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Description: | Cast copper alloy Late Iron Age- Roman button and loop fastener.It appears complete, although some of the enamel is missing. The loop is triangular in plan and has a slightly narrowed outer bar. The button is set above the loop, at the end of the shaft. It is circular in plan, with a circle on one edge, where the shaft meets the head. The outer edge of the button is wider than that nearest to the loop. The loop has a raised inner and outer border of copper alloy, inside this it is enamelled in red. At the outer edge, is a raised pointed oval. The circle inside the loop has a central four-pointed star hollow, presumably also infilled with enamel. Some of the enamel which is missing has left a light-green residue from corrosion.It appears to be a variant of Wilds Class II- the ring-headed type. Wild dates this type to mid 1st- 2nd century AD.
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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