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Belt Plates - 2nd/3rd century AD - Solid design
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Two sword belt (cingulum) plates circa 3rd century AD.
Mid-2nd to early 3rd century AD.
The top example may have been found at the buckle end of the belt - hence its asymmetrical shape.
References for top example:
Dura Europos report, volume 7, figure 38, #85.
At the Carnuntum Museum in Bad Altenbach.
Redzic, Viminacium, #424 + 431, Type XVIIv4, c 150-200 AD.
Kostromychev, Burial Fittings, fig.4, # 2, Chersonesos, Ukraine.
References for the lower example:
Dura Europos report, volume 7, figure 38, #84.
Redzic, Viminacium, #428, Type XVIIv4, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD.
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