02-21-2003, 05:46 PM
Avete!<br>
I would say, No, it is not like any lorica fitting that I've ever seen. It might resemble some later belt or strap buckles (horse harness fittings, maybe?), but it looks more like a medieval buckle to me! The very description is a good indicator--that BS about "the robust construction needed for direct riveting the plate armour", and the nice little rather loose history lesson that disguises the lack of actual facts about the piece itself.<br>
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I have never shopped on Ebay (not a principle, I just don't need to!), and certainly not for antiquities, but every time someone shows me an antique on ebay, there is something dubious or downright fraudulant about it. Caveat Emptor! If you don't KNOW what it is, don't touch it.<br>
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Valete,<br>
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Matthew/Quintus, Legio XX <p></p><i></i>
I would say, No, it is not like any lorica fitting that I've ever seen. It might resemble some later belt or strap buckles (horse harness fittings, maybe?), but it looks more like a medieval buckle to me! The very description is a good indicator--that BS about "the robust construction needed for direct riveting the plate armour", and the nice little rather loose history lesson that disguises the lack of actual facts about the piece itself.<br>
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I have never shopped on Ebay (not a principle, I just don't need to!), and certainly not for antiquities, but every time someone shows me an antique on ebay, there is something dubious or downright fraudulant about it. Caveat Emptor! If you don't KNOW what it is, don't touch it.<br>
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Valete,<br>
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Matthew/Quintus, Legio XX <p></p><i></i>
Matthew Amt (Quintus)
Legio XX, USA
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Legio XX, USA
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