15th-16th century AD. A purse bar with shield-shaped centre and sub-rectangular arms with pierced lobes below; inscribed on both faces and inlaid with niello: 'ST MARIA / ST LARISAR' across two arms of one face, with three fleur-de-lys motifs to the central section; 'O DOMINE / CRI?STE' across two arms of the other face, with 'IHS' within shield to the central section; swivel rod in situ, with geometric decoration. See The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id WAW-6DF783, for a similar purse bar with similar inscription dated c. 1450-1550. 124 grams, 16.2cm (6 1/2"). Property of a Kent gentleman; found Romney Marsh area, Kent, UK, 1990-2015.