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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-C0276B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy mount of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is missing part of one terminal due to old breaks, now worn.
The central panel is circular with a convex front face. To either side are the remains of rectangular terminals with central circular rivet holes. One still contains the corroded remains of a separate iron rivet. Both faces are undecorated.
This mount measures 32.48mm in length, 19.15mm in diameter, 4.43mm in height, 8.96mm in width, at the terminal, 1.70mm in thickness at the terminal, 4.14g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (SUR-DB0C24).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.48 mm
Height: 4.43 mm
Width: 8.96 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 4.14 g
Diameter: 19.15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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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: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Framlingham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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