Partifacts from Roman field - Roman armour hinge?

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Partifacts from Roman field - Roman armour hinge?

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Along with a lovely Antoninus Pius denarius, and a few other Roman coins, I also found the following three objects and would be grateful for any ID on them. The hinged item certainly looks like it could be Roman... could it be a hinge from Roman armour? ( maybe wishful thinking).
The other two bits I have no idea.
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I may be wrong but the hinged piece looks like a modern hinge.
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Post by Allectus »

Modern brass hinge & the other pieces look modern too.
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Hate to disagree, but looking into it further I found this. Mine is exact same size, shape, has the concentric ring mark from being riveted so I'm pretty convinced.

http://www.roman-artifacts.com/Armor%20 ... 0hinge.htm
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tobo27 wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 6:12 pm Hate to disagree, but looking into it further I found this. Mine is exact same size, shape, has the concentric ring mark from being riveted so I'm pretty convinced.

http://www.roman-artifacts.com/Armor%20 ... 0hinge.htm
That is a very detailed link.
One for the FLO to confirm .
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tobo27 wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 6:12 pm Hate to disagree, but looking into it further I found this. Mine is exact same size, shape, has the concentric ring mark from being riveted so I'm pretty convinced.

http://www.roman-artifacts.com/Armor%20 ... 0hinge.htm
...If it's not an armour hinge it's bloody damn close,looking at the reference material I'd say it is ,..well spotted and nice bit of sleuthing would've been in my scrap pouch without a second thought [81/]
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