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Description: | A copper-alloy mount of Roman date.The corroded and incomplete mount takes the form of a lion's head. It is of sub-conical form, the mane represented by an outer ring decorated with parallel grooves and ridges, the central 'boss' bearing the animal's moulded facial features, at the centre of which is a flattened triangular nose. The lower part of the side consists of a plain vertical band. At the centre of the hollow underside is the remnant of a copper-alloy rivet; surrounding this is iron corrosion.The artefact measures 14.4mm in diameter, 8.7mm high and weighs 2g.Several similar lion-headed mounts were found in excavations at Skeleton Green, East Hertfordshire, in association with mid 1st to 2nd century burial caskets (see Borrill, in Partridge 1981: 314-318). Parallels recorded on the PAS database include BH-02F2E4 and BH-570C17.
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