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MOUNT
Unique ID: IOW-02D85B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An almost complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700).
This mount is lozenge-shaped in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. One end has a double parallel ridge with a terminal knop and the opposite end has a small rounded knop. At the front, there is a raised saltire cross with a pellet at the centre. The rear face has two integral spikes, one at each end. These are circular in cross-section and one is incomplete.
The mount has a brown patina with gilding at the front.
Height: 49.9mm; width: 25.6mm; thickness: 4.1mm; thickness including spikes: 6.8mm. Weight: 8.33g.
Compare with: SF-F4C452 and SUSS-FDEA23.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 49.9 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 6.8 mm
Weight: 8.33 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 16th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-2-57
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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