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Description: | Post Medieval cast copper alloy hooked tag with a pierced circular plate. Most of the rectangular loop and long hook are missing to breaks with only the stubs remaining. The central plate is circular with a thin raised cross with central pellet, the ends of the arms meet a raised circular border. Outside this border the edge is beaded. In each quarter of the cross on the plate are four circular piercings, one close to the centre and three on the outer edge. Some of the piercings do not go fully through the plate. There are various similar, but complete, examples on the database including NLM-9DA783 and SOM-570111.Read (2008:99, No.370) illustrates a similar example and categorises this type as Early Post Medieval Class E Type 3 which he suggests date from AD 1500-1625, with most being used AD 1500-1550 and possibly some residual use into the 18th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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