Opinions on Balteus

[Crispvs]

The belt plates on the remake of the original Dipeeka belt are of type A, but appear to be stamped from thin sheet. Type A plates appear always to have been cast. The belt plates on the new, heavy belt are of type B, but are cast. In Grew and Griffiths' 1991 survey of pre-Flavian belt plates from Britain, all but one of the type B plates were stamped from thin sheet, probably using male and female dies. It has been suggested that the lone cast type B plate may have been a one-off: perhaps copied in an impression mould made using a plate from a belt which had lost one of its plates and required a replacement. I know of no other examples of cast type B plates. So, then: the stamped plates on the first belt should have been cast, and the cast plates from the second belt should have been stamped. Ho hum.<br>
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Crispvs <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=crispvs>Crispvs</A> at: 2/11/04 1:15 am<br></i>