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TOGGLE
Unique ID: HAMP-2931B4
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A damaged cast copper-alloy artefact: possibly a toggle of Late Iron Age/early Romano-British date, although a later date out not to be ruled out. The piece is of simple construction, seemingly one piece with slightly expanded ends. It is broadly rectangular in plan and circular in cross-section. In this sense it takes the form of a dumbbell, the elongated waist of which is only slightly narrowed and covered with a row of about eight ridges, crudely cast. The terminals are flattened at the end but have received considerable strikes over and above this. It generally has a mid-green patina with some small patches of red-brown metal showing through below.
The dumbbell form is one taken by many Iron Age/Roman toggles, such as SWYOR-C84DD7 on this database, but none are quite like this piece. Because the metal also suggests a later date a wide date range has been offered.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.6 mm
Weight: 12.21 g
Diameter: 10.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3209
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Bishops Sutton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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