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Description: | Roman stud; cast copper alloy disc which may be interpreted as a military stud without its rivet. This interpretation would date the stud to the 1st or 2nd century. This is a circular disc of copper alloy with the repousse design of a male face, facing left in low relief on one side. There seems to be a border, or possibly an inscription around the edge but this is too worn to make out. The reverse has the concave imprint of the same design. The disc is somewhat bent out of shape.As suggested by Sally Worrell, this disc is reminiscent of the studs known from, for instance, Caerleon, Canterbury and London which have been interpreted as studs from a military 'apron'. However, the excavated examples tend to have a central rivet on the back, which is missing in this example.Diameter 17.8mm, thickness 0.9mm, weight 1.34gRef: see, for instance, Zienkiewicz pages 181-183, inc figure 60, artefact 134.
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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