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PURSE
Unique ID: NMS-1D11F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete, worn and corroded medieval to post-medieval copper alloy purse bar, bent, with one surviving wrythen decorated terminal, of LMMC Type B3. The shield-shaped boss is undecorated with a stump of the missing bar on one side. Most of the central loop is missing, lower part with a separate bi-conical rove at base. Extant length (unbent) c.66mm. Extant height 18mm. Boss height 11.5mm, width 13mm, thickness 7.5mm. c.1500 - c.1550.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 66 mm
Height: 18 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 9th March 2017 - Wednesday 12th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 44066
Other reference: AMD042017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Haveringland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1520
Four figure Latitude: 52.7348659
Four figure longitude: 1.18310938
1:25K map: TG1520
1:10K map: TG12SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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