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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman lock pin or box mount. It has a conical head that measures 25.46mm in diameter with a concave upper surface and central conical projection. Surrounding the central projection, and at the edge of the upper surface, are single circular grooves. The head tapers to a cylindrical base, with a slight groove where head and base meet. On the underside of the base are the corroded remains of an iron pin or bar that has extensive iron corrosion making its precise form uncertain, and is now mostly missing due to old breaks. The entire object measures 25.46mm in maximum diameter (16.31mm in diameter at base of head), 21.00mm in height, and weighs 28.98g.This is probably an example of a Roman lock pin or box mount similar to parallels from Suffolk (SF-378797, SF-D079C4, SF-1AA6C4, SF-E3DCD7 or SF-E495C2) and box mounts from Coventina's Well (Allason-Jones, 1985: nos. 79-85) or lock pins from Colchester (see for example Crummy, 1983: no. 4143). It is of Roman date, c.43-410 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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