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Unique ID: LVPL-1073A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British terret ring, dating from the late Iron Age or early Roman period, about 100 BC - AD 100. The object would have been oval in plan when complete. The hoop of the object is D-shaped in cross-section. At one end of the hoop is an oval collar before the object narrows in thickness forming a rectangular bar. Each end of the terret is incomplete due to an ancient break. It has an olive green patina with a rough and pitted surface.
A similar more complete example which can be found on the database is http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/593328.
Class: Terret
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 10 BC
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.15 mm
Width: 15.77 mm
Thickness: 11.88 mm
Weight: 14.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Huxley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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