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Description: | A copper-alloy dome headed stud with circular sectioned shank. The head of the stud is cirular in plan with a maximum diameter at the base of 15.20mm. The head has a height of 7.90mm, is domed with a slightly flattened top. It seems likely that this stud was cast due to the solid nature of the head. Although the head is described as solid there is a recess under the head but this is only for a depth of c.2.30mm from the rim. The shank appears to be integrally cast with the head. The shank has a diameter of 4.97mm at the top and tapers to 3.49mm at the base. There is a slight dog-leg or angled bend in the shank c.6.80mm below the head. It is not certain wether this obtuse change in angle is intentional, the result of use, post-depositional damage or just fortuitously. The terminal of the shank is smooth and diagonal. It is unclear whether the diagonal terminal is a very abraided break or was intentionally designed, possibly to give an element of a point rather than being butt-ended. The stud weighs 9.83g and has a total length of 32.00mmSee Bishop, M.C. Finds from Roman Aldborough: A Catalogue of Small Finds From the Romano-British Town of Isurium Brigantum Oxbow Monograph 65, p.63-65, fig.35, nos.383-387.
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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