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Unique ID: GLO-B172CF
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper-alloy strap-mounted and skirted terret. The oval loop, through which the rein would have passed, is considerably worn at an angle from lower left to upper right on both sides. The loop is attached directly into a 'skirt' which is formed from four upward curving projections with globular terminals. The side projections are triangular shaped while the forward and rear projections are trefoil shaped with low rounded sides arms and a pointed central arm, both of these plates are pierced with two large holes (5mm in diameter). Each projection is separated from its neighbour by a double line of stamped dots. A line of double stamped dots demarks the junction between the skirt and the loop. The underside of the skirt is concave with an integral semicircular loop.
Above the loop are two short angled arms that join at the top to form a triangular projection. There is a roundel projection on both sides of the base of the triangle. The triangle is surmounted by a globular terminal that has a flanged collar which is decorated with a double line of stamped pellets. Stamped pellets also decorate the edge of the edges of the triangular projection.
This is a find of note and has been designated: Potential for inclusion in Britannia
Class:
Terret
Sub class: Strap-mounted (skirted)
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Quantity: 1
Length: 87 mm
Width: 60 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Weight: 134.89 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014 - Saturday 1st November 2014
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4 Figure: SO6243
Four figure Latitude: 52.08404052
Four figure longitude: -2.55596651
1:25K map: SO6243
1:10K map: SO64SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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