2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze strap junction comprising a central openwork panel of scrolls and lattice within a circular frame with lugs to the outer edge, two rectangular brackets to accept the leather straps. Cf. Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, London, 1993, fig.124(6), for type. 79 grams, 89mm (3 1/2"). From a North Yorkshire collection formed since the 1980s; thence by descent. [No Reserve]