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Description: | An incomplete an undecorated post-Medieval cast copper-alloy purse bar (c. 1500-c. 1600).The misshapen loop is sub-oval, wider at the top than at the bottom and is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat on the inner face of the loop. At the base of the loop, a flaring collar is integral with a shank, circular in cross-section and 5.05mm in diameter. Attached to the end of the shank is a separate bi-conical copper-alloy domed rove.In plan and side view the central block is sub-rectangular in cross-section and measures 9.38mm in height, 14.56mm in width and 7.77mm in thickness. It has a vertical hole, about 4.5mm in diameter through which the shank passes. The two incomplete arms are oval in cross-section and have a maximum diameter of about 3.5mm.This purse bar is worn and ha light green corrosion products overall. The breaks are old.Overall height: 47.65mm; width of loop: 15.90mm; thickness: 7.77mm. Weight: 11.39g.This type of purse bar has been classified as a Type B6 (Ward Perkins 1940: 167, fig. 52).
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