ROMAN LEGIONARY’S SWORD BELT TERMINAL, 2nd-3rd CENTURY AD

Bronze, tear-shaped with a stirrup form end and pierced body with trefoil tip. At the time, legionary’s sword belts had split ends with two terminals. See https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Military%20Belts, 40th and 41st images for identical examples and a very specific scholarly discussion of these. This example is 1 3/4” long.