Record ID: LVPL-14A34B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy mount, probably from a vessel, dating to the Roman period (c.AD 43-200). The mount is in the form of a female bust comprising of the head and shoulders. The hair is elaborate with a central nodus and further rolls to the sides. The facial features are well defined and present almond shaped eyes with brow; the nose and mouth are worn. Below the head the shoulders are presented as rounded and are decorated with a stipple beaded collar that tops a finely ribbed edge to the mount that may represent drapery or jewellery. The reverse of the mount is concave with…
Created on: Friday 14th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-03F292
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy lunate or crescentic harness or apron pendant, of Early Roman dating (AD 43 to AD 200). The main body of the pendant is crescentic in plan with double knobbed terminals that meet in the middle at the base of the pendant. At the top of the cresent is a small knop. The reverse inner edge is chamfered and in the centre is a small projection for mounting. The pendant is a dark green colour. See BERK-DCEB17 for a similar shape but for a pendant.
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Britwell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-574663
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, copper alloy, Roman, 'button' mount or 'shield-nail', AD.100-250. The object comprises a circular disc with two engraved concentric rings around a central engraved point. The rings are spaced c.5mm apart with a 2mm gap between the outermost ring and the edge of the disc. On the rear of the disc is an upright rectangular projection from the centre of the disc back, this is 13mm long. Approximately half way along the length of the projection is a pierced hole, one side of which is slightly countersunk, probably from the drilling process to create the hole. The are grooves on…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-447B5B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy stud or mount, probably Roman c.AD 43-410. The object has a flat circular head with a diameter of 17.05 mm and thickness of 1.23 mm. The head has a raised edge which surrounds a border with some green enamel surviving and including a circular section with red enamel. There is a central depression. On the underside of the head plate is a short circular-sectioned shank with a flattened circular terminal with a lip to one side. Diameter: 17.05 mm; Weight 2.12g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-DE2A67
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy roman harness fitting that has a narrow oval frame that would have had a trefoil at either end, but one is missing, the remaining terminal has a ring-and-dot decorating in each of the three arms. The oval plate is formed from a convex vasica shape with a concave reverse surrounded by a flat, flanged border. On the reverse are two rearward facing rectangular loops mounted to either side of the plate (21mm long, 6mm high).
Created on: Thursday 30th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th December 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-1BC8AC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman military copper alloy pelta mount (c.AD 100-300). The 'front' of the item is slightly raised in comparison to the flattened 'back'. It is badly corroded, but there is no evidence of any attachment scars or fittings. While this item is similar to horse fittings (e.g. Nicolay type A11), the absence of attachment fittings suggest such items were vessel mounts (Edwin Wood, pers. comm.).
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-0771C2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper-alloy Roman military harness mount dating from AD 120 - 300. It would have been square, but only just over half survives. It has a central rib flanked by convexities and has an integral rivet in the centre of the recessed reverse. Measurements are; length 13.9mm, width 20.2mm, thickness (including pin) 8.4mm and weight 3.42g. The pin is 6.0mm long. Compare NMS-C1F585, NMS-75B5AB and LIN-A9C66E which are classified as Nicolay (2007), Type B6, (pl. 73, no. 142.1.)
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-368CCB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast three-dimensional model of a swimming water bird, with a lentoid basal hollow retaining rust or fixative. The bird is modelled with its wings folded against its back, the feathers being indicated by finely-spaced diagonally incised strokes. The neck is erect with a damaged head with a drilled pit for the one remaining eye of diameter 2mm; a short bill is also truncated. The swimming duck design appears on plate brooches as a motif especially popular in the Humber region, but also on vessel mounts. The hollow base may show where this was fixed to a vessel rim. …
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fir Park', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-64410F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Mount of Roman date (AD 43-410). The object is of one solid cast form, sub-triangular in plan and lozenge shaped in section. There is an integral shaft projecting from the tapered end which is collared at the junction and terminates in an irregular concave trilobed projection. The object has integral moulded decoration consisting of four, outer, projecting rounded knops. Two of which flank the shaft, two denoting the lower corners of the object. The upper surface is decorated with two curvilinear components flanking the shaft, between these are two longitudinal…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
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Record ID: NLM-0B4C87
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron mount, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast concavo-convex discoid object with a dense rust concretion in the middle; exposed behind and perhaps extruded onto the front. A buff deposit, stained by corrosion products, appears within the hollow back. The massy wall and the use in close combination of iron and copper alloy may both be features pointing to a Roman date. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Diameter: 19.9mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 8.6mm, Thickness (wall): 2.5mm, Weight: 8.02gms
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0AEC55
