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Description: | An incomplete Late Medieval to Early post-Medieval cast copper-alloy purse bar (c. 1450 -c. 1550). Ward Perkins Type A2. This purse bar consists of one almost complete arm and the central block. The loop and shank are missing and the other arm is almost totally missing due to an old break and only a stub has survived. The shield-shaped central block has a flat top and measures: 17.1mm in height, 18.6mm in width and 12.2mm in thickness. It has a central vertical circular hole, 5.3mm in diameter that accommodated the shank. One face of the central block has an inscription, possibly: I H C. However, due to corrosion, this is uncertain. At each side of the central block the arms are oval in cross-section (11.0 x 8.6mm) for a length of 13.0mm and then become rectangular in cross-section, 8.5mm deep and 4.9mm in width. The terminal is missing due to a break. Consequently, the constriction for the frame is lost. The arm has cross-hatching on one side and is, perhaps, intended to represent letters. This is the same side as the inscription on the central block. The other side of the arm is inscribed: DOMINV. Beneath the arm there is an attachment plate, 40.6mm in length and 3.6mm in width, with three circular holes that have a diameter of 2.8mm. This purse bar is corroded and pitted overall and is in poor condition. There is no evidence that niello was applied. 115.4 x 18.6 x 12.2mm. Weight: 55.61g. The purse bar can be classified as a Type A2 (Ward Perkins 1940, 165, fig. 50).
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