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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-1908AE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Medieval to early Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop annular buckle with moulded floral decoration, c. AD 1450-1550. The frame is formed in the shape of a five-petalled flower and each petal is defined by a lateral incised line along the outer edge which frames multiple incised transverse lines. Traces of black laquer; the buckle frame has an even dark green patina. The pin is missing. Cf. Whitehead 2003, p. 47, no. 273-74.
Class: rose
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 2.8 mm
Width: 2.6 mm
Thickness: 0.2 mm
Weight: 5.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th July 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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