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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-492E87
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy mount of Medieval date. It is a circular flat mount with a flat back and a central, integral square rivet which is bent. The face is decorated with a central circular pellet surrounded by four evenly spaced pellets at the compass points with spirals between, all within a border. On the outside edge there are two opposing knops made up of three circular pellets and two comprising a single pellet between them. It measures 15.97mm in diameter, 9.85mm in height and weighs 3.45g.
It is similar to examples published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, no 815).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 9.85 mm
Weight: 3.45 g
Diameter: 15.97 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th December 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Barham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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