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Description: | Post Medieval cast copper alloy hooked tag with a circular plate, trapezoid loop and backward facing hook. The hook has been bent to one side and has also broken away from the plate due to a recent break. The central plate has a concave back and moulded convex front. It is circular with a plain raised outer double ring containing a complex raised design in the centre which is hard to interpret but may be a crown over the sacred monogram IHS. The hook and loop are opposite each other and are both D shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. The outer edge of the loop is slightly wider giving the trapezoid shape. It measures 34.5mm long with the break refitted by 14.4mm wide and 2.5mm thick, 5.1mm including the hook. It weighs 2.4 grams.Read (2008:92, No.320) illustrates a similar example with an IHS monograph and catogorises this type as Early Post Medieval Class E Type 3 and suggests they date from 1500-1625, with most being used 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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