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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Unique ID: SUSS-D18220
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A late Iron Age, Romano-British button and loop fastener. The fastener has been cast in copper alloy. A similar fastener has been recorded onto the PAS database, under database record number SF-E503E7. This fastener is similar to Wild Class 1, with a solid double-boss head and heavy ring-loop (Wild 1970, 137-139, fig I no I). The whole fastener measures 22.7mm in length (which is similar to SF-E503E7 which measures 22mm. Unlike the other examples only the double boss part of the fitting survives; as the loop has broken off, leaving behind a small worn stump on the flat reverse of the bosses. The double-boss head consists of two parallel identical joining circular bosses each with a rounded front face and a flat back. Each boss measures 11.8mm in diameter and are circa 6mm thick. The parallel SF-E503E7 measured 13mm x 9mm. Wild explains (1970, 138) that there is only one example of this basic type known from a purely Roman context, that from Brough-under-Stainmore. Pre-Roman forms are known from Lydney (Gloucester) and Glastonbury. The type is probably British, manufactured during the pre-Roman period and the early years of the Roman occupation.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Class: Wild Class I
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 150 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.7 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Thickness: 6.01 mm
Weight: 6.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Horsham (District)
To be known as: Near Upper Beeding
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild, J.P. | 1970 | Button-and-loop fasteners in the Roman provinces | London | The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies | 137-139, | fig I, no I |
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