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Roman copper alloy bell shaped stud
Bell-shaped stud with an oval-sectioned shank, cut to a point. The skirt has a single line incised around the waist. The face has a central dimpled cone with a concentric groove and a second groove around the edge. See Allason-Jones 1985 for a discussion of the use to which such objects could be put. This particular example is unusual in that the shank is made in one with the head but is of the shape usually associated with an added iron shank. The shaping however, is rough and it is possibly that this is a normal Type 2 which has been filed down for re-use.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.22H/2.124
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978
Notes: Context, Code: +, Feature type: unstratified, Date of context: phase U/S unstratified
Measurements
length / mm:46
diameter / mm:28
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