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Unique ID: HAMP-4620EC
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A Late Iron Age to Early Roman (300 BC - 200 AD) copper alloy button-and-loop fastener (toggle) probably of Wild's Class I with double annular-loop head and offset attachment loop, all cast as one. The underside of the attachment loop is tear-drop shaped (19.45x16.20mm, internal 7.70x9.30mm) with a decorative groove on the inside surface below the point.
Each annular loop measures c.15mm in diameter (internal 6.5mm), with a groove delineating them where they join.
The patina is an olive green in colour an smooth, with a pitted area of probable corrosion on the upper edge of the annular loops.
The button-and-loop fastener belongs probably to Wild's (1970) Class I, with a double head. However Wild's examples have solid heads, and the ring heads on this example are perhaps more akin to Wild's class II, with a single ring head. Class I fasteners are encountered in Britain from the late Iron Age and into the Early Roman period while Class II fasteners are thought to be a British Iron Age tradition surviving into the second century AD.
Dimensions: length: 26.54mm; width: 28.79mm; thickness of the annular loops: 4.29mm; thickness of the attachment loop: 4.57mm; depth: 13.38mm; weight: 11.36g.
Reference: Wild, J. P. (1970) Button-and-Loop Fasteners in the Roman Provinces Britannia I pp. 137-155
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: Wild class I
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa AD 200
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.54 mm
Width: 28.79 mm
Thickness: 13.38 mm
Weight: 11.36 g
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Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form 3430
4 Figure: SU6017
Four figure Latitude: 50.94932075
Four figure longitude: -1.14724992
1:25K map: SU6017
1:10K map: SU61NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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