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Description: | A cast, copper alloy, rectangular mount, probably Roman and dating from 50-200AD. It is decorated with a row of five small, indented squares along each long edge and two at one end with three at the other. Between the square cells are square raised areas of plain metal. There are traces of red enamel in one depressed square and of white enamel in another, suggesting that these colours alternated. The centre of the mount is plain. In the centre of the reverse is an integral, square mounting spike, most of which has broken away and is missing. There is a circular hole pierced through the plate at each end. These holes are countersunk from the reverse of the mount, and they interrupt the square decoration at the ends of the plate, suggesting that they were added at a later date, and that the piece may have been re-used in some fashion. The mount has a patchy, light green patina. It is 38.6mm long, 22.1mm wide and 14.2mm thick. it weighs 9.61gm. An enamelled Roman belt plate, without piercings, is illustrated in Appels & Laycock: Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, page 70, number AA8.5. The plate may have been used as a strap stiffener.
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