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Description: | An incomplete and misshapen Medieval cast copper-alloy spur buckle with an integral plate (c. 1200-c. 1400).The frame and pin are missing. This buckle is convex at the front and largely flat at the rear and only stubs of the frame survive. Within the plate, close to the frame end, there is a circular hole of 2.02mm in diameter for the missing pin. Adjacent to this hole, there is a collar and then a swelling containing another circular hole for a rivet which is about 1.4mm in diameter. The rivet is missing. From this point, the plate taper slightly towards the attachment end where there is lozengiform terminal with a pointed knop which contains another rivet hole, 1.35mm in diameter.This buckle has corroded to a mid-green with traces of the same coloured patina.Length (if straightened): 39.53mm; width at frame end: 12.03mm; thickness: 2.27mm. Weight: 1.97g.
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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