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Roman copper alloy buckle
Buckle, cast in a flat one-piece mould; the back is flat. The hoop is ovoid with the end curved back in the form of scrolls to either side of the tongue. There is a trapeziform extension behind the hoop, with a rectilinear key-hole shaped piercing, the narrow part of which originally accomodated the back end of the tongue, which was secured round the bar that closes the piercing on a line with the hoop.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/59
Find Information
Site Name: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980-1981
Notes: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.
Measurements
length / mm:27
maximum width / mm:23
width / mm
thickness / mm:2
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