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Description: | A cast copper alloy possible furniture fitting: decorative stud. The head of the stud is oval in plan and conical in profile with a rounded apex. The head is undecorated. The base of the stud has an integral circular sectioned stud protruding which appears to have a broken terminal, but this is not a recent break. The surface of the stud has a well developed mid green patina. The stud is 13.47mm long, and the head is 12.41mm wide. It weighs 4.5g. Webster (Webster, J. 'Furniture Fittings', in Manning, W.H. 1995 Report on the Excavations at Usk 1965-1976: The Roman Small Finds University of Wales Press, Cardiff) illustrates similar studs, but these are more bulbous than conical in profile, for example Nos. 16 and 15, dating to the 1st to early 2nd century. Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Trust) illustrates a similar stud, No. 4034 but this is a lot smaller than the recorded example and is decribed as a rivet dating to the 2nd centru through to c. 320 AD. The patina on the recorded example does suggest a Roman date, probably the first to early fourth centuries.
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