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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: WILT-20D631
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead unidentified object of uncertain possible post-medieval date. The artefact is broadly circular in plan and rectangular in cross section, the artefact widens from the front face towards the reverse (from 12.45mm in diameter to 14.10mm in diameter). The front face is decorated with a raised transverse ridge with what has been suggested as a possible black letter 'I' or a zoomorphic depiction. The reverse is concave, a recess is visible in the centre.
The artefact is 9.05mm in height, 14.1mm in diameter and weighs 11.12 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 9.05 mm
Weight: 11.12 g
Diameter: 14.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 3977; 66
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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