Record ID: LVPL-C19ED5
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy, Roman, minaiature votive axe. The head of the axe has been decorated on both sides around the edge with a triangular punch. The shaft is round in section with a flattened swelling at the junction with the head, this also displays punch marks.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2006
Last updated: Sunday 30th June 2019
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Record ID: LVPL-3214A3
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age/Romano-British miniature terret. The loop is roughly oval in section but is flattened slightly on the back. The expanded and defined collars at each end of the strap bar do not continue around the back of the terret. The short bar is roughly square in section.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-C94F14
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
Early Romano-British strap-mounted terret. The oval loop is keeled.
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2006
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2015
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Record ID: LVPL-9E9384
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, flat and pointed-oval in shape. Flat undecorated reverse. A flat crescentic or semi-circular lug projects from the top corner, and has a circular perforation. The engraved central motif is a bold fleur-de-lis with a flaring central stem with a small projection below. The inscription is set between plain line borders, and reads +S. ROB'. FIL'. AL'. PILAT (Seal of Rob[ert] son of Al[an] Pilat). The engraving is chunky and very well formed. 13th century. Reaney and Wilson suggest that the name Pilat may possibly be a pageant-name for someone who pl…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-89BE90
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy of Dupondius of Trajan (98-117), VIA TRAIANA, Rome, AD 114-7 RIC II 641
Created on: Monday 13th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-F45FC2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roughly rectangular bar with rounded ends and of uneven thickness. Decorated on one side with a pair of raised transverse bars at the centre and a similar bar to either side. Between the inner and out bars and at the ends is an incised V. This is probably a fragment of something larger. Appears to be of medieval date.
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-645947
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Small Polden Hill type Roman bow brooch. Semi-tubular crossbar with pierced expanded terminal lugs decorated with a milled rib around each arm. The spring is missing. Scar of the rearward hook present on the top of the head. Bow decorated with median grooved rib. The lower bow and catchplate are missing. This example does not have the characteristic oval moulding to either side of the head.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-FDCB81
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Published
Head only of Roman Polden Hill type bow brooch, semi-cylindrical wings denuded by corrosion, spring gear and pin missing. Humped over head with a flattened top, Oval mouldings to either side of the head. Bow is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-FD6636
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Published
AE Sestertius, Domitian, Minted in Rome AD 84-96. Very worn.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-6896E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Published
Denarius Serratus, Republic: Minted in Narbonne, 118 BC, by the moneyer L. Pomponius, under the duoviri L. Licinius and Cnaeus Domitius. Very worn RRC 282/4
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREATER MANCHESTER WARBURTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5646E7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Halton
Workflow stage: Published
Small cast copper-alloy flask-shaped vessel, with pair of handles or suspension loops at the neck. Thickened rim around the mouth of the vessel. It contains organic fibrous material. The finder commented that the flask was sealed with a hard clay plug when found. A parallel for this vessel found in Surrey (SUR-FA2AB0) was inscribed with 'OLEVM CHRISM' which suggests it contained one of the three holy oils used in the medieval church. Until then they had been known as 'mercury flasks' as they clearly contained a small quantity of precious liquid. Another uninscribed examples was als…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-C5F1B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Large example of a Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (the Dolphin, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.l. Plate 48. Typical oval mouldings to either side of the head forming which extend beneath the head forming a bulgea bulge; rearward facing hook holds the chord of the spring which is housed in the semi-cylindrical head with perforated end lugs supporting the axis bar. The bow is decorated with a triple median rib moulding with zig-zag centre line, the rib bi-furcates at the top of the head to form a petal to either side of the hook. Openwork catchplate which includes two …
Created on: Friday 11th August 2006
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-D7E8F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Roman 4th century bronze nummus of the House of Valentinian (AD 364-78), GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor advancing right, holding standard and dragging captive. Mint unclear.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-C5DCA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
Sestertius of Emperor Domitian (AD 81-96) (Reece Period 4). Reverse unclear. Mint of Rome. Very worn.
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: LVPL-F15235
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Hook piece of an Anglo-Saxon wrist clasp, three attachment holes along the rear edge, central hook on front edge. Decorated over entire surface with chip carved motif incorporating a central incomplete elongated oval containing a possible animal/beast design. Extensive gilding survives on the decoration.
Created on: Monday 8th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-F0E3E6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Top part of a clicker cast in lead alloy. This is rectangular with rounded corners and a right-angled flange around one end, which extends for about one third the length. The top is moulded with frog (viewed from above). Identified by Jim Halliday. Post-medieval, probably C19th/early C20th. An exact parallel was found at Hintlesham, Suffolk and reported to the PAS, Find ID SF10571. An example bearing a male figure was found in Lancashire (E83DD3).
Created on: Monday 8th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-A5A403
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Solid cast globular button with integral rectangular shank that is pierced twice. The holes are countersunk on one side.
Created on: Monday 10th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-A52173
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Roman 'Wirral' type bow brooch. Bow of semi-oval section decorated on its flat front surface with a rectangular panel containing three long strips that would have originally been infilled with coloured enamel but are now empty. The bow has a groove down each edge. There is also a pair of parallel horizontal grooves immediately below the decorative panel. At the V-shaped junction between the bow and the leg is a projecting stud. The inward curving leg narrows sharply and has a groove down either edge. The leg terminates in a rounded foot knob. Much of the surface of the leg and rounded…
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2006
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-81F700
Object type: HELMET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper-alloy possble Roman helmet handle in corroded conditon. Oval-sectioned, thickened on curve of handle and at the 'rivet' terminal. An parallel for this handle is published in Allason-Jones L. and Miket R. (1984) The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort. No. .427. The profile is an exact match.
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-59C3B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze nummus of Constantius Gallus (AD 351-4), dating to AD 351-5 (Reece Period 18), FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier advancing left spearing fallen horseman. Mint of Siscia. RIC VIII, p. 374, cf. no. 333.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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