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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BERK-00883B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval Annular buckle with hinged pin on cross bar c. 1300 - 1500 AD. The ring has eight projections from the outer edge, three of the projections are damaged/missing. The buckle is sub-circular in profile. The pin has been incised post production with Roman Numerals of 'XV' with a possible 'I' following the 'V'. The surface has a mid-green patina with some copper oxide eruptions. See Marshalls Buckles Through the Ages p. 12 Type IIIB.
Class: Cassels type 1.2B
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.23 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
Diameter: 26.18 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Shabbington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6506
Four figure Latitude: 51.74893473
Four figure longitude: -1.05985305
1:25K map: SP6506
1:10K map: SP60NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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