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PURSE
Unique ID: WMID-D2FBCD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy late-medieval to early post medieval purse bar, dating to circa AD 1450-1550. The fragment consists of one side bar and the globular terminal. The side bar is cylindrical in cross section with a notch in the shaft before the terminal and also at the opposing broken end. Read (2001) illustrates purse bars with globular terminals on page 129, no's 923 and 924 which are dated to late 15th to early 16th century.
The fragment measures 41.73mm long, 11.97mm wide at the globular terminal and 2.41mm thick on the arm. It weighs 4 grams.
Read, B., (2001) Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom. Langport , Portcullis Publishing.
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 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.73 mm
Width: 11.97 mm
Thickness: 2.41 mm
Weight: 4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
Parish or ward: Condicote (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1528
Four figure Latitude: 51.9502936
Four figure longitude: -1.78315865
1:25K map: SP1528
1:10K map: SP12NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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