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PURSE
Unique ID: BH-C5109B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy loop from an early post-Medieval purse frame.
The ring-shaped loop is of oval section and heavily worn at its apex. A circular-sectioned arm projects downwards from the base, its worn underside retaining no trace of the spigot which would have fitted within the purse bar's block.
Width: 27.1mm; height: 27.9mm; thickness: 7.5mm. Weight: 8.39g.
Circular loops are usually associated with London Museum Type B3 purse frames (see Ward Perkins 1967: fig. 52). Such purses probably date from the first half of the 16th century (ibid. 167).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 27.9 mm
Width: 27.1 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 8.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/102 - 34
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Baldock
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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