Buckle from lorica segmenta
Buckles like this were used in the legionary soldier’s armour. This is part of a hinged D-shaped buckle. It was used on the inside of the armour to join the breastplate to the backplate.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 3/2005/20/2
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- copper alloy
- Common Name
- buckle from lorica segmenta
- Simple Name
- segmented armour; buckle plate
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Year Low
- 50
- Production Year High
- 75
