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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy annular buckle of Medieval, c. 1270 - c. 1400 date.The frame is circular and plain with an external diameter of 38mm. Weight 14.42g. The frame is oval in cross-section with a maximum diameter of about 4.5mm and a minimum diameter of about 3mm. There is no pin rest and there is no constriction for the loop of the pin so the piece has been classified as a buckle rather than a brooch, using the criterion established by Egan and Pritchard (Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. 64-65). The shaft of the cast copper alloy pin is sub-rectangular in cross-section and has a maximum dimension of 4mm in height and 3.2mm in width, although the corners are slightly rounded. The shaft is broken and also bent and the broken part is missing. The break appears to be old. The circular loop fully encloses the frame and the internal diameter of the loop is about 5mm.The buckle frame and the remains of the pin have a mid-green coloured patina and the metal is in a stable condition.Similar buckles of this type have been recorded from excavations in London and are now in the Museum of London Collection (Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. 57-58. Fig. 36, Refs. 28-38.
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