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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy spur buckle of Medieval date AD 1200 ? AD 1400). The pin is missing. Length 35mm, maximum width 16.5mm and 2.8mm thick. Weight 4.94g.
The buckle and its integral plate are largely flat on both faces. It is symmetrical in plan and the frame is trapezoidal in plan. The frame is 14.5m in length and has a width of 16.5mm at the outside edge. The inner edge of the frame is 13.6mm in width. The plate is about 22mm in length. A circular pin hole, close to the frame, is 2.0mm in diameter. It is filled with corroded copper alloy, probably the remains of the pin. Each edge of the plate is indented with two pointed projections to form a decorative cusp. The terminal end of the plate is trefoil-shaped and has a maximum width of 13.0mm. In each foil there is a circular rivet hole, two of these are filled with corroded copper alloy and the third is empty. A fourth rivet hole situated at the centre of the plate is now empty. The two empty rivet holes are 2.0mm in diameter.
The piece is generally corroded and in poor condition. There is a patchy dark green patina on each face. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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