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• Object type: tack
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Image	Object Type	Find number	Broadperiod	County	Actions
	Tack	ESS-435775	Roman	Essex	xml | csv json
A probable Roman copper alloy tack. Globular-headed type.  25mm long
	Tack	BUC-53FB48	Roman	Buckinghamshire	xml | csv json
A globular headed furniture tack with a thin shaft. The pin was found in a field where in the same vicinity as Roman coins, see BUC-53A6A7 & BUC-53E586
	Tack	BUC-6DF970	Roman	Buckinghamshire	xml | csv json
A copper alloy tack with a spherical head 8mm in diameter.
	Tack	NARC-A57654	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml | csv json
Small, worn cast copper-alloy nail or upholstery tack. The head is roughly circular, 13.0mm in diameter. The slightly off-centre shaft is 5.3mm by 4.8mm rectangular in cross-section at the top and tapers to a point. It is now curved. On the upper face of the artefact is a raised 'V' symbol. Copp...