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Description: | Roman (1st to 4th century) strap fitting: mount. The copper alloy mount is a peltashape, therefore it is a sub-oval with two openwork crescent perforations near one long edge. Above these perforations there is a trefoil in a short stem, which is integral to the mount. The leaves of the trefoil are decorated with a low-relief annulet. On the reverse of the mount, in the centre, there is an integral, circular sectioned stud which tapers slightly and terminates with a flat edge. The reverse is undecorated. The surface of the mount has a slightly mottled brown/green patina which is slightly abraded in places. The mount measures 30.96mm long, 28.35mm wide, 7.36mm thick and weighs 6.14g.The mount is a strap fitting to decorate a belt. It dates to the Roman period and are found on belts dating to the 1st to 4th centuries (Appels and Laycock, 2007, 126 and 267).Appels, A. And Laycock, S. 2007 Roman Buckles and Military Fittings Essex: Greenlight Publishing
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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