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PURSE
Unique ID: SWYOR-BB72F0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy purse loop of Post-medieval date (AD 1500-1700). The object consists of a bar with an upper and lower integral loop and small square, centrally situated projection on one side and a lower swivelling loop.
The lower loop is a sliding belt attachment, the lower aspect of which would have attached to two bars which would have provided the frame for a purse.
There are minor traces of gold gilding adhering to the surface of the pendant. The metal is a light green in colour with a dark brown patina.
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database Unique ID: SUR-9D48F7
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 85.75 mm
Width: 23.22 mm
Thickness: 8.38 mm
Weight: 40.08 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS 2095
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Dinnington
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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