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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy button and loop fastener of Roman date, probably the second or third century AD. Length 26mm, width 13.5mm. WeightThe head of the fastener, which is circular in plan, has an overall diameter of 12mm. It has a concentric circular recess, 7mm in diameter and 2.8mm in depth. The recess is most likely to have been filled with enamel although no evidence for this now remains.The shaft projects 7mm from the centre of the rear face of the head at an angle of about 90° before forming an ovoid-shaped loop which is more pointed at the bottom than at the top. The loop lies roughly parallel to the face of the head but remains slightly offset rearwards.The sides of the loop are sub-oval in cross-section and about 3.5mm in diameter although the diameter diminishes slightly towards the apex of the loop. The fastener is heavily corroded and is a pale green colour.This fastener cannot easily be fitted into Wild's typology of button and loop fasteners. However, if the recess was embellished with enamel the fastener probably dates to the second or third century AD (Wild 1970, 137-155).
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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