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Description: | 50BC-200AD. Iron Age, copper alloy, cast, broken and corroded 'toggle' or 'Button/loop' type dress fastener for fastening a cloak or similar clothing. Length 17.4mm, Width 11.6mm, Thickness 8.7mm, Weight 3.4g. Baluster type, minus both terminals and the circular or rectangular attachment loop. Broken and very corroded condition although some small fragments of a dark green patina. Ref. Buttons and Fasteners 500BC-AD1840, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2004.
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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