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Description: | A cast copper alloy single looped buckle frame with a roller. In plan the frame is a sub-'D' shape with a narrowed and off-set strap bar. The strap bar is square in section and has a small central notch on the exterior edge, presumably to keep the pin central. The pin is missing. The portion of the loop which is parallel to the strap bar has an integral moulded portion which has expanded sub-oval terminals and a narrowed mid section, around which a separate sheet of copper alloy curled around the frame forming a roller. The roller is designed to reduce wear on the strap and to enable the strap to be tightened more easily (Ottaway and Rogers 2002 Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds from Medieval York, p. 2889). The roller and frame are both undecorated. The frame has a dark green/grey patina, and the roller a mid green patina. The buckle measures 25.32mm long, 19.63mm wide and 4.75mm thick. It weighs 4g.The buckle dates to the mid 13th to mid 14th centuries. Ottaway and Rogers (2002) illustrate similar buckles, Figure 1466 No. 14298 and 14303 for example found in mid to late 13th century contexts.
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