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Description: | Cast copper alloy Roman button and loop fastener. Length 47mm, width 19mm, thickness 24mm, weight 26.43g. It has an elliptic or teardrop shaped head with a raised circular dome in the centre and a slightly pointed forward edge. on the reverse is a square plate with a raised circular dome in the centre, and a truncated loop on the reverse. The forward edge of the plate has a triangular projection which is attached to the rear of the head by a right angled bend. Wild Class III, dating to the late 1st- 2nd century AD.Wild, J P, 1970 Button-and-loop fasteners in the Roman provinces, vol 1
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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