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Description: | Cast bronze button from the Roman period. The button is sub-triangular in plan formed from three integral cast sub-circular bosses conjoined in an irregular trefoil. Each separate boss is domed with a concave depression on the back. On the rear of the button is a cast vertical loop.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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