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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy annular buckle with cast copper alloy pin. The frame is oval in cross section and plain although it slightly varies in thickness around the ring and is not a perfect circle, some of the variation may be wear from the pin loop. It is 43.5mm in external diameter and 34.9mm in interior diameter by 4.02mm thick. The pin is cast with a 180 degree loop around the bar at one end (the tip of the loopis broken). The shaft is rectangular in section with a slightly domed top and tapers from the loop to the rounded point. The end tapers more quickly in width and thickness than the rest of the shaft. There is a raised collar on the front at the junction of the loop and shaft. It is 42.4mm long, 10.3mm wide including the loop and 5.1mm thick. The buckle weighs 11.64 grams in total. Egan and Pritchard (1991:57) suggest that annular rings with pins that do not have a pin constriction on the frame should be considered buckles rather than brooches. They illustrate several copper alloy examples similar to this one (e.g. p.58 No.36) and suggest they date from 1275 to 1450 AD.
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