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Description: | Copper-alloy button-and-loop fastener of Wild's type Vib (fasteners with plain (i.e. unenamelled) rectangular heads). Although the head was probably originally rectangular, it has now lost most if not all of its edges, and is now sub-rectangular or sub-oval and measures 25 x 16 mm x 3 mm thick. The breaks are very old and worn, and reveal a number of small holes in the metal. In the centre the head is decorated with a deep dot surrounded by a double ring. The stem emerges from the reverse of the head, turns a right-angle and then expands into a sturdy teardrop-shaped loop which is circular in cross-section (3.5 mm in diameter). Wild (1970) sees this type as being typically north British, and second to fourth century in date. | Subjects: | Wild type Vib | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geake, Helen - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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