LIN-329CC7: Roman copper-alloy button and loop fastener

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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER

Unique ID: LIN-329CC7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Acast copper alloy teardrop-headed button and loop fastener of Wild's hybrid Class II/III dating to the early Roman period. The fastener consists of a teardrop shaped head and a triangular shank. At the base of the tear-drop shaped head at the top is a moulded oval knop. The teardrop-shaped head is unlike most class III fasteners as it is perforated, hence the hybrid of Wild's Class II/III. The surface of the head is marginally convex with a flat base. The perforation is heart-shaped. Like normal Class III fasteners the join of the shank to head is set back from the edge of the head closer to the centre. The loop has a triangular perforation, having rounded sides with a flat obverse and reverse. One corner of this loop is significantly more narrowed through wear. Wild suggests this type of fastener dates to the Flavian period 69-96 AD (See: Wild (1970), 138).

Class: Wild Class II/III

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 43 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 11.18 g

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Materials and construction

Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Keelby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TA1709
Four figure Latitude: 53.564578
Four figure longitude: -0.234915
1:25K map: TA1709
1:10K map: TA10NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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