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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Unique ID: LANCUM-582A2C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast copper-alloy button and loop fastener, Wild class 5a, dating late 1st-2nd century.
The fastener has a discoidal head on an L-shaped body, the foot of which is an openwork triangle. The head has simple cast decoration in relief on its upper face that establishes an outer border, two circumscribed bands and a sunken divet in the centre. No trace of enamel remains.
Class: Wild Class 5a
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.5 mm
Height: 9 mm
Width: 14 mm
Weight: 4.1 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st May 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Burton-in-Kendal
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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