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MOUNT
Unique ID: LIN-012A9F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy medieval (AD c.1350-c.1400) mount with separate rivets. Overall the object measures 18.2mm in diameter and 4.2mm in thickness. It weighs 0.73g. The mount is in the shape of a sexfoil with faceted petals, created from a convex sheet, which has been die-stamped. There are two rivet holes through petals at opposite sides of the mount (the rivets are missing) and there is a central irregular perforation.
cf. Read, 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, 13 and 15, nos 103 and 104.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 0.73 g
Diameter: 18.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: West Lindsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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