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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle is double-looped and asymmetrical with separate strap and pin bars. The smaller loop is rectangular for fitting to the strap and the larger loop would have been oval though is now incomplete due to old worn breaks. The pin bar in notched where the pin would have been attached and the pin no longer remains. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 57.6mm long, 29.1mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 12.7g.A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.87, no.538 and is dated to circa AD 1350 - 1450. Whitehead also suggests the large examples of this type of buckle may have been used to secure sword or dagger belts.
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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