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PURSE
Unique ID: YORYM-1D760A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy purse bar of post-medieval date. The object has a central square block with rounded edges and a circular perforation running through the vertical axis. The remains of a shank from an attachment loop remain within the perforation as does the lower rivet which held it in place. The loop proper has been lost to an old break. The front and back panels of the block are decorated with niello cross hatching and it is flanked by moulded ridges. To either side of the block, from the moulded decoration, short circular sectioned bars extend ending in rounded terminals, each with a sub-triangular projection from the lower edge. Each terminal has a double banded border of incised lines.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The purse bar is 76.1mm long, 17.7mm wide, 10.6mm thick and weighs 37.3g.
This example fits into Williams' Class C1 and dates to the 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 76.1 mm
Width: 17.7 mm
Thickness: 10.6 mm
Weight: 37.3 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Central (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5702
Four figure Latitude: 53.51160127
Four figure longitude: -1.14194373
1:25K map: SE5702
1:10K map: SE50SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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