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MINIATURE OBJECT
Unique ID: NARC-1D5924
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Miniature Axe Pendant of Iron Age or Roman date (800 BC - AD 410).
The miniature object is flat and in the form of an axehead. It is sub-rectangular in shape, flaring in size at the cutting edge. The cutting edge is heavily abraded resulting in the loss of some of the edge. The butt of the axe is decorated with two transverse grooved lines on both sides. There is an integral circular attachment loop projecting from the external edge, near the butt of the axe.
The metal is a mid green in colour with areas of light green corrosion.
Miniature axeheads are thought to be votive in nature and may have been worn as pendants. Other examples have been recorded on the PAS database, such as: SWYOR-5C21D2, PUBLIC-C50638, DUR-35C6C8.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 800 BC
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.97 mm
Width: 9.88 mm
Thickness: 3.89 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
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: SP7238
Four figure Latitude: 52.03573994
Four figure longitude: -0.95180252
1:25K map: SP7238
1:10K map: SP73NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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