Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

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COUNTERS
Bone counters
Type 1 Plain counters (Fig 94; 2226-2263). Unless otherwise stated each
counter bears on the obverse the indentation of a lathe centre.
2226 SF LWC 882, B443 F149. Small stone-filled ?pit (or part of F74). Early
medieval or later. Both obverse and reverse are flat. Both upper and
lower edges are bevelled, the lower comparatively sharply. Diameter
18.5 mm. thickness 4.0 mm.
2227 SF LWC 1534. E unstratified. The obverse is countersunk. On the flat
reverse has been scored a star of eight points, now partly worn away.
Diameter 20.5 mm, thickness 2.5 mm.
2228 SF LWC 3855m, K552. Base of garden topsoil or make-up? Period 3? or 4b.
This counter does not have a lathe centre mark. Both sides, which are
flat. seem to have been sawn, then smoothed and polished. Where the
edges are undamaged, both upper and lower are bevelled. Diameter
14.0 mm, thickness 2.0 mm.
2229 SF LWC 2738, L232. Latest occupation. Period 4(a). The obverse is
countersunk. This piece was clearly made from a long bone or metapodial
as the reverse is flat except for a groove formed by the marrow cavity.
Diameter 19.0 mm, thickness 3.5 mm.
2230 SF BKC 396(C), A95 L4. Topsoil and fill of F19 town ditch. Post-Roman.
The upper surface is very slightly dished. The reverse is flat except
towards one edge which is worn (see Fig 94. 2238). Diameter 22.0 mm.