Bronze bell recovered from a shipwreck near Beaufort, NC

The cast bronze bell recovered from a shipwreck near Beaufort, N.C.
(The presumed Queen Anne's Revenge)

The letters "IHS MARIA" (a Roman Catholic Invocation) and date "1709" are found along top and bottom Bands, respectively.

Related N. C. Division of Archives and History web sites:

• WRECK DISCOVERED OFF BEAUFORT, N.C. LIKELY TO BE PIRATE BLACKBEARD'S FLAGSHIP
  
  
• Blackbeard: "The fiercest pirate of them all"
  
  
• The Queen Anne's Revenge