Round Copper Alloy Coat Button

One nearly complete cast copper alloy button. The shank that was used to affix the button to clothing for use as a fastener is missing. This button is rather large and heavy, suggesting its use as a coat or jacket button.

• Object number

  1102

• Dimensions

  Diameter 2.5 cm

• Animals/objects

  Button, Coat

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Metal

• Functions

  Clothing

• Material

  Copper Alloy

• Context

  Lot 26*, Test Cut AP, Cistern Deposit: Dark Gray-Brown Silty Sand in Feature (624.1102)

• Forms

  Complete

  Round

  Indeterminate Shank

• Techniques

  Cast