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Description: | A fragment of a Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy purse bar (1450-1550).This fragment is part of one arm and a complete integral terminal. The arm is circular in cross-section and measures 4.7mm in diameter. The bulbous terminal has two parallel circumferential grooves around its diameter and a single groove centred diametrically across its outer face.It has flecks of a matt green patina and the transverse break on the arm is old.Length: 35.3mm; diameter of terminal: 12.8mm. Weight: 9.29g.This purse bar has been categorised as a Type B3 (Ward Perkins 1940: 167-168, fig. 22).A complete example has been recorded from Stogumber, Somerset: SOM-13AE42.Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940. Medieval Catalogue. London Museum. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
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