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STUD

Unique ID: NARC-C01C92

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy stud with a convex head. The head is thin and measures 18.5 x 16.1 mm. The stud measures 20 mm from head to the end of the shaft. The shaft is quite thick at circa 4 mm. It is octagonal in section and expands at its terminal. Similar studs are illustreated in Crummy (1983, 117) and these are thought to have been driven into leather. The stud is quite likely to be Roman in date.

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
Length: 20 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Islip (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9878
Four figure Latitude: 52.391263
Four figure longitude: -0.561321
1:25K map: SP9878
1:10K map: SP97NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Crummy, N.	1983	Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9	Colchester	Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd	117

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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