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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: YORYM-A0C8B1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead alloy object of modern date. The object is triangle with raised decoration on both faces. The obverse depicts a horned robed figure with both arms raised holding a snake or staff in left hand within a raised border. This may represent Cernunnos the Celtic horned god or similar. The reverse shows a crescent above an uncertain symbol which may be an attempt at Greek though does not represent any actual symbols.
The casting and condition of this item suggests a modern date and pseudo-pagan nature.
The object is 22.4mm long, 20.1mm wide, 2.7mm thick and weighs 3.1g.
Paul Withers comments that this is an unusual item with reverse depictions similar to those on ancient Indian coins, however they are cast in bronze and are circular. While the encrustation adhering does give the indication of age lead alloys can assume such an appearance after as little as twenty years. Mr Withers therefore suggests this item is likely to have resulted from the New Age movement of the 1970's.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1900
Date to: Circa AD 2000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.4 mm
Width: 20.1 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04583
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Pocklington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7950
Four figure Latitude: 53.94009431
Four figure longitude: -0.79802777
1:25K map: SE7950
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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