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MOUNT
Unique ID: IOW-5E8C89
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An almost complete Medieval copper-alloy zoomorphic mount or stud (1300-1500).
This object is moulded at the front and concave at the rear. The front represents an animal's facing head. At one end it is hatched and probably emulates hair or fur and at the opposite end there is a pointed snout which may be incomplete. The eyes are lentoid shaped and the ears are small and rounded. There is a slightly off-centre circular rivet hole, 1.6mm in diameter.
The mount is a smooth matt green patina at the front and is green and uneven at the rear.
Height: 13.0mm; width: 9.6mm; thickness: 3.3mm. Weight: 1.17g.
Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BH-3B5EC2; DENO-EA7362; HESH-52C2E2; HESH-8B6394; IOW-F30C63; LIN-8FBE03; NCL-5FF038; PUBLIC-31E933; PUBLIC-BD6C53; SF-CD53D2; SWYOR-E98154; WAW-3BE006; WILT-40B002 and WILT-DB1202.
Class: Zoomorphic
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1300
Date to: Exactly AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 13 mm
Width: 9.6 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 1.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th February 2015 - Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-1-66
Materials and construction
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.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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