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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy button and loop fastener with a circular flat head from the back of which projects a shank, which is bent at an angle of 90 degrees so that it lies parallel to the head but remains slightly offset. This shank terminates in a roughly triangular shaped loop.
The circular head measures c13mm in diameter and is 4.3mm in thickness. The front face of the head is decorated with a ring and dot motif. The neck of the shank projects from the lower half of the back face of the head. The shank measures 21.2mm in total length, it has an oval shaped cross-section. The roughly triangular/tear-drop shaped loop terminal measures 12.5mm in length and 11.9mm in width externally and 7.3mm in length and 5.6mm internally.
This type of button and loop fastener is most similar to Wilds Class Va, which is dated to the late 1st or 2nd century (Wild 1970 139-140, fig 1, Va). | Subjects: | Class Va | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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