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Description: | A complete, elaborately cast, copper-alloy Roman buckle-pin, perhaps a variation of the cruciform type. The buckle-pin is broadly trefoil in shape. One terminal is looped for attachment to the plate (Th.: 5.55mm). On each side two prongs curve round towards the loop end to form a pair of 'C's perpendicular to the tongue. The side prongs have moulded zoomorphic terminals, somewhat reminiscent of snake jewellery. The mouths are parted and delineated with grooves. On the upper surface there is also a punched eye. The upper surface of the buckle-pin is otherwise decorated with linear transverse incisions: three as the tongue begins, three at the junction of loop and pin, and three on the side prongs before the zoomorphic heads. Between the sides prongs and below the tongue the upper surface is decorated by an incised saltire groove with small punches within the lines. The tongue of the pin is arched, with a tiny notch at the tip. This is a very finely moulded piece, with bevelling on the tip and the internal curves of the side prongs. The fronts of the side prongs are fairly rounded, as is the lower surface of the tongue; the majority of the lower surface of the buckle is flat. The buckle has an even black patina with only slight traces of corrosion and scratching. One of the side prongs has been bent upwards very slightly as a result of old damage. Buckle-pins comparable in form can be found in Jackson (1990, plate 5; figs. 48, 49) and Appels and Laycock (2007, 102; refs. AA12.7, AA12.8). Jackson (1990, 32) states that 'these types of pin were common on military belt-buckles of the first century AD.'
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