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Description: | Late Roman to early Medieval copper alloy buckle of Hawkes and Dunning Type IB (1961) of late 4th to early 5th century AD date. The buckle is missing the pin, but is otherwise complete and has an overall length of 17.2mm and a width of 13.1mm. The buckle is D-shaped with protruding zoomorphic decoration, comprising back-to-back horse head decoration positioned on the outside edge of the frame. The features of the horse are defined by incised lines representing the mane and mouth and punched ring-and-dot for the eye. The outside edge of the frame has moulded decoration and two punched ring-and dot motifs, probably representing a slightly devolved face-to-face dolphin design. The sides of the frame are decorated with repeated U-shaped punched motif. The bar is of circular section with a 2mm diameter. The rear of the buckle is flat and plain. The buckle weighs 3.1g and has a maximum thickness at the outside edge of the frame of 3.1mm. The buckle has a pale green patina with good surface preservation. The buckle can be paralleled with examples recorded by Hawkes & Dunning (1961) as type 1B and illustrated as examples a-m (p46-47, Fig. 15).
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