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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy strap mount.The head of the mount takes the form of a flat-sectioned pelta with inward-curving terminals, between which is a T-shaped projection. Two integrally cast rivets, both with discoidal stops, project backwards from the reverse. The uppermost rivet is located behind the T-shaped projection and the second, also central, is a short distance up from the bottom edge.Width: 20.03mm; height: 20.34mm; depth (including rivets): 5.39mm. Weight: 3.31g.Published parallels for this mount include an example from Margidunum (Webster 1958: Fig. 6/p. 88, no.173) and a pair illustrated by Appels and Laycock (2007: p. 126, Fig. AA14.48). A close parallel on the PAS database is YORYM-858A77, from Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire. Such mounts are generally considered to be military strap fittings (Appels and Laycock ibid.). Although their dating is uncertain, the occurrence of similar shapes in, for example, 1st and 2nd century plate brooches (see Hattatt 2000: Fig. 202, cf no. 511 and Fig. 214, no. 1134) and the apparent absence in late 4th/early 5th century military assemblages (see Hawkes and Dunning 1961) suggests a likely origin in the first half of the Roman period.
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