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Description: | Post medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame with pin. Only one loop of the buckle is complete, the other is 95% missing from old breaks. The remaining loop is oval with the outer edge expanded into a point on the inner and outer sides. The loop is convex in the front and concave at the back. The strap bar is narrowed and has a lobed knop at either end. The frame is 26.9nmm long, 27.1mm wide and 1.9mm thick. The pin is cast. It has been bent 180 degrees around the strap bar. After the loop in steps in slightly before tapering to the tip; it has a slight notch on the underside at the tip. This notch does not match the buckle frame. TThe pin is a different composition from the frame and has corroded to a more reddish hue. It is 25.9mm long, 5.2mm wide, 7.2mm thick.The entire thing weighs 5.10 grams.Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 61, No.365) which he dates to c1550-1650 AD.
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