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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy button and loop fastener of Wild Class III and dating from 50-150 AD. Pointed oval with a high, central, circular boss. There is a slight trace of the missing loop. Poor condition, thick light green patina with areas of brown metal showing beneath. Length 23.52mm, width 13.24mm, thickness (including spike) 10.5mm, thickness (not including spike, across centre) 5.44mm, weight 4.52g. A similar loop is published in Allason-Jones & Miket p186-7, no.585, & see Wild in Britannia Volume I, 1970, pp137ff.
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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