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Description: | An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy purse bar (c. 1450-c. 1550).When complete, the suspension loop would have been oval in plan. It is roughly 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat on the inner face of the loop. At the base of the loop there is a flat collar which is integral with the shank. Attached to the end of the shank is a separate bi-conical copper-alloy domed rove. The rove has a diameter of 7.7mm.In plan and side view the central block is sub-rectangular and it is sub-rectangular in cross-section. It measures 11.7mm in height, 15.8mm in width and 10.6mm in thickness. It has a vertical hole, about 5.3mm in diameter through which the shank passes. One face of the central block is decorated with four circular depressions in a diamond shape. One is filled with indeterminate material. The two arms are sub-rectangular in cross-section and one is thicker and wider than the other. Each arm has a separate bi-conical terminal and the end of each arm has been burred-over to secure the terminal. On arm retains the loop of the frame.This purse bar is drab green. The breaks are old.Overall height: 45.5mm; width: 47.3mm; thickness: 10.6mm. Weight: 26.74g.This type of purse bar has been classified as a Type B6 (Ward Perkins 1940: 167, fig. 52).Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940. London Museum Medieval Catalogue. London: HMSO.
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