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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy button and loop fastener, dating from the late 1st-2nd century AD (length: 39mm; diameter of disc head: 21mm; width of triangular loop: 14mm; overall thickness: 9mm; thickness of disc head: 3mm; weight: 14.89g). The fastener can be classified as according to Wild (1970) to be a Class Va [disc-headed with cast ornament] and consists of a thick circular/ disc-headed platform with engraved concentric circle decoration on the front face. There is an indented circular recess in the centre of the head (diameter: 2.5mm), which may have held enamel originally (possibly), surrounded by three engraved circles, the outer diameter of the largest being 11.5mm. Between the first and second concentric circle, the width is 1mm; between the second and third outer circle, the width becomes slightly bigger at 2mm. There is no other decoration on this artefact. At the back of the fastener and separately attached to the top of the disc head, there is a cast copper alloy triangular loop which protrudes outwards and then sharply extends upwards at a 90? angle. As the loop extends upwards, it splays outwards to form the triangular terminal (which is slightly rounded at the top) with a sub-oval hole in the centre, probably for attachment to clothing. Although the loop is thick (3.5mm at the terminal), it is flat and undecorated. Overall, the artefact is in a slightly worn and fair condition with a dark green patina. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 75
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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