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BUCKLE
Unique ID: YORYMM22
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of a Romano-British quoit buckle. Design shows two dolphins facing each other. One dolphin remains. Approximately half of buckle extant. Crescent shaped with involuted termini. Dark brown patina, trace silver colour seen on the base of loop.
Notes:
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Class: Quoit
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.1 mm
Width: 24.5 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 9.26 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO6756
Four figure Latitude: 52.201234
Four figure longitude: -2.484269
1:25K map: SO6756
1:10K map: SO65NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crummy, N. | 1983 | Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9 | Colchester | Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd |
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