Record ID: SF172 - MEDIEVAL buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SF172

Object type certainty: Certain

Gilt copper-alloy buckle; rectangular sheet-metal, secured by two small copper-alloy rivets at outer corners; slot for pin; ornate decoration on front surface consisting of a die-stamped lion passant on a punched stippled ground enclosed by a raised linear border; traces of heavy gilding.

Notes:

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Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Post AD 1200
Date to: Ante AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Length: 24.5 mm
Width: 18.2 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration method: Multiple [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration style: Heraldic [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Mid Suffolk
To be known as: SUFFOLK CODDENHAM

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 1998

Personal details

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Recorded by: Gabor Thomas - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Gabor Thomas - [view all attributed records]

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