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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy toggle of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date (c. 300 BC-c. AD 100). The toggle is asymmetrical in form. It has a central bulbous body with a circular concave terminal at each end. The attachment loop is missing. The body is largely hollow having a void on one side which is rectangular in plan, 11.4 x 7.2mm with a depth of about 5.4mm. At the centre of each short side of the void there is a stub of an attachment loop. At the opposite side there is an empty circular cell with a raised rim, 9.5mm in diameter. It has the remains of a central iron pin that probably held an enamel disc. This pin is surrounded by numerous concentric striations. These striations are possibly a carry-through from lost-wax casting or some kind of turned finishing process. At each end, a circular terminal forming a concave cell (diameter 14.3mm), contains a degraded off-white enamel disc fastened with a central copper-alloy pin. This toggle is severely corroded and pitted and has active bronze disease. 27.9 x 14.3 x 13.9mm. Weight: 16.34g. There has been little study of this category of artefact, but several similar pieces are known from southern Britain (see, for example, (Jackson 1990, p. 40).
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