Casgliadau Arlein

Hinged buckle strap-fitting from lorica segmentata. Two plates folded round a common axial bar. The fixed plate retains two flat headed rivets, while the buckle-plate has a single central rivet hole. The buckle plate is three layers thick for most of its length as the strip is folded right back on itself from both ends. Plain D-shaped buckle with a flat spatulate tongue.