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Description: | A cast copper alloy annular buckle. In plan, the buckle frame is circular and oval in section. The frame is undecorated. The pin is sub-rectangular in plan. The tip is has a slightly tapering to a broken terminal towards the tip. The break was probably quite recent. The opposite terminal, in profile, forms a 'C' shape, which would have curled around the strap bar of a buckle frame. The upper surface, as the curl starts, is decorated with a ridge decorated with fine ribs. The surface of the frame and pin is in good condition, it has a dark grey patina. The buckle frame measures 44.16mm diameter and 11.21mm thick at the pin. It weighs 19.8g. Similar buckles are illustrated in Egan G. and Pritchard F. (2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press), for example No. 38. Egan and Pritchard (2002:57) comment that these frames, without constrictions for the pin are considered to be buckles, and those with a constriction are brooches and date to the late 14th to 15th centuries. Ottaway (Ottaway, P. and Rogers, N. 2002 Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds From Medieval York York Archaeological Trust and CBA) illustrates a similar pin, No. 14336, which is dated to the 14th century.
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