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Description: | A cast copper alloy medieval one-piece strap end with raised decoration. The strap end has a decoratively cut open end, with a rivet hole. It then tapers inwards to a rounded terminal. The reverse is solid for two-thirds of the length, but has a rounded aperture at the top, into which a strap would have been fixed. A second rivet can be seen just below it. The front (top half) features a male head, in high relief. The lower rivet head, forms the detail on his chin. The face is very stylised with heavy eye brows, a triangular nose, raised cheeks and a flared beard. It is possible that the design of the cut open terminal is meant to represent a crown. The metal is a dark olive-green. It dates to the late 13th - early 15th century.
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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