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Description: | Cast copper-alloy button-and-loop-fastener dating from the early Roman period, i.e.c. AD100-200. Only the main body and the loop remain, the head fo the fastener is missing. The main body is triangular-shaped and made up of two diverging bars which are connected by two short horizontal bars with a gap between. The lower bar would have allowed the fastener to be stitched to a garment whilst the upper, flatter and slightly broader bar would have helped to conceal the stitching. This kind of button-and-loop-fastener would have probably had a circular, triangular or square head. Classification: Wild's typology Class V(c).
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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