Record ID: CPAT-028E92
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
This is a cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Middle Severn Valley), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3.e. The crossbar is hollow and has pierced end caps with the remains of a lug to the top centre. The bow is decorated with longitudinal ribs, the central one being most prominent. The foot, catch plate, axial rod, spring and pin are now missing. In style, this brooch resembles the early Polden Hill type with the catch plate sweeping high up the back of the bow. The surface is heavily corroded with much of the detail lost, it has a dark green/black patina.
Created on: Friday 17th July 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-6FCE17
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
An axe-hammer of igneous stone found in 1989 holding open the door of a shed in the rear garden of a house at Castle Place, Abergele. The finder Mr Nathan Roberts was undertaking renovation work on the house at the time. A fine example with overall pecking marks visible, blunted at the axe end, signs of damage at the butt end. One of the perforated sides is slightly concave. Shaft hole is towards the butt end, and is splayed at both ends suggesting that it was drilled from both sides (Spencer, J, pers comm, 2004). Thin section extracted and studied by Dr Richard E. Bevins of the Ge…
Created on: Friday 27th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-390DE8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
A brass button of the Anglesey Constabulary. It is missing the attachment loop. The Prince of Wales feathers are depicted on the domed front. The Anglesey Constabulary was formed in 1857 and continued until it was amalgamated into the Gwynedd Constabulary in 1950.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-296CA4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small brass strap holder or loop. Probably from a horse harness or other equipment.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-297C64
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper-alloy strap fitting, probably a breeching dee, from horse harness. Breeching dees were used to help brake a vehicle going downhill without pressing on the horse's rump.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-2DF2B1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a cast, late medieval to early post-medieval copper alloy purse bar circa (1450-1550). The remaining bar has a sub rectangular cross section and a lenticular plan view that tapers towards both ends. The end is terminated with a small knop and the central point has a concave collar and larger knop, the break is apparent just after that knop. The remnant of the fixing plate has at least two attachment holes. The surface is decorated with four equally spaced parallel pairs of diagonal groves bounded by three vertical grovesat each end of the bar. The bar has remnants of gi…
Created on: Monday 12th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-1503C2
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Here we have a fragment of a middle Bronze Age copper alloy dirk or sword, circa 1200BC. The blade has a shallow but discernible midrib section, clear 'shoulders' and two rivet holes to the butt end. Given the parallel edges, the simple rivet form and the possible length if this blade, I would err on the side of this being a dirk. The patina is now a very dark black/green due in part perhaps, to some restorative action.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-348075
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pierced thin disk of slate, a spindlewhorl with drilled, slightly off-centre, hole.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-3F5174
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy post-medieval fob seal with reddish stone matrix depicting a Roman head.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2005
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-7802C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
This Roman bow brooch in copper alloy, is circa the second half of the 1st century AD. It is in the form of the 'Polden Hill' type brooch. It has the characteristic semi cylindrical wings in which the spring sits on the axis bar, which in turn is held by the pierced plate at the wing tips. A simple backward lug holds the chord in place. The head of the bow has a central knurled rib running down the spine and there are pronounced shoulders where the bow meets the wing. The lower half of the brooch and the pin are missing.
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-5061A4
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy cast spur rowel of 17th century origin (1600-1660). The rowel is in the form of a five pointed star with small intermediate points between each leg. The central hole has been worn to an oval shape and has an initial diameter of 3.8mm now elongated to 5.3mm. The surface is now corroded to a mid brown with some green copper oxides in evidence. Brian Read, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, No. 516.
Created on: Friday 13th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 1st July 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-A0ECFB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This appears to be a billon (base silver) 20-para coin of the Ottoman emperor Abdul Mejid (AH 1255-77/AD1839-61). It bears the accession date 1255 [looks like a blundered 1700] and a regnal year that may be 5 - looks like a dot (= zero, in Arabic numerals, which doesn't make sense). (Besly, Ed, pers. comm., 2012) I believe the regnal year is ٢ ie year 2. Year 0 does not exist on coins. AH dates do not exactly match AD dates. The coin was minted AD 1840/1841. Mint is قسطنطنية ie Qustantiniya/Constantinople, present day Istanbul in Turkey. (Cannon, Paul, pers. comm., June 2016)
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-330922
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy disc, bent into an 'S'-shaped profile to form a love token. Probably originally a halfpenny of William III; both faces are now blank. Found during the Crewe & Nantwich Metal Detecting Club Rally on 09/03/14
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-C87EBD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver half groat of Charles I found during the Crewe & Nantwich Metal Detecting Club Rally on 09/03/14. The obverse is slightly worn.
Created on: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-041071
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a candle holder. A cup to hold a candle with a threaded hole at the base where it would have screwed on to a candlestick or wall mounting. Probably machine made and likely to be 18th or 19th century in date. General dark-green patination but with several areas where the surface has been lost showing a rough, light grey-green.
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-FEA007
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A long-cross penny of Edward I or II, with slight damage to the edge between the 6 and 7 o'clock positions when viewed from the obverse. Good condition. Obverse inscription EDW R ANGL DNS hYB (B worn and unclear), reverse CIVI TAS LON DON.
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-967061
Object type: SCULPTURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of hollow-backed ceramic decoration or sculpture in the form of the top half of the face of a man, broken across the cheeks just below the nose. Possibly decoration from a building or perhaps part of a sculpture or other artwork. The hair is long and straight, with a side parting, sweeping down the sides of the face and backwards, covering the ears. It is reminiscent of some medieval sculpture. There are however, traces of sideburns and a moustache which is more suggestive of the Edwardian style. The nose is straight and quite wide. Moulded in a yellow ceramic the face appears…
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-6CE4CE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Republican denarius, obverse depicts a bust facing right wearing a laurel wreath with conspicuous ribbons and slight traces of an inscription. The reverse features a quadriga of horses galloping right and a figure facing right, presumably standing in a chariot behind. Very worn and with slight pitting of the surface on the reverse, complete, a dull grey colour.
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-858BE8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight of probable post-medieval date. In shape it is a truncated square-based pyramid, narrower at the apex where there is a central circular perforation 3mm in diameter, 6.5mm from the top edge. The weight is cream in colour and is complete, but with several areas of impact and scraping damage, two of which have removed the surface oxidation to reveal a silvery-grey colour beneath. Height = 47mm Width at base = 21mm Depth at base = 20.5mm Width at apex = 11.5mm Diamater of hole = 3mm Position of hole = 6.5mm from apex
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-84DC0C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Henry III. Obverse depicts a stylised bust facing with sceptre in right hand and an inner circle of pellets. The inscription is mostly worn away but 'RICVS' of 'HENRICVS' and possibly another 'N' are just about visible. The reverse has a voided long cross with central pellet over an inner circle of pellets and 3 larger pellets within each quadrant. The inscription (moneyer and mint) is very difficult to make out. A small fragment has broken from the coin between the 6 and 7 o'clock positions when looking at the obverse and there may have been some slight clipping of …
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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