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Record ID: LVPL-994942
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Manchester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring, probably medieval in date.
The outside surface of the ring is decorated with lines which make a zig-zag pattern and a dot in each triangle. The inside surface is plain and smooth. It is D-shaped in section. The ring has been cast but the decoration appears to have been added after casting. Cast copper alloy finger rings were found in London dating to the medieval period (Egan and Pritchard; 1991; 331-2).
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9BC925
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver hammered half-penny, probably of Edward III.
The reverse is completely worn and nothing can be seen on it.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9BF1D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy twopence (also known as a turner or a bodle) of Charles II from his first coinage in 1663 Seaby, no.5625 (1972; 94).
Part of the edge has been squashed slightly into a straight edge.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-A05131
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edward I half penny, Withers Class 4, 1282-9.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-AEC2E4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap separator, probably from harness.
A ring which splits into three sections then joins again to complete the ring. It is 8.5mm wide when it is a single strip, when it splits into three it widens to 23mm. The central strip follows the line of the ring, the two exterior strips are at 45degrees to this.
This was probably used to divide straps on a harness fitting
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-03B241
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy leg of a post-medieval skillet or pipkin, a cauldron type vessel with 3 legs.
The object is anthropomorphic in style, representing a human leg and foot. The leg is triangular in section. Above the foot is a protruding lip, the foot is then flat on the floor. A leg of the same style was found in York and dates to the late 15th- early 16th centuries (Ottaway and Rogers; 2002; 2809-10) but similar styles continued until around the 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-03F9B2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead weight.
The weight is cylindrical with a hollow centre. this hollow is now filled with mud. One end of the weight has been broken so the edge is not straight.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-054994
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hammered half-groat of Charles I, North No 2251.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-059BC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman bow brooch with some blue and orange enamel remaining. A derivative of a Wirral/ trumpet type bow brooch. This is an unusual variation and has some nice detail remaining. The bow is very pronounced and the body of the brooch is quite short. The main body of the brooch is complete although it has broken before the foot. The pin was on a spring of 4 turns and this still reamins although the pin is now missing. Some of the catchplate is present. The head plate takes the form of 3 steps which are enamelled with orange. There could have been a loop at the top as there is a broken edg…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-05A531
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jeton of the rose/orb series (Mernick and Algar; 2001; 247/8).
This type of jetton dates from the 16th through to the 17th century and are popularly called stock jettons (ibid).
The obverse is completely worn/corroded away. The reverse has a double trilobe which contains a reichsapfel (imperial orb- an orb with a cross on the top). None of the inscription can be seen on either side as it has totally worn away. A similar example can be seen on page 259, no. 264 (Mernick and Algar; 2001).
This jetton has been pierced, perhaps for use as a pendant.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-05ABA0
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tudor dress hook which has a central circular boss, a trapezoidal loop and a hook.
The dress hook is complete except that the very end of the point of the hook has broken off. The hook tapers from the bottom of the central boss. The circular, central boss is decorated with a moulded flowerhead. The loop at the top of the boss is trapezoidal.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-078D84
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic flint blade.
The blade is trapezoidal in shape and in cross-section. 2 flakes have been knapped from one face, one on each side.
One edge of the tool has been worked to give it a serrated edge. The tool has broken and so is incomplete- it would have been longer when it was made.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-07AAB3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon, copper alloy, polyhedral pin head.
Only a small part of the shaft of the pin remains. No collar can be seen. Each face is lozenge shaped and plain, with no decoration
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-2E8A75
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy furniture fitting dating to the post-medieval period.
It is most likely to be a decorative handle. The object consists of 2 parts which have been combined to make the handle. The piece which attaches to the furniture is a screw which leads to a circular disc (which would have been flat against the surface of the piece of furniture) at the top of a cylinder. This cylinder is then attached to a large circular disc. The disc is concave on the outside face. In this concave section is the face of a lion which was cast as part of the disc. This would have been the face visibl…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-304FC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Dragonesque brooch. This type of brooch is essentially Celtic in design but is Roman made and continued to be made until the middle of teh 2nd century AD. They are an entirely British type of brooch (Hattatt; 1982; 152). The brooch has a raised surface and a flat back. Two of the heads remain, there would have been three originally. Both the heads are broken, the hole (which represents the eye) is incomplete on both. The semi-circle central part of the brooch represents the body of the dragon and has a circular perforation.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Selby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LVPL-307183
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy knob handle probably from the Post-medieval or modern periods.
The weight is spherical with 2 small protrusions, one at each end. The top protrusion is rectangular in section. The lower one is circular. Both appear broken- it is not known what they were attached to. The top half of the main body of the weight is separated from the lower half by medial raised line.
A very similar example has been found in Middlesborough (Curmmy; 1988; 42), which has been dated to the late Post-medieval or modern periods.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Selby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LVPL-AC3CB1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone axe-hammer head dating from the final phases of the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
The axe head has been damaged, most likely by a plough, there are scratch marks on the sides and at the butt end some chunks have been broken off. Overall the axe head is sub-triangular in plan, with the butt having rounded corners and the blade not being central. The shafthole is midway between the blade and butt but is not equi-distant from the sides. It is circular and smooth all the way through. The axe is made from a hard, grey, igenous stone.
Using Roe's typology this is a Class 2 …
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-2CAC85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy lozenge shaped plate brooch from the Roman period. The main body of the brooch is complete but the pin is missing. The brooch is lozenge shaped with a lug at each corner. The front face has a hollow central lozenge shaped boss which would have been filled with enamel as decoration. The boss is surrounded by a raised edge. The lugs have been cast integrally with the brooch and are pointed and collared. Two have the remains of the pin mechanism and the catchplate on the back. The back of the brooch is plain. This type of brooch dates from the end of the first century throug…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-2CD8C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast reversed fantail type of Roman bow brooch. The bow of the brooch is complete and the catchplate is still present. The pin was on a spring mechanism held by a rearward hook over the chord. The hook is still present but the pin and the spring are missing. The back of the bow is flat and the front decoration is moulded. The top half of the bow is made up of two domes. The bow then widens to the lower bow which is almost lozenge shaped. The lower bow has an X on the top part. The foot knob is semi-spherical. Hatatt dated this type of brooch to the mid first century AD. A…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-2D1AF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast trumpet brooch from the Roman period. The main body of the brooch is complete with some of the catchplate remaining. The pin was sprung and attahced to the head by an axial bar to a single lug. The lug is present but has broken and the pin and its spring are missing. The head of the brooch is a circular shape. The brooch has a mid-bow double flange. The bow narrows to a small rounded foot which is separated from the bow by 2 lines around its circumference.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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