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MOUNT
Unique ID: LEIC-A0870E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman? copper alloy mount or finial? 23mm long, 12mm wide and 14mm thick with a weight of 16.71grams. The obbject is circular in cross section and sub rectangular in form. It has a flat circular base below a short tapered neck. Above this the object is 'acorn' like with a rounded collar below a domed top. The object is a decoartive terminal or handle of some sort.
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: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 16.71 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Peckleton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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