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Roman copper alloy lorica segmentata buckle
Buckle from a hoop of lorica segmentata. A simple D-shaped loop with separate, rivetted spindle, and folded-over plate bearing the rivet which secured it to the underlying cuirass hoop.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
56.214A/2.3
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field II, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1955 / Aug - Sep
Notes: field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from Courtyard House
Acquisition
collected officially, 5/7/1956
Measurements
length / mm:42
width / mm:22
Material
Copper alloy
Location
Caerleon: Case 06 Arms and Armour
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