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Roman copper alloy buckle
Medium sized buckle. The ends of the hoop are curved back to form scrolls to either side of a central bar which lies in advance of the straight edge of the buckle and held the iron tongue; projecting away from the hoop from the centre of the straight edge of the buckle are two bronze loops whereby the buckle was hinged to a bronze plate. The pivot of this hinge was of iron.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/51
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:23
maximum width / mm:25
width / mm
thickness / mm:2
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