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Description: | A medieval copper-alloy king's head buckle or clasp, dating from 1250 to 1400 AD. The frame is rectangular and has slightly convex sides; the base is broken and the bar missing. The top is decorated with a triangular human face in relief, with incised triangular eyes and round pellet nose. The crown is formed from four drilled circles with engraved lines and knops; it has a transverse rib forming the base of the crown. The face is smaller than the crown, and there are vertical grooves filling the space to either side.King's head buckles and clasps are well known, and many examples are recorded on the PAS database, such as LIN-E203C7 and LIN-E4E327. See also Egan and Pritchard 1991, 120, no. 568.The length is 43mm, and the width is 22mm; the thickness is 12mm and the weight is 10.27g.
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