Roman stylus or spoon handle?

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Found this today on club dig a couple of denarius was found and a nice brooch along white a few hammies is there any other ideas of what this might be :thumbsup:
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Looks like a seal top spoon handle paint :thumbsup:
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Hello . I found this a few weeks ago . It looked the same as yours before i cleaned it . I was told it was a georgian pipe tamper . But could be wrong .
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Yep. Seal-top spoon fragments.

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Allectus wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:24 pm Yep. Seal-top spoon fragments.

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Cheers . Your right i just googled it . 👍👍
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Those seal-tops always look older than they actually are :shock:
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Good finds. Here’s a whole one I found last year so you can see how they would look :thumbsup:
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