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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar arm of Medieval to early Post-Medieval date. The arm is sub-rectangular in section which tapers slightly towards the end where it terminates with a round-sectioned collar, a narrow neck and a conical terminal. There are two semi-circular tabs projecting from the base of the bar with circular perforations. These would have been used to attach the fabric part of the purse.The wide flat faces of the purse bar hold recessed inscriptions. The inscriptions on this tyoe of bar tend to be taken from the Ave Maria Gracia Plena (Hail Mary full of Grace) and Dominvs Tecvm (The Lord be with you) as is common on examples of Ward Perkins Type A2 (1940: 165). Ward Perkins dates these to c.1475-1550. This example however seems to have a nonsense inscription reading AECA_R on one side and BIAA CR on the other.This purse bar fragment measures 60.3mm long, 13.4mm wide, 5.3mm thick and weighs 20.44 grams.Similar examples include LON-B60E27 and SUSS-0BE6A3.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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