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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy toggle of late Iron Age to early Roman date. The toggle is baluster shaped consisting of two symmetrical ring terminals joined by waisted collars to a central circular element with integral shaft. The shaft terminates in a worn break. The outer ends of the ring terminals have a raised circular boss within a circumferential recess and the edges are worn. The central element and shank are decorated with an integrally cast linear decoration running longitudinally and centrally from the reverse of the dome to the break in the shank.The metal has a dark brown patina and survives mostly in good condition except for the very edges of the ring terminals and the broken shank. The toggle is 32.3mm long, 28.9mm wide, 5.7mm thick, the terminals are 17.3mm in diameter and it weighs 34.3g.Similar objects have been recorded on the PAS database as YORYM-640610, LVPL-4FACC3, SWYOR-2930F2 and BH-DF0343.
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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