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STUD
Unique ID: NLM-60F765
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and iron stud or furniture mount. Cast hemispherical or 'bell shaped' mount with stub of an iron shank. The foot - that part closest to the point of fixing - is constricted; the top is indented with a central dimpled knop and bears black paint or colourant in the sunken gutter between rim and knop. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Diameter: 27.3mm, Height: 19.4mm,
Class: bell shaped
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
Height: 19.4 mm
Diameter: 27.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 8th December 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19631a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7715
Four figure Latitude: 53.625881
Four figure longitude: -0.837215
1:25K map: SE7715
1:10K map: SE71NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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