File:IOW-274286 Medieval Spur Buckle (FindID 562065).jpg

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IOW-274286 Medieval Spur Buckle
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Frank Basford, 2013-05-27 10:01:45
Title
IOW-274286 Medieval Spur Buckle
Description
English: An incomplete and misshapen Medieval cast copper-alloy spur buckle with an integral plate (c. 1200-c. 1400).

The frame and pin are missing.
This buckle is convex at the front and largely flat at the rear and only stubs of the frame survive. Within the plate, close to the frame end, there is a circular hole of 2.02mm in diameter for the missing pin. Adjacent to this hole, there is a collar and then a swelling containing another circular hole for a rivet which is about 1.4mm in diameter. The rivet is missing. From this point, the plate taper slightly towards the attachment end where there is lozengiform terminal with a pointed knop which contains another rivet hole, 1.35mm in diameter.
This buckle has corroded to a mid-green with traces of the same coloured patina.

Length (if straightened): 39.53mm; width at frame end: 12.03mm; thickness: 2.27mm. Weight: 1.97g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1200 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 562065
Old ref: IOW-274286
Filename: IOW2013-1-280.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/427820
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/427820/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/562065
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