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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-08AD5B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy buckle pin (c. 450-c. 600).
The loop is missing.
The shield or plate is flat at the front and reverse and the front appears to be plain.
The down-turned shaft of the pin is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat on the reverse. On the reverse of the plate there is the stub of an integral iron loop.
This pin is green and corroded and has flecks of a green patina with traces of a white metal coating.
Length: 41.2mm; width: 14.7mm; thickness: 4.0mm. Weight: 8.13g.
Class: Pin
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.2 mm
Width: 14.7 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 8.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd January 2019 - Wednesday 23rd January 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2019-7-40
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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