File:Late Iron Age to Roman Strap Fitting` (FindID 538469).jpg

English: A cast copper alloy probable strap-slide or possible mount of the late Iron Age to early Roman period. The fitting is 'eye-shaped', with a design of concentric circles of decoration within an outer pointed oval. One tip of the outer pointed oval is missing but the other is slightly rounded on top. Immediately within this outer oval frame sits the outermost concentric circle which consists of a round-topped circular ridge with a deep groove running around both the outside and inside. Within the circle of the inner groove is a central flat-topped dome forming the centre-piece of the fitting. The centre of this dome contains a circle of white enamel bounded by a ring of copper alloy and around this a ring of red enamel. All that remains of the fittings for attachment on the reverse are two integrally cast stubs located parallel to one another at the surviving end of the pointed oval. These two stubs may have been joined by a crossbar to form the typical strap slide fitting or may have functioned as attachment spikes if the fitting served as a mount. Similar examples include SWYOR-FD85F6, NLM-6ADA20 and NCL-4D12F0, and there are also similarities to Type III Button and Loop Fasteners. It is worth noting, however, that unlike these examples the fittings for attachment on this example are arranged differently. Dated c.100 BC - AD. 100.