Record ID: DUR-AE48A9
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A complete button and loop fastener dating from the late Iron Age through to the early Roman period. The object has a circular "button" with a space in the centre which has a diameter of 31.56 mm and is 9.94 mm wide and 3.89 mm thick. The front of the disc shape has sub-triangular and pointed oval shaped cells which alternately contain red and yellow enamel although some of the enamel is missing . Attached to the inside of the disc is a circular cell with some red enamel still in place. The back of the disk is flat and undecorated and from it projects a sub-oval shaft which splits …
Created on: Thursday 18th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
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