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Roman copper alloy button and loop fastener
Class Vb. Complete button and loop fastener. The enamel ornament is contained within a bronze margin and consists of six circles in yellow enamel, each set within a bronze wall, arranged in a field of now brown enamel round a similar circle of yellow enamel in the centre.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/20
Find Information
Site Name: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980-1981
Notes: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.
Acquisition
Purchase, 22/8/1988
Measurements
length / mm:30
diameter / mm:20
width / mm:15
thickness / mm:2
Material
copper alloy
enamel
Location
In store
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