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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Unique ID: NLM-3C5143
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button and loop fastener, cast thick [2.2mm] circular plate with a cast triangular loop probably brazed to a low [3.8mm] cylindrical lug of diameter 7.8mm set centrally on the back of the plate; Wild Class 5c. The loop is now bent forward over one edge of the plate. Suggested date: Early Roman, 100-200.
Diameter: 25.2mm, Height (overall as found): 26.4mm, Thickness (overall as found): 17mm, Weight: 15.36gms
Class: Wild Class 5c
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 26.4 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 15.36 g
Diameter: 25.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35604
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Ulceby with Fordington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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