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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy button and loop fastener of Iron Age to Roman date. The fastener is of Wild's Class II and is ring headed with a circular sectioned shank projecting at a 90 degree angle from the edge with a thin lip moulding. The shank bends again at a 90 degree angle and splits to form a triangular loop on a separate plain below the head. The metal has a mid reddish-brown patina and is fairly worn. The fastener is 41.3mm long, 13.8mm wide, 3.1mm thick, 23.2mm in diameter at the head and weighs 9.1g.Wild dates button and loop fasteners of this type to the mid 1st 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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