Find Spot record 16035 - Metal Detecting Finds from Sandbach

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-7FDB63 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Silver threepence of Charles II, (1660-1685). Obverse: CAROLVS II DEI GRATIA; laureate and draped bust right. Reverse: 1679 MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX; crown above interlocked Cs. See (2).

<2> Various, 1929-2018, Coins of England and The United Kingdom (Spink), no. 3386 (Book). SCH8594.

<3> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-E13493 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

An incomplete copper alloy sword hanger dating to the post-medieval period. The object is irregular in plan and flat. The outer face is decorated with a foliate design and the reverse is flat. There is a small rivet hole at one end of the object for attachment. The opposite end which terminates in a break would have had a hooked projection. The object has a dark green patina. For a similar example see (4).

<4> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL-D09037 (Web Site). SCH5176.

<5> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-801163 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Cast copper alloy belt or box mount dating to the late Medieval period. The object consists of a narrow bar with a pierced palmate terminal at either end. The object is D-shaped in cross-section and has a dark green patina. It is in good condition. For a similar example see (6).

<6> Crummy, N., 1988, Colchester Archaeological Report 5: The Post Roman Small Finds From Excavations in Colchester 1971-85, no.1789, p19 (Monograph). SCH9717.

<7> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL-7FDB63, LVPL-E13493, & LVPL-801163 (Web Site). SCH5176.