IRON AGE MINIATURE OBJECT
The Portable Antiquities Scheme

IRON AGE MINIATURE OBJECT

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CC0 — Public Domain
The Portable Antiquities Scheme

A copper alloy miniature wheel of possibly Iron Age or Roman date. The object is broadly circular in plan and rectangular in profile. In plan the object features an openwork design consisting of a central lozengiform opening measuring 6.64mm by 6.09mm. This is surrounded surrounded by four openwork oval quadrants each of which measure around 7mm in length and 3.5mm in width. The edges of the lozenge are concave due to the surrounding openwork ovoid shapes. The object measures 18.28mm in diameter and weighs 3.23g.

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