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Description: | One arm from a cast copper alloy, late medieval purse bar dating from 1450-1550. It is circular in cross-section, with an integral, flat rectangular plate on one side. This plate has two circular perforations, one at each end. At the end of the arm is a narrow, circular neck and a circular terminal which flares slightly towards the outer end, which is domed. The main body of the arm is incised with a pattern of large diamonds delineated by double grooves; within each diamond on the top and front of the bar is a short length of rocker arm incised line. The inner end of the bar is broken and the remainder is missing. It has a dark green patina. It is 61.1mm long, 11.3mm wide and 10.1mm thick. It weighs 20.18gm. This is part of a Purse bar of Ward Perkins' type A1 (London Museum Medieval Catalogue) dating from the late 15th or early 16th century.
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