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Description: | A mount from the central boss of a purse bar, which is sub shield-shaped with the tip missing, and engraved with a Tau cross on a cross-hatched field. Has iron staining on it's face. With oblique file marks and traces of solder on the reverse. Measures 20mm x 22mm. Cf. LMMC fig.51 and Plate XXXIV, nos.1 and 2 and an example from North Tuddenham, described as a strap-end, in Norfolk Archeology 44, part i (2000), fig.7 B. The Tau cross is associated with the Order of Hospitallers of St Anthony. Pilgrim badges of the order have been found in 15th century deposits in London. 15th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Crawford, Becky | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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