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PURSE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-66D756
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn Late-Medieval to Post Medieval copper-alloy purse (Type 2A). Only the attachment loop and the central block survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. The central block is rectangular in shape. Through this passes a circular suspension loop. This is attached to a circular integrally cast shank and a separate circular rove. This purse measures 48.44 mm in length, 26.67 mm in width at the central block, 26.50 mm in external diameter at the suspension loop, 18.96 mm in internal diameter at the suspension loop, 8.92 mm in thickness, 20.8 g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.44 mm
Width: 26.5 mm
Thickness: 8.92 mm
Weight: 20.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: Tenterden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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