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Description: | Cast cu-alloy fragment, very probably of a button-and-loop fastener dating from the early Roman period, i.e. c. AD43-200. The fragment is small, but displays the very typical moulded petal-and-boss decoration on the obverse whilst being gently rounded and plain the reverse. If it was the decorative part of a button-and-loop-fastener one would expect a clear break on the reverse, but except for a very worn hump which may have held the loop, there is no obvious trace of a broken off stalk or loop. Although it most likely broke off a button-and-loop-fastener, it could also have been part of a strap slide or other mount decorated with the same style. That does not, however, change its dating to the late 1st/early 2nd century.
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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