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MOUNT
Unique ID: HAMP-F917D1
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy disc, possibly a mount or a brooch of probable Early Medieval date (c.400-1100 AD). The disc is flat and circular with a central circular hole (diameter 3.2mm) which is filled with a corroded iron fragment. What is presumably the upper surface appears to have been decorated with an applied layer of silver, two small fragments of which remain while the rest of the surface retains uneven patches of a dark grey residue. The reverse is plain but very worn, as are the edges of the disc. There are no obvious means of attachment apart from the central hole with possible remains of an iron pin or peg, making the identification of mount more likely than brooch, but this is by no means certain.
The disc has a diameter of 28.1mm, is 2.5mm thick and weighs 7.74g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 400
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 7.74 g
Diameter: 28.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1982 - Tuesday 31st December 1985
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Collections AY 568
Museum accession number: WINCM: AY 568.233
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Cheriton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5828
Four figure Latitude: 51.04842944
Four figure longitude: -1.17396369
1:25K map: SU5828
1:10K map: SU52NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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