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Roman copper alloy belt plate
Originally recorded by Webster as a copper alloy sheet fragment. Chapman classifies it as a belt-plate. Small rectangular strip with a rivet hole at one end, the other end is broken. Decorated by a border of repoussé dots close to the extant edges. Possibly part of a plate from a single-strap belt.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/160
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:21
width / mm:11
thickness / mm:0.5
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