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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle (c. 1250-c. 1450).The frame is 'D'-shaped in plan, convex at the front and flat at the rear. It has a curved and widened outside edge, constricted at its centre for a separate sheet copper-alloy roller which has a transverse soldered join. Within the roller the outside edge is flat and rectangular in cross-section. The bar is narrowed and slightly off-set.The surface of the metal is drab greenish brown and there are traces of a green patina on both faces. The pin is missing.14.7 x 22.4 x 5.7mm. Weight: 2.02g.Similar buckles with separate sheet rollers have been published and dated c. 1250-1500 (Whitehead 1996: 19, refs: 57 and 58).Numerous buckles of this type are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: HAMP-849A45, LVPL-34EF25, PUBLIC-921778; SUR-B98FB3. SUSS-1C2412 and WILT-6DEA43.
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