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Description: | Fragment of copper-alloy purse bar dating to the early Post Medieval or very late Medieval period. This fragment comes from the one arm of the bar, and has a globular head at the terminal. The head has a circumferential ridge with a groove on either side at it's median, and it's end is notched across the centre. The arm is circular in section and it is set slightly off centre and at a tilt to the head, it has an ancient break.The bar is patinated dark green with large areas of pale green corrosion. The bar is 47.4mm long and the sub-spherical head has a diameter of 13.44mm in one direction and 12.10mm in the other. The shaft diameter is 5.21mm in one direction and 5.25mm in the other.Ward-Perkins in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue classifies this bar as a Type B3 and dates it to circa 1500 to 1550. Similar examples can be seen at YORYM-D51608, BERK-A80D01, LVPL-DBC433 and LEIC-736141.
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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