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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LANCUM-4077F5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Small fragment of gold, broadly circular in shape, in a loose spiral. It appears to have been hammered as its surface has a number of facets. It appears to be scrap, rather than part of a recognisable object.
Date: probably more than 300 years old but otherwise uncertain.
L.: 12.6mm W.: 11.7mm Ht.: 7.0mm Wt.: 10.27g
Dr Richard Hobbs
Curator, Romano-British Collections, Britain, Europe & Prehistory, The British Museum
Notes:
Note: this item is made of gold and is more than 300 years old, so does qualify as treasure as stipulated in the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2014T65
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.9 mm
Height: 6.9 mm
Width: 12 mm
Weight: 10.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2014T65
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Copeland (District)
To be known as: Ravenglass
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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