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Description: | Late Iron Age or Romano British cast copper alloy button and loop fastener. It consists of an unadorned head (button) which is circular in plan, hemispherical in section and hollow underneath. From the underside of the head, there extended at right angles, a triangular openwork loop. Only the start of the loop remains. It is probably either a Wild's Class I, III or IV. Dates to between c50 BC and c200 AD. The button diameter is 15mm. Dates to between c43 and c150 AD.The length is 27mm, width 15mm, thickness 9mm, and the weight 5.49g.Similar records on the database include YORYM-40EBF2, GLO-367842, LEIC-067100, NCL-914C71, and SWYOR-CAD8F3.
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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