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TOGGLE
Unique ID: WMID-6B5799
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete toggle or button and loop fastener dating to the Late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 100 BC - AD100). The head of the toggle is sub-rectangular in plan and D-shaped in cross section. It is made up of three sub-spherical projections in a line, which are waisted on either side of the middle projection. The reverse of the toggle is flat. From the centre of the reverse emerges the loop fastener, projecting down and out at a right-angle. The arm widens to form the beginnings of the loop but it has since broken away in antiquity. The object has a light green patina.
A number of similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database, all ofwhich have given a similar date. For example: HESH-E95C03; IOW-D9EA47; NMS-0299F5; and YORYM-F6987B.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 21.46mm in length, 22.34mm in width, 13.77mm in thickness and 7.5g in weight.
Class: Button and loop fastener
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.46 mm
Width: 22.34 mm
Thickness: 13.77 mm
Weight: 7.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th May 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: Amber Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Shottle and Postern (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3148
Four figure Latitude: 53.02839461
Four figure longitude: -1.53923338
1:25K map: SK3148
1:10K map: SK34NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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