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Cloak Fastener, c. 1st-2nd Cent.
Copper alloy; 37mm/4.0gm
Con/ as fabricated
Ref/ A&L AA15.39
Seller's Note/ Roman military wore cloaks known as paenula, a oval piece of woolen cloth with a central hole for the head; think a Roman poncho. Such cloaks were not generally fastened with a brooch but rather with these types of fasteners and toggles.