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Description: | A single looped, D shaped, copper alloy Medieval buckle, of Meols type 8, dating from AD 1200 - 1450. The frame has curved convex sides and a moulded outside edge consisting of four rounded knops, a central groove for a pin rest, flanked by ridges, and further ridges bewteen each pair of knops. The strap bar is offset and broken in the middle. The pin is missing. Unusually, the buckle is moulded on both front and back, rather than having a flat back. The buckle has a dark brown green patina. It is 37.3mm wide, 26.4mm long, and 5mm thick. 8.07g.See Griffiths, Philpott and Egan, Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast, page 84.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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