Rights Holder: The British Museum
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Unique ID: PAS-8F0D01
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete copper-alloy post-medieval hooked tag of Read's Class E Type 3 (Read 2008: no. 319). The plate is of circular domed form with an integral trapezoidal sewing lug at the top. On the front face is moulded decoration comprising a central IhS motif within a cabled border. Extending from the base of the plate is the integral hook, which is bent; this is trapezoidal in cross-section, and tapers slightly to a rear facing tip. The entire object measures 31.05mm in length, 13.40mm in width, 2.18mm in thickness, and 1.90g in weight.
Inscription:
IhS
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.05 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Thickness: 2.18 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th October 2016
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: TQ3878
Four figure Latitude: 51.48412374
Four figure longitude: -0.01394376
1:25K map: TQ3878
1:10K map: TQ37NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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