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Description: | A cast copper-alloy buckle tongue if Roman date. It is in the form of a fleur-de-lis that is rectangular in cross-section. At the attachment end is a flattened loop set at right angles to the plane of the tongue and with a circular aperture enabling the tongue to hinge. The entire object measures 27.76mm in length, 14.52mm in width, 3.50mm in thickness and 2.76g in weight.This buckle tongue is of Roman date with parallels noted on the PAS database and elsewhere (cf. ESS-607F12, with refs.). It is of probable 2nd to 3rd century AD date.
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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