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Description: | A copper alloy button and loop fastener that dates to the Roman period. The object is tear-drop or petal shaped in plan. It has a raised tear-drop shaped perimeter, within this is a raised circular boss. The object is convex on the reverse. Opposite the pointed end of the tear drop, on the reverse, is a circular protrusion. Usually this would have fixed to it an open loop however, this part of the object is missing. This is evident by the break at the top of the protrusion. The fastener can be classified as Wild Class III. Items of this class are primarily found in Flavian or Antonine contexts. Wild suggests that they were evolving in the last years of the 1st century AD, but date to the 2nd century AD. It weighs 4.4g and measures 20.64mm in length, 16.22mm at the widest point and is 5.80mm thick.
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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