Record ID: LON-7DAED1 - ROMAN mount

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MOUNT

Unique ID: LON-7DAED1

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of A copper alloy mount, probably Roman but may date to the Early Medieval period.

A copper alloy mount, probably Roman but may date to the Early Medieval period. The mount is rectangular in shape which slightly tapers to one end, this end also has a decorative tri-lobed terminal. There are rounded lobes which project from each corner of the mount, although two are missing along one edge due to damage. The mount has two circular perforations; one to each side of a central rectangular perforation. There is also a rivet still in situ location between one of the circular perforations and the rectangular one. There is a second rivet hole, but missing the rivet, located at the base of the tri-lobed terminal. The front surface is decorated with repeated ring and dot motifs. The copper alloy has an even pale green patina.

Dimensions: length: 36.93mm; width: 14.51mm; thickness: 1.82mm; weight: 3.58g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1066

Dimensions and weight

Length: 36.93 mm
Width: 14.51 mm
Thickness: 1.82 mm
Weight: 3.58 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Suffolk Coastal
Parish: Felixstowe

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TM3136
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [view all attributed records]

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