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MOUNT
Unique ID: LIN-DD31DA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Romano-British copper-alloy mount in the form of a bust of Minerva. Minerva wears a Corinthian helmet with diagonally cut notches on the crest. Curls of hair flow out beneath the helmet along the forehead. The facial features are worn, but feint lines illustrating the eyes, nose, and mouth are visible. The reverse of the upper chest is concave, and in the centre is possibly the remains of a broken stud or shank. Iron corrosion adheres to both sides of the base.
The mount is similar to another from Ribchester, Lancashire (LANCUM-B19766).
Class: Minerva
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 27.06 g
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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: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Legsby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1286
Four figure Latitude: 53.35902235
Four figure longitude: -0.31855817
1:25K map: TF1286
1:10K map: TF18NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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