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STRAP END
Unique ID: LVPL-7CAB1F
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy object, probably a strap end.
The object is shaped like a circle, with a slightly flattened base and an extending edge opposite to this. The object is uniface, with the plain back holding a slight bump or projection at the 'base'.
The decorated face is split by two lines raised in slight relief which, meeting, form a triangle. This is filled with four hollow, slightly raised circles. Three of the same circles fill the outside of the triangle on either side, and a further two go into the projecting edge.
It is possible that the circular decorations continued, and the projecting edge is broken, but this is unclear.
The object has a patchy brown patina, with the projection on the undecorated face a darker brown than the body of the object.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2018 - Friday 1st March 2019
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Sandbach
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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