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Description: | A cast copper alloy spur. The heel and rowel protrusion remain of the spur, and the arms are incomplete. The rowel protrusion is formed by two parallel protrusions which are sub-triangular in profile. The terminal of these arms are broken, therefore the axis bar to support the rowel is missing, as is the rowel. The heel, in profile, has a point at the apex of the heel and the angle of the arm from the heel forms a '\'. The arms in section are rectangular with rounded edges. The arm at the midpoint is slightly off-set and narrowed. The terminals of both arms are broken, and this occurred in antiquity. In plan the longest arm is bent out of shape. The exterior of the spur has traces of moulded decoration and gilding. The mould design is not clear. The surface of the spur has traces of a mid green patina but the surface is heavily abraded. It measures 45.71mm long from the apex of the arm bend and terminal of the rowel element, and is 33.9mm wide across the arms. It weighs 23.6g. The Museum of London Catalogue (Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940 London Museum: Medieval Catalogue London) illustrates similar spurs with the pointed heel and angled arms (Figure 33) which date to the 15th century.
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