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Description: | A cast copper-alloy object of probable Roman date, based upon the patina of the metal and the decoration. The object is incomplete, making identification difficult. The object appears as though it may have originally been sub-rectangular in shape, and two apparently complete edges remain, at right angles to one another, though they are slightly curved. The other two edges are broken. The object tapers in thickness from 7.5 mm thick at its widest edge to 3.5 mm at the thinnest. The thickness of the wide edge suggests it is not a brooch or seal box lid and no means of attachment is visible on the reverse. The front is decorated with an incised circular design, possibly tinned. No parallel has yet been found for this object and it must for now remain unidentified, yet it is very likely to be Romano-British in date. It measures 22.31 mm long, 22.09 mm wide, 7.5 mm thick and weighs 12.1 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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