Rights Holder: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
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Unique ID: ESS-FE42C7
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval cast copper alloy annular buckle. The frame is circular with no decoration. There is some damage to the surface, but the grey-green patina is largely intact. The pin is cast copper alloy, formed of an open loop wrapped around the frame with the stem extending across the frame. There is a small raised collar on the pin. The surface of the pin is largely missing, with only small patches of grey-green patina surviving. The frame is 39.02mm in diameter, 4.82mm wide, 4.58mm thick. The pin is 39.78mm long. The buckle weighs 16.4g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Quantity: 1
Weight: 16.4 g
Diameter: 39.02 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012 - Thursday 1st March 2012
This object was found at Digging up the Past, Kimbolton CAMBS early 2012
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Other reference: Colchester OEF6957
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