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STUD
Unique ID: IOW-36FE01
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy stud (c. 1500-c. 1600).
In plan, this stud has a circular domed head with moulded decoration on the front face. There is an integrally cast shank on the rear. Decoration at the front consists of a central raised pellet, surrounded by a beaded border. It is surrounded by six similar and evenly spaced pellets, each with a beaded border. Some pellets are just visible. The back of the head is slightly convex and undecorated. The attachment shank is bent, square in cross-section and tapers to a point.
The stud is a light drab brown colour and has a small fleck of mid-green patina at the front. It has become worn while in the soil and has light green copper-alloy corrosion products.
Maximum diameter of head: 17.5mm; thickness of head 3.3mm. The shank has a length of 8.4mm and measures 1.8 x 1.8mm beneath the head. Weight: 2.17g.
Similar studs have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds from: Worlington Parish, Suffolk (SF-2D65A2); Chester Parish, Chester (LVPL-DD1656) and Niton and Whitwell Parish, Isle of Wight (IOW-216221).
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10.7 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 2.17 g
Diameter: 17.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th May 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2011-1-282
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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