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Description: | ~~A complete copper alloy button and loop fastener which has an elliptic or teardrop shaped head with a raised circular dome in the centre that has a recessed dot at its apex and is surrounded by a recessed channel at its parameter. The edge of the button has a thick rounded rim with a pointed forward edge. On the undersides is a shallow rounded indentation immediately below the dome, behind which and towards the rim is the shank of the loop, this bends round at a 90 degree angle away from the button element of the artefact, before expanding into a large triangular loop.This is a Wild Class III, dating to the late 1st- 2nd century AD.Wild, J P, 1970 Button-and-loop fasteners in the Roman provinces, vol 1
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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