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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-8E0D98
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy circular mount of Post-Medieval date. It is missing the terminal end of the spikes due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat. The front face is decorated with a floral motif. Consisting of a central pellet surrounded by a sexfoil of pellets. Along the outer edge are raised arcs representing petals. The back face has the remains of two integrally cast spikes. These are flat, rectangular and taper before terminating in old breaks.
This mount measures 22.01mm in diameter, 2.41mm in thickness, 5.61g in weight.
There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database (SF-8E0014), (NMGW-3E9E34).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.41 mm
Weight: 5.61 g
Diameter: 22.01 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Haughley
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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