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Unique ID: KENT-427EE3
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Published
Cast copper alloy Roman furniture, lock or box stud. The object comprises a bell-shaped finial with a projecting rectangular-sectioned shank, which has an irregular worn transverse break at the terminal. The finial has a cylindrical central projection. The object has an even pale green patina and some areas of the surface are worn.
Class:
Bell-Shaped Stud
Sub class: Allason-Jones Type 2
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 410
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.4 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 42.99 g
Diameter: 25.6 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2005
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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