PAS Finds: week ended 29 October 2021
PAS Finds: week ended 29 October 2021
A round-up of some of the finds recorded at the PAS for the week ended 29 October 2021. There were 269 finds recorded in this week
Featured Find
Iron Age Fob
Photo: National Museums Liverpool CC By SA4.0
Object type: Fob
Period: Iron Age
Primary material: Copper alloy
Date found: 26/10/2021
Location: Marbury, Cheshire east
An incomplete copper alloy ‘fob’ or ‘dangler’ dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c 200BC-100AD). Triangular fob/danglers are very unusual. Theyir purpose is not fully understood; they may have been hung from items of equipment, personal apparel or harness decoration. This find has been designated a Find of Note: Regional Importance.
Selection of other finds
Photo: National Museum Wales
Medieval Figurine of Christ
A copper-alloy medieval figure of the crucified Christ. It is well made and solidly cast, modelled in three dimensions. It has been dated to the mid 13th-centuryÂ
Photo: Surrey County Council CC BY SA2.0
Penny of Offa of Mercia
Penny of Offa of Mercia, light coinage, non portrait issue with cross crosslet obverse, dating to AD 765-792. Reverse reads BABA giving the moneyer as Babba. Mint is Canterbury. A Find of Note: County importance.
Photo: Somerset County Council CC By SA2.0
Roman zoomorphic buckle pin
A Roman buckle pin which uses the form of a bird and a bovine head in its design. This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Photo: The Portable Antiquities Scheme CC By 2.0
Bronze Age Mace
A possible unfinished stone macehead of Bronze Age to Neolithic in date. This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance.