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MOUNT
Unique ID: NLM-224FF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy mount. Cast pelta shaped plate with blunt outer ends and a pointed central projection, and with a loop below (when the plate is viewed as a pelta) formed by horns tapering in their width towards slightly expanded ends, though cast as a single ring. There is a thick integrally cast spike or lug of c.4mm by c.3mm and length 6mm projecting from above the loop on the back of the plate. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Height: 28.2mm, Width: 29.2mm, Thickness (plate clear of spike): 1.5mm, Weight: 5.49gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 28.2 mm
Width: 29.2 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 5.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24487a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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