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Description: | Romano-British button and loop fastener of Wild's Class VIb dating to the 2nd century. The fastener weighs 7.11g and is cast copper alloy. The fastener comprises of two main parts; The loop fastener part is mostly broken off but appears to have originally been a curved triangle shape. The narrow curved end of the triangle which remains on the fasterner, turns into a rod and bends 90 degrees to attach to the top of the button or head. The button is flat and square shaped with cast decoration. It bears a central circular boss with a ring and dot in the centre and has an incised groove around the outside edge of the head creating a border. Below the central boss there are two raised lines, one to each bottom corner of the square panel. Between these two lines there is a semi-circle shape. It seems likely that the head would have been enamelled. The fasterner measures 30.49mm in length and 17.4mm in width and 8.7mm in thickness.
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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