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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy purse bar of Late Medieval to early post-Medieval date.The piece represents the end part of one of the bar's arms. It is of rectangular section, with a slightly wider, oval-sectioned, terminal, from the centre of the outer face of which protrudes a circular-sectioned rivet. Both of the flat surfaces of the bar bear crudely incised letters: one side reads 'AVE'; the other side appears to read 'TECV'. It is likely that these groups of letters would have formed parts of the legends 'AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA' ('Hail Mary, full of grace') and 'DOMINVS TECV(M)' ('May the Lord be with you'). A perforated sub-rectangular tab, located centrally, extends vertically downwards from the underside of the bar and represents a sewing point for the bag.Dimensions: 34.3mm long, 14.2mm high, 7.1mm thick. Weight: 11.27g.The purse bar is a London Museum Type A2 (Ward Perkins 1967: 165). It probably dates from the late 15th to early 16th centuries.
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