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MOUNT

Unique ID: BUC-3D37B7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete, copper alloy, Roman, leather mount, probably from a horse harness, AD.120-250. The object comprises a circular disc with a central boss, surrounded by a shallow recess which is bordered around the outer edge with a raised border. This is the same height as the central boss. The recess would probably have held enamel. The mount has a concave back, created by a flange that runs around the edge of the object, angled backwards. In the centre of the back is a single projecting rivet.

Similar mounts and studs can be seen in Nicolay 2007, 382 pl.71 no.227.72, 51.4. Nicolay dates these to his period 3 AD.120-250, and associates them with the Roman military.

See also Crummy 1983, pg.118 no.3217 for a close parallel.

Sub class: Harness

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 120
Date to: Circa AD 250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 4.88 mm
Thickness: 0.63 mm
Weight: 0.56 g
Diameter: 9.09 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: ACYBM 4864

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Haversham-cum-Little Linford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8344
Four figure Latitude: 52.0881365
Four figure longitude: -0.79002528
1:25K map: SP8344
1:10K map: SP84SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: date recorded 20.11.18
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Crummy, N.	1983	Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9	Colchester	Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd		3217
Nicolay, J.	2007	Armed Batavians: Use and Significance of Weaponry and Horse Gear from Non-Military Contexts in the Rhine Delta (50 BC to AD 450)	Amsterdam	Amsterdam University Press	382 pl.71	no.227.72, 51.4.

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Recording Institution: BUC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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