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Description: | Double sheet copper-alloy strap end with bent sides in the form of a shield in plan with a lobed knop extension at the terminal end. The face plate is incised with the letters IHS with a line above that follows the form of the knopped end. All this is within an incised border which follows the edge of the plate and is emphasised by six diagonal marks on either side if the lettering. The back plate has keyhole-shaped openwork surrounded by four rivets in four rivet holes in each corner. Remains of the leather strap can be seen between the two sheets of copper alloy that make up the strap end. Read (1995) illustrates a similar example with the same initials, from Cockington, Torquay, Devon, on page 66, No.342, which he dates from the 15th to 16th centuries.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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