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Description: | A copper-alloy button and loop fastener dating from the Roman period. The fastener consists of a rectangular head attached to a sub-circular loop by way of an integral shaft with an elbow at about 45 degrees. There is a straight groove running beside the two longer edges of the head, but otherwise the head is undecorated with no evidence of enamelling. The reverse of the head is undecorated, although there is a straight groove visible running from near to the join with the shaft to one edge. The internal edge of the loop almost converges to a point nearest to the head, and there are triangular notches in the shaft adjacent to this point on both sides of the loop.
The head of the fastener is 18.7mm long and 11.5mm wide. Including the loop, which has an internal diameter of 6.4mm and an external diameter of 11.9mm, the fastener has measures 27.8mm from the rear of the loop to the front of the head, and it is 8.8mm from front to back. It has a mass of 6.5g. The fastener has a green patina.
In: "Button-and-loop fasteners in the Roman provinces", Wild (1970) proposes a classification for these objects. The button and loop fastener recorded here is most like Wild??s Class VIb which has a plain rectangular head. Wild dates Class VIb button and loop fasteners to the 2nd century AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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