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Roman copper alloy lorica segmentata fitting
Two plates folded around a common axial bar and each originally secured with two rivets. Both rivets survive in one plate, and are fairly flat headed, but neither survives on the other. There are concentric punched rings around the rivet holes and hint of a punched line around the hinge margin.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.3H/3.12
Find Information
Site Name: British Telecom Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1987
Notes: Excavation conducted on land immediately to the east of the telephone exchange on Museum Street. Context: Phase Ib
Measurements
length / mm:56 (broken)
width / mm:15
thickness / mm:2
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