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Description: | A cast copper alloy button of probable Roman date. The button is sub-triangular in plan formed from three integral cast sub-circular bosses (approximately 10.7mm in diameter) conjoined in an irregular trefoil. The front of the button measures 20.9mm in length, 18.1mm width and is 8.6mm thick. Each separate boss is domed with a concave depression on the back. On the rear of the button is a cast vertical loop. This measures 13.6mm in length, 3.7mm in width, and is 3.6mm thick. The hole through this loop is irregular (tear drop shaped) due to wear, it measures 6.6mm length and 7mm width. The button weighs 11.93 grams. The button is not decorated but it has been badly abraded in the plough soil. Large areas of patina have been worn away and light green powdery active corrosion is present. The button is a light green colour with an uneven patina on most surfaces of the artefact. A similar button is described in Lindsay Allason-Jones' and Roger Miket's 'Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman fort,' 1984: pp 130-131, figure 3.744. This button is dated to the Roman period. However, they suggest that this type of button might be a development of Wild's (Button and loop fasteners in the Roman Provinces, 1970: Britannia) Type I button and loop fastener, which are dated to the late Iron Age and early Roman periods.
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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