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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy button and loop fastener, the loop and almost all of the shank missing. The rectangular head is decorated with inlaid enamel in a "Celtic" style. Two addorsed convex-backed crescents or double petals with engraved lines denoting their fronts are reserved between two cells of red enamel, triangular but with two concave sides. Within both crescents there is a round cell of yellow enamel. Wild's (1970) Class VIa. A convincing parallel was found at Dymock, Gloucs (NMGW-7108D7). 23.5 x 19.5mm. Thickness (excluding stump of shank) 3mm. 2nd century.
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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