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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy probable Roman seal box lid. The seal box lid has a integral suspension loop set at a ninety degree angle to the rest of the lid. It terminates in an old break. The lid is in the shape of an acorn and has a convex obverse and flat reverse. The obverse is decorated with seven concentric semi-circles of punched dots which terminate in a transverse groove indicating the husk of the acorn. Below the transverse groove are a series of twelve diagonal radiating grooves. The acorn terminates in a rounded knop.It measures 28.82mm in length, 15.41mm maximum width, 1.85mm minimum width, is 3.14mm thick and weighs 4.02g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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