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Description: | A Medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame and plate. Only the narrowed and off-set strap bar of the buckle remains. The breaks of the frame are not too recent. The pin is cast copper allow and tapers to a sharp point. In section the pin is a D-shape.Around the strap bar a buckle plate is folded in half forming a rectangular plate. In the centre of the fold there is a slot to allow for the pin. The plate is decorated on the upper surface with a fine incised design which is not clear. At the opposite terminal to the fold there is a rivet hole in both the upper and lower plate. Both plates have abraded edges. The plate has an incomplete dark green coloured patina.The buckle plate and pin together measures 42.91mm long and 15.86mm wide across the frame. It weighs 3.2g.The buckle and plate probably date to the Medieval period, 13th to 14th centuries.
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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