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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy purse bar of unclassified type of medieval to post medieval date (c. AD 1450 - 1550). The purse bar measures 40.75mm in length, 15.18mm maximum width and weighs 25.06g.The purse bar consists of a globular central boss with a collared arm projecting from one side which terminates in an old break. The collar has a diameter of 8.79mm which narrows to 7.72mm at the point where the arm terminates. There is an old break on the other side of the boss indicating the postition of the other arm, now missing. The boss exhibits a drilled circular perforation from top to bottom to house the missing pendant loop. It is decorated with niello inlay on both sides. One side exhibits decoration in the form of a saltire cross, the other side has two crossing lines in the centre flanked by a diagonal line on either side.Cf. Read, B, 2001, p. 128, no. 914 & p. 132, fig. 86, no. 914.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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