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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.
Record ID: LVPL-0A6D34
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Number: 2016 T344
Period: Undiagnostic
Description: An undiagnostic silver cross pendant. A plain cruciform pendant with a transverse attachment loop. The arms are of equal length and have a rounded rectangular cross-section. The arm with the attachment loop is bent slightly to one side at the join.
Dimensions:
Length: 22 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Discussion: There are several examples of plain cross pendants on the PAS database. Many have been identified as Medieval (such as PUBLIC-10E0ED, NCL-26E3D1 and NMS-3E1091), but others have been…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Whitley', grid reference and parish protected.
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