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STUD
Unique ID: BH-76CF92
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman copper-alloy bell shaped stud of Allason-Jones type 1.
The solid-cast object has a circular-sectioned lower portion, the base of which is marked by a moulded rim. At the top, the object flares into a dish. A truncated-conical projection extends vertically upwards from the centre of this dish, with a circular depression at the centre of its otherwise flat upper surface. Located at the centre of the object's underside, contained within a rectangular socket, is part of the iron shaft.
Diameter: 19.3mm; length: 11.7mm. Weight: 9.38g.
Class:
bell shaped
Sub class: Allason-Jones type 1
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 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.7 mm
Weight: 9.38 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/47 - 49
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Aspenden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3529
Four figure Latitude: 51.94312848
Four figure longitude: -0.03738112
1:25K map: TL3529
1:10K map: TL32NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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