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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LIN-103696
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete unidentified object. It has a tear-drop shaped body that is domed plano-convex in section and which is broken at the narrow end. A small transverse collar is located above the wider end, and from this the object appears to expand to a collared, flat body. The reverse is undecorated and shows no signs of attachment. Possibly Roman.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 7.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Monday 29th June 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: North Clifton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8271
Four figure Latitude: 53.22972019
Four figure longitude: -0.77307027
1:25K map: SK8271
1:10K map: SK87SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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