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Unique ID: KENT-2CA955
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
50BC-200AD. Iron Age, copper alloy, cast, broken and corroded 'toggle' or 'Button/loop' type dress fastener for fastening a cloak or similar clothing. Length 17.4mm, Width 11.6mm, Thickness 8.7mm, Weight 3.4g. Baluster type, minus both terminals and the circular or rectangular attachment loop. Broken and very corroded condition although some small fragments of a dark green patina. Ref. Buttons and Fasteners 500BC-AD1840, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2004.
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: 50 BC
Date to: AD 200
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.4 mm
Width: 11.6 mm
Thickness: 8.7 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th October 2008
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: TQ4145
Four figure Latitude: 51.186843
Four figure longitude: 0.01618
1:25K map: TQ4145
1:10K map: TQ44NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Bailey, G. | 2004 | Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840 | Essex | Greenlight Publishing |