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Description: | A cast copper alloy toggle dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 300 BC - c. AD 100). The toggle is symmetrical in form and shaped broadly like a dumb-bell, having a central rounded body that expands slightly from an incised girth-line outwards towards a circular terminal at each end, which again has a circumferential groove before it. The toggle has an over-arching loop on a longitudinal alignment, for attachment and securing the toggle. This toggle is in very good condition and has a deep green patina. It is quite heavy for its size suggesting a lead component to the alloy. Similar toggles are recorded on this database (for example HAMP-9EA592 and IOW-9FA5A1) and published and illustrated in Bailey (2004, 87: ref. 10.7).
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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