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast figurative mount with an integrally cast conical fixing pin of diameter 3.1mm and length 5.5mm projecting from behind; the back of this massy casting is lightly hollowed. The subject is the profile of an old man with bald forehead, with hair at the back of the head and extending from there to form a long and luxuriant beard, though perhaps without a moustache of similar character. A crumbly pale green material covers part of the back, and might be a relict fixative. The subject may be Silenus, an attendant of Bacchus. While the fixing method would normally com…
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-E23DB2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn, cast, copper alloy mount in the form of a Medusa head dating to the Roman Period (AD 43-410). Description: The mount is circular in plan and slightly domed. It is decorated with a relief moulding of the face of Medusa. The round face is worn and slightly obscured by ferric corrosion products. Moulded styled hair surrounds the face. A section of the mount has broken away on the right hand side. The rear of the mount is plain, with the remains of a securing tab with some ferric corrosion products. The mount has an overall pale green patina. Measure…
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: SF-661E65
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy and iron Roman anthropomorphic vessel mount. The object is in the shape of a male bust, bearded and wearing a Phrygian cap. The bust's features are outlined with crude engraved grooves. Curls of hair emerge from around the edges of the cap and the beard is formed from six parallel rounded ridges, each decorated with incised transverse grooves. Only part of the outer copper-alloy shell survives and a heavily corroded iron rivet remains in situ through the shoulders. The majority of the reverse is missing, leaving rough breaks around the edges. Typically …
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 16th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coggeshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4DAD65
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic mount, dating to AD 43 - 410. The mount is in the form of a human face. The object is sub-triangular in plan with rounded edges, it is convex at the front and concave at the rear. It is in the form of a three-dimensional human female head. The facial features are crude, consisting of a rectangular nose, lips and a pair of pointed oval eyes, inside are punched circular/annular iris'. The hair is moulded in a parted and braided coiffure style. The rear retains a fragment of square sectioned shank which terminates in an old break. Leng…
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-395C86
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy mount probably of the second century. The mount is lozenge shape and sub-rectangular in cross-section. A sub-circular knop decorated with an arched rib projects inwardly from one corner of the plate. The opposite corner of the plate has an old work break. The edges of the plate are raised and shallowly D-shape in section. A narrow ridge forms an internal lozenge. Neither the lozenge field at the centre or the surrounding cell are in-filled. The reverse of the plate is flat and undecorated. The surface patina is mottled light and dark green in…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Record ID: OXON-E5D952
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy object in the form of a Dolphin, depicted side on swimming to the right. The object is D-shaped in cross section and has a fluted and collared snout terminating with a oval knop pierced by a hole. The main body has a small incised circle in the centre representing the eye. There is a short fin above, and two fin-like projections below. The main body tapers to an upturned tail with a pierced trefoil terminal also pierced by a hole. Both holes contain rivets that have domed heads and thin rectangular plates proecting only 1mm from the back of the head …
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-02FDCC
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy harness mount, dating to c. AD 43 - 100. The mount is circular in plan and slightly D-shaped in section. The front of the mount has a dished face and bevelled undecorated outed rim. There is a circular perforation in the centre of the mount for a rivet; this is surrounded by six radiating lines that run to the lip of the dish. The lines alternate between a single thin line and a band of thin lines with expanded terminals. The reverse has retained one rectangular loop at one edge, either side of the complete loop are two rectangular sectioned lugs, opposite the loo…
Created on: Wednesday 20th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ratcliffe on Soar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EAB634
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bell shaped stud, an Allason-Jones type 2, or possibly a lock element. The outer portion of the stud is a circular head. There is a raised flattened central dome on the outer (left in image) face. On the inner (right in image) portion of the stud is a broken shaft, sub square in section, which rises from the middle of a raised conical projection. Dates to between c43 and c410 AD. Length 19mm, diameter 13.5mm, weight 9.09g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D56B0C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper-alloy 'vulvate' or 'coffee bean' mount dating to the later 2nd to 3rd century AD (AD 150 - 300). The mount comprises an oval plate with a damaged margin, and a raised, central oval boss. The reverse of the mount is concave with integrally cast projecting lugs, one at each end. They have a circular cross-ection and a flattened terminal. Length 24.1mm, width 12.9mm, height 11.0mm and weight 5.2g. Compare SUR-546C72 which notes that "These mounts are found quite widely on Roman sites (e.g. Nicolay 2007: p387) and are thought to have decorated horse-harness. The …
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Record ID: SUR-546C72
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman cast copper-alloy 'vulvate' or 'coffee bean' mount dating to the later 2nd to 3rd century AD. The mount comprises an oval plate with damaged margin and a raised, central oval boss with a deep medial groove along its long axis. The reverse of the mount is concave with integrally cast projecting lugs, with flattened terminals at either end.
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Spatial data recorded.