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MOUNT
Unique ID: YORYM-61162A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy mount of Roman date, c.AD 43 – 410. The mount is in the form of a lion’s head and is probably from a box or casket.
The object is circular with a domed front face comprising a smaller circular boss projecting from the centre. A smaller sub-triangular boss projects from the centre of the smaller circle, representing the snout of the animal.
The outer curved edge of the upper surface is encircled by a ring of engraved transverse, sub-parallel, curved lines forming the lion’s mane. The smallest circular boss depicts engraved lentoid eyes, and a curved recessed line for the mouth.
The reverse of the object is concave with the remains of an attachment rivet at its centre. Worn breaks are present to the edge of the mount.
The object is 28mm diameter, 18mm tall, 1mm thick and weighs 16g.
Similar examples are recorded as YORYM-9B6481, NARC-10A750, HAMP-A02501, OXON-D2B1AA, and SF-9B2175. Also compare BH-0DE347, where the author notes that 'Several similar lion-headed mounts were found in excavations at Skeleton Green, Hertfordshire, in association with mid-1st to 2nd century burial caskets (see Borrill in Partridge 1981: 314-318)'.
Notes:
Thanks are extended to the finder of this object who provided images and dimensions, allowing a full record to be made during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 18 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 16 g
Diameter: 28 mm
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Other reference: COVID-19 remote record
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Colton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5444
Four figure Latitude: 53.88937922
Four figure longitude: -1.17987325
1:25K map: SE5444
1:10K map: SE54SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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