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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Unique ID: SUSS-A065C4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete of a cast copper-alloy Roman button and loop fastener, probably dating to the 2nd century AD. Wild Class Vc. The fragment consists of the plain discoidal button head with a raised circular knop in the centre of the reverse indicating where the loop would have been affixed. The fastener is sub-triangular in cross-section in the centre and flat to wedge-shaped in cross-section throughout the button head, as the object rises in the middle of the reverse. It measures approximately 28 mm in diameter, 6.4 mm thick at centre and weighs 8.97 grams.
A similar type has been illustrated in Wild 1970, Fig. 1, Vc. Two additional examples have been recorded by this finder and in this area: SUSS-245D81 and SUSS-A08852. These items are often associated with Roman military dress and equipment.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 8.97 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st May 2013
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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: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
Parish or ward: Ewhurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7821
Four figure Latitude: 50.96092944
Four figure longitude: 0.53330584
1:25K map: TQ7821
1:10K map: TQ72SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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