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Roman copper alloy scabbard slide
Scabbard belt-loop, lower end only, with decorated leaf-shaped terminal. The length of the rivet shank seems too long for the piece to ever have been used, and local manufacture is indicated. c.f. Prysg Field example of this type (no. 4f), c. AD 120-200.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
84.43H/2.7
Find Information
Site Name: Museum Garden, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1983 - 1984
Notes: Context (76), Phase V.
Acquisition
Collected officially, 26/4/1984
Measurements
length / mm:52
Material
copper alloy
Techniques
cast
Location
In store
Categories
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