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Description: | Part of a copper alloy Roman buckle plate. The frame os the buckle is missing, as is the pin. The plate has a transverse bar at one end from which two loops project. These would have attached the plate to the axis bar of the frame. The gap between the loops is where the pin would have been attached. The body of the plate is broken. The surviving part seems to be in the form of two trumpet coils facing towards the bar, leaving an open triangular hole between them and it. The trumpets are broken after the bells, but there would have been rounded holes inside the coils. The front of the plate is moulded so the trumpets are three dimensional. On the reverse, the trumpets are concave. An integral rivet projects back from each trumpet, presumably to attach the plate to the strap. No exact parallel for this buckle plate has been found, but the mechanism is similar to the reconstructed example on page 247 of Appels and Laycock. Compare also NLM4638, NMS-C73C93, BUC-084602, BUC-BF84A7 and PUBLIC-A03EF4. The object has a well developed dark green patina.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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