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PURSE
Unique ID: IOW-3F171B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval to post Medieval copper-alloy purse bar (1450-1550. Ward- Perkins type B8.
This is the upper component and has a cuboid central block which is rectangular in cross-section. The stub of a suspension loop survives at the end of the block and appears to have been oval in cross-section. Each arm is oval in cross-section and each terminal is bi-conical in form.
This purse bar is corroded and greenish brown. The break is old.
Length: 62.5mm; width: 16.7mm; thickness: 6.0mm; diameter of terminals: 10.6mm. Weight: 17.07g.
Similar examples can be found in Ward-Perkins (1940, 167 and 169). Another similar example is illustrated in Margeson (1993, 42, no. 291).
Ward-Perkins, 1940. London Museum Medieval Catalogue. London: HMSO.
Margeson, S. 1993. Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology 58
Class: Ward Perkins type B8
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1450
Date to: Exactly AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.5 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 17.07 g
Diameter: 10.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th October 2016 - Sunday 30th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2017-2-4
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Museum | 1940 | London Museum Medieval Catalogue | London | HMSO | 167 and 169 | ||
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | 42, no. 29 |
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