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Description: | Copper alloy button from a Romano-British button-and-loop fastener of Wild's Class III, dating from the mid 1st - mid 2nd centuries. The button is a boss and petal type with a domed boss set within a circular groove and surrounded by the petal. Originally this would have had a loop extending from the button so that it could be used to fasten fabric together. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt's 'Ancient Brooches and other Artefacts', 1989, page417, Fig.7 No.23. The button weighs 2.32g and measures 15.8mm in length, 13.3mm in width and 4.8mm 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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