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MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT-22AAF3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete, Roman, cast, copper alloy, phallic mount. Phalluses were a popular representation and unlike the situation today were openly displayed on public buildings. They were sometimes worn by the military as amulets or good luck charms to ward off the evil eye. They could represent fertility, masculinity and strength. This example has two small, now broken, integral attachment pins one at each end on the back which is otherwise recessed. There appears to be little wear and an attractive even brown patina which may be due to the water logged ground conditions in which it was found. This mount is likely to date to 43-199AD. Ref. Celtic & Roman Artefacts, Nigel Mills, Greenlight Publishing 2000, page 131 no. RB415, Benet's Second Edition, Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, compiled by P.G. Murawski, Paul Murawski 2003, page 151-154 and Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Andrew Appels & Stuart Laycock, Greenlight Publishing 2007, page 95-96. This mount is 29.58mm long, 16.21mm wide, 5.1mm thick and weighs 3.9g.
Notes:
West Kent Detector Club co-operative effort with West Kent Archaeological Society and Darent Valley Archaeological Project. Ref. FF LF(B)11 078
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 199
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.58 mm
Width: 16.21 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: FF LF(B)11 078
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Sevenoaks (District)
To be known as: SEVENOAKS
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appels, A. and Laycock, S. | 2007 | Roman Buckles and Military Fittings | Witham | Greenlight Publishing | 95-96 | ||
| Mills, N. and Payne, G. | 2000 | Celtic and Roman Artefacts | Witham | Greenlight Publishing | 131 | RB415 | |
| Murawski, P.G. | 2000 | Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom: Current Values | Cambridge | 151-154 |
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