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MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT-D0DC3A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval fragment of cast copper alloy Limoges-style figurative mount ,depicting a figure of Christ which would probably have been attached to a processional cross. Only the head, face and part of the neck remains. The front head has been moulded in three dimentions with a convex reverse. The edges of the mount are flat to allow it to be mounted flat against a surface. The crowned head has circular perforations for eyes, which wuold once have contained stone or glass beads for eyes. The nose and mouth are moulded in relief and there are engraved details on crown and delineating hair, ears and beard. There are traces of guiding all over the surface of the fragment.
The fragment is 27.9mm long, 20.4mm wide, 12.5mm thick and weighs 8.44 grams.
This is very similar to a more complete Dorset find DOR-BC3228 and to LIN-A7A7E7, NMS-361643 and DOR-A08BD8. All of these examples have been dated to circa AD 1200 to 1300.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.9 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 12.5 mm
Weight: 8.44 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Canterbury (District)
Parish or ward: Herne and Broomfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR1766
Four figure Latitude: 51.35162233
Four figure longitude: 1.11497745
1:25K map: TR1766
1:10K map: TR16NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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