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MOUNT
Unique ID: NARC-5EC5AD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy Mount of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object is an openwork figurative strap fitting or mount and is flat in section, circular in plan. The mount takes the form of a crescent moon with a face in profile, and a six point star protruding from the lower portion. There is an integral semi-circular suspension loop. Within the upper portion of the inside of the mount is an irregular plate with an unclear motif. The mount has two attachment spikes on the back.
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: BERK-789C78, NMS-829E17, DENO-A6EA22 and SUSS-2E08A5
The metal is a dark green in colour with areas of light green corrosion product.
Height: 28.28mm, Width: 21.58mm, Thickness: 2.18mm, Weight: 3.7g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.28 mm
Width: 21.58 mm
Thickness: 2.18 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Leckhampstead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7338
Four figure Latitude: 52.03560941
Four figure longitude: -0.9372273
1:25K map: SP7338
1:10K map: SP73NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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