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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount, possibly from a box, of probable Roman date. It is roughly conical in form with concave back face, missing most of the outer edge/rim due to old breaks. The front face has a central conical boss, seemingly with a very small circular aperture at its centre that contains the corroded remains of an iron(?) pin or rivet. At the base of the boss the plate flattens and expands to a slightly raised circular rib or border before extending downwards towards the now missing edge/rim. The sides of the plate have moulded decoration comprising multiple pairs of vertical ribs. At the centre of the concave back face is an area of iron corrosion and the possible remains of an iron rivet or lug, its precise form now uncertain due to post-depositional corrosion. The entire object has a worn green patina with extensive pale green corrosion. It measures 37.56mm in diameter, 13.52mm in height, 2.51mm in thickness (at sides), and 32.57g in weight.This is an incomplete cast copper-alloy mount of probable Roman date. It is likely to have been used on a box or similar item and dates to between the 1st and 4th centuries AD.
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