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Description: | A cast copper-alloy flat mount of Roman date, possibly into the beginning of the early-medieval period. The mount is broadly circular with slightly flattened sides. The circumference has regular triangular removals giving it a notched edge. The upper surface is decorated with circumferential circular grooves. That nearest the edge is deeper; the inner three are arranged concentrically around a broadly central perforation. The lower surface is plain with some stress marks. The decoration on this artefact is characteristically Roman and parallels on various objects be they counters, furniture mounts or strap-fittings. One of the areas of flattening may represent an old break, with the object continuing into a belt plate as those illustrated in Hawkes and Dunning (1961, 67; fig. 24). The artefact has an even drak-green patina with some scratches to the upper surface.
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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