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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LVPL-16D216
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy heraldic object dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The object is shield-shaped and flat, with no obvious means of attachment. The right-hand side has broken away. The decoration on the upper surface is worn, but there are possibly three bendy sinisters. The object has a mid-green patina and is poor condition.
Class: heraldic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.69 mm
Width: 21.58 mm
Thickness: 1.95 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Collingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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