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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman buckle of Hawkes and Dunning (1961) Type IIA. Only part of the attachment end of the plate is preserved, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The surviving fragment is flat, rectangular in form and has the remains of openwork decoration. The attachment end bears three rectangular lugs, pierced to take the buckle frame. The entire object has a worn green patina and measures 27.7mm in width (incomplete), 38.7mm in length (complete), 4.6mm in thickness and 5.7g in weight.This buckle is of Late Roman type, the plate form and decorative elements indicating it belongs to Hawkes and Dunning's Type IIA buckles (Hawkes and Dunning, 1961: figs. 17-18, 19bis). These are typically related to Roman military activity and date to the 4th century AD.
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