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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER

Unique ID: SF8680

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper-alloy button-and-loop fastener of Wild's type Vib (fasteners with plain (i.e. unenamelled) rectangular heads). Although the head was probably originally rectangular, it has now lost most if not all of its edges, and is now sub-rectangular or sub-oval and measures 25 x 16 mm x 3 mm thick. The breaks are very old and worn, and reveal a number of small holes in the metal. In the centre the head is decorated with a deep dot surrounded by a double ring. The stem emerges from the reverse of the head, turns a right-angle and then expands into a sturdy teardrop-shaped loop which is circular in cross-section (3.5 mm in diameter). Wild (1970) sees this type as being typically north British, and second to fourth century in date.

Class: Wild type Vib

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 13.51 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: LAYER DE LA HAYE

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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