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PURSE

Unique ID: DENO-B18C70

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of a copper alloy late-medieval purse bar (AD c.1450-c.1550), missing all but a length of one side bar and its terminal. Overall, the fragment measures 39.2mm long, 12.1mm wide and 12.1mm thick. It weighs 8.97g. The side bar is cylindrical and measures 4mm in diameter. The terminal is globular and wrythen (spiralled and twisted). This fragment falls into Type B3 (London Museum 1940). cf. Read, 2001, p. 129, Fig. 87, no. 923.

Class: Type B3

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39.2 mm
Width: 12.1 mm
Thickness: 12.1 mm
Weight: 8.97 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd September 2015

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Derby E8126

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
Parish or ward: Cotgrave (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6335
Four figure Latitude: 52.90874669
Four figure longitude: -1.06468353
1:25K map: SK6335
1:10K map: SK63NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2001	Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	p. 129, Fig. 87	no. 923

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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