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Roman copper alloy scabbard slide
Bronze scabbard slide. The top terminates in a moulded spike. The decorative lower terminal is lost. Both shanks are of iron, the upper one being riveted through from the front.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/27
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.
Acquisition
Purchase, 22/8/1988
Measurements
length / mm:84 (broken)
maximum width / mm:11
width / mm
thickness / mm:2
Material
copper alloy
iron
Location
In store
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