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STUD
Unique ID: LEIC-B9272C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Roman copper alloy bell-shaped stud, dating to AD 40 - 410. Allason-Jones type 2. 42.5mm in diameter, 29mm high, and weighing 40.75grams. The object is circular in form and trapezoidal in cross section. It is in fair condition and largely complete. The object is formed of a concave circular plate which has in its centre a circular shaped projection which has a sub triangular cross section. This protrudes about 7mm above the edge of the plate. Surrounding this the plate is decorated with concentric bands rising up to a flat lip. A small part of this edge and the body are missing. The reverse of the plate tapers down to a rectangular shaped shaft with a circular cross section, giving it a 'bell' like form. This terminates in a flat circular plate which houses the remains of a rectangular fixing prong. The object is similar to DUR-29C6D5, but in much better condition.
Class:
Bell-Shaped Stud
Sub class: Allason-Jones Type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight: 40.75 g
Diameter: 42.5 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7624
Four figure Latitude: 52.80820427
Four figure longitude: -0.87398232
1:25K map: SK7624
1:10K map: SK72SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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