File:Early Roman, Complete button and loop fastener (FindID 996837).jpg

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Early Roman: Complete button and loop fastener
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2020-03-09 11:39:27
Title
Early Roman: Complete button and loop fastener
Description
English: A complete copper alloy button and loop fastener, of Early Roman dating (AD 50 to AD 175).

The head is circular. The upper surface is domed, A protruding circular boss is present towards the back of the head. This appears to have a triskele (three pointed design) on it. A domed crescent covers the rest of the surface. Another small circular boss, formed of a raised crescent, with a pellet between the points is positioned on the outside of the head. The loop is triangular in shape, and springs from the top of the head's hollow reverse, extending horizontally backwards before angling upwards at 90 degrees.

It measures 28.5 mm in length, 17.1 mm wide and 9.7 mm thick. It weighs 12.5 g.

The fastener is a dark green to brown colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail.

This is probably a variation of Wild's Class III fasteners (1970: 138 - 140), which, at the time of writing, was the most common of all the classes. Most of the excavated examples of button-and-loop fasteners have come from military sites. Unlike classes I and II, which have pre-conquest origins, Wild believes Class III fasteners to have originated in the second half of the 1st century AD, with the majority probably belonging to the middle part of the 2nd century (ibid. 146). Several similar button and loop fasteners have been recorded on the PAS database including: SWYOR-D68398; BH-1284F4; NCL-62CF78; SUR-FFB614; WAW-DE8986; SWYOR-1AA8A7; DUR-937C13; SWYOR-061401 and NLM-610627.

Reference:
Wild, J.P. 1970 'Button and loop fasteners in the Roman provinces', Britannia Vol. I, p137-147
Depicted place (County of findspot) Solihull
Date between 50 and 175
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 996837
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1095815
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1095815/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/996837
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location52° 24′ 06.84″ N, 1° 42′ 37.76″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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