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Description: | Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Cast copper alloy early Roman button-and-looped fastener, probably of Wild's (1970) type VIa. The fastener has a flat rectangular head with recessed cells containing traces of red enamel. The decoration on the head is 'Late Celtic' in style consisting of curved scroll ornament resembling two stylised leaf-shaped systems with central circular enamelled recesses. The decoration can be paralleled with a motif on belt plates found on two sites at Caerleon; Myrtle Cottage Orchard (No 10; Fox, 1941) and at Roman Gates (No 87; Evans & Metcalf, 1998), both examples are suggested as being of early 2nd century date. The integral shank is of circular section with a right angle, before a triangular loop.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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