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Record ID: LVPL149
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small pendant or button in form of an intricately twisted snake. Head is pierced. Probably Roman.
Created on: Thursday 16th July 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'CUMBRIA BURGH BY SANDS', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LVPL-A40A40
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Silver pendant, ovoid, with a circular attachment loop at the top. The reverse has five circular perforations arranged in the form of a cross. The pendant is set with an orange carnelian intaglio; it depicts a fallen soldier wearing a gladiatorial helmet, facing to the right; he holds a shield towards a large feline, probably a panther, which is rearing up at him.
Comment: For a parallel, cf P.Zazoff (ed), Antike Gemmen in Deutschen Sammlungen.IV Hannover, Kestner-Museum (Wiesbaden 1975), p.203 and Taf.136 no.1015 (Martin Henig, pers. comm.)
Date: the gem probably dates to the f…
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Farndon', grid reference and parish protected.
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