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Description: | A Post Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked tag dating to AD 1550-1675. ( Read Class E type 3). The tag has a circular body and a trapezoidal attachment loop. The hook is bent flat against itself. The circular tag has a beaded border with an equal-armed cross with a central pellet. It has open fretwork around four petals, giving a total of sixteen perforations within the body of the tag, some are now blocked in by corrosion product, and others perhaps never pierced. The reverse is flat, carrying the border's beads and the perforations mentioned in silhouette.The tag measures 33mm long, 16.3mm wide, 1.1mm thick and it weighs 1.93 grams.A similar tag can be seen in Read(2008) p99. ref370.
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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