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Description: | A cast copper alloy teardrop-headed button and loop fastener of Wild's hybrid Class II/III dating to the early Roman period. The fastener consists of a teardrop shaped head and a triangular shank. At the base of the tear-drop shaped head at the top is a moulded oval knop. The teardrop-shaped head is unlike most class III fasteners as it is perforated, hence the hybrid of Wild's Class II/III. The surface of the head is marginally convex with a flat base. The perforation is heart-shaped. Like normal Class III fasteners the join of the shank to head is set back from the edge of the head closer to the centre. The loop has a triangular perforation, having rounded sides with a flat obverse and reverse. One corner of this loop is significantly more narrowed through wear. Wild suggests this type of fastener dates to the Flavian period 69-96 AD (See: Wild (1970), 138).
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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