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STUD
Unique ID: BH-2B1703
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy and enamel stud dating to the second or third century AD. The stud possesses a flat circular head which is slightly damaged. The upper surface of the head has a circumferential rib and a central circular rib, creating a wide, ring-shaped cell and a central circular cell. The circular cell is filled with degraded red or orange enamel. From the underside of the head, there extends a rectangular-section lug which is slightly bent. The lug is positioned off-centre. The head measures 17mm in diameter and 7mm in thickness.
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 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7 mm
Diameter: 17 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Lilley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1027
Four figure Latitude: 51.93065334
Four figure longitude: -0.40155844
1:25K map: TL1027
1:10K map: TL12NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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