyramidal in form with a hollow concave reverse. The upper surface is decorated with a stylised lions head. It has a wide, undecorated rim before a band of engraved transverse lines which represent the lions mane. The centre of the design is more pronounced, and is comprised of a central triangular element representing the nose. There is an incised oval with central dot to the left side representing an eye. The right eye and remaining detail of the lion are obscured by iron corrosion from an iron rivet located in the hollow reverse of the stud. The stud has a mid green patina with a large amount of red-brown staining from the iron corrosion. It is 13.58mm in diameter, 8.99mm deep and weighs 1.90 grams.
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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