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Description: | A copper-alloy D-shaped buckle frame dating from the 11th or 12th century. The outer edge is circular in cross-section, with devolved animal heads at each end of the bar (beast biting bar type). The buckle is corroded and worn, and any decoration that might have been present is no longer visible. The bar is narrower than the frame and is particularly worn in the centre. The pin is missing and there is no pin rest. The buckle is 16.5mm long, 17.5mm wide, 5.3mm thick and 4.08g. The strap would have been 7mm wide. The buckle has patches of a dark grey green patina, but the bare metal is a dark red colour.Compare Meols page 72 number 312. This type of buckle is thought, from finds at Winchester and Norwich, to be 11th or 12th century (Hinton in Biddle 1990, no. 1110; Margeson 1993, no. 127).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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