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Description: | A gilt copper alloy circular decorated mount of roman date (c.AD43-410). The Mount is made of three parts the first, the front is slightly conical with a central hole for the second part an iron rivet or connecting rod which attaches the front plate to the third part a backing plate. An even gap between the front and back plate runs around the middle of the stud 1.58mm wide where the material mount was attatched to would have sat. The front plate is decorated with a radiating champlevé (integrally cast or engraved cells) enamel petal design, little of the enamel survives. Gilding is also present but remains only in very small amounts. The backing plate is flat and undecorated. The majority of the object is mottled light and dark green in colour with some patches of red brown from rust from the connecting pin. Where it remains the enamel is a white-cream colour however it appears to be present only in opposing cells which suggests that it was orignally white alternating either with empty cells or some other colour enamel which has not survived.Measurements: 10.40mm in diameter, 6.71mm thick, 1.36g in weight.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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