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Andrew Rogerson wrote @ 16:59:16 @ 25th May 2012.
This is a post-med sword belt fitting, see Margeson, S. Norwich Households, East Anglia Archaeology 58 (1993), 38, fig.22 nos. 257-8
About: Mount LEIC-0008E1
Post medieval Leicestershire -
Mark Schollar wrote @ 23:35:46 @ 24th May 2012.
The portraiture looks more akin to Allectus than Gallienus
About: Coin NARC-7123C7
Roman Northamptonshire -
Mark Schollar wrote @ 23:33:23 @ 24th May 2012.
The obverse looks more like Marcus Aurelius than Antoninus Pius to me.
About: Coin NARC-EDC815
Roman Bedfordshire -
Mark Schollar wrote @ 23:29:54 @ 24th May 2012.
The obverse looks more like Septimius Severus than an antonine emperor
About: Coin NARC-080C12
Roman Northamptonshire -
Mike Bishop wrote @ 01:06:12 @ 18th May 2012.
This is a strap terminal from pre-Flavian cavalry harness. Such fittings were normally tinned (dipped in molten tin), rather than silvered (the application of silver foil held in place with solder; a process generally only found with Flavian cavalry fittings). It is a Type 4 terminal from my paper on cavalry equipment (online at http://scr.bi/LbRZwZ), similar to a 4b from Hod Hill.
About: Strap end BH-5B9577
Roman Hertfordshire -
steven fischer wrote @ 13:23:08 @ 15th May 2012.
My grandfather found one of the 1664 farthings in 1963 while working in colchester, the coin is in very good condition and I'm having on results in finding a picture to compare my coin with. Is there a picture in existence ???
About: Token SF-F20B23
Post medieval Suffolk -
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna wrote @ 11:30:17 @ 15th May 2012.
I have discussed a possible use of a Roman Dodecahedron, a bronze artifact of gallo-roman origin, for measuring distance. A dodecahedron, found at Jublains, the ancient Nouiodunum, dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, is used to create a model. Looking through the model, it is possible to test it for measurements of distance based on similar triangles. See my paper on arXiv, http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.6497 Therefore the Dodecahedron can be an ancient rangefinder. On arXiv http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2078
About: Dodecahedron YORYM-41CD72
Roman East Riding Of Yorkshire -
Adam Staples wrote @ 05:58:57 @ 15th May 2012.
This is a fragment of a Hod Hill type brooch, comprising the head and top part of the bow. The foot and the hinged pin are both missing.
About: Strap mount NCL-DD6441
Roman Lincolnshire -
David Harpin wrote @ 11:44:37 @ 14th May 2012.
This seal matrix has been neatly scored in two. It is also now slightly convex, which it would not have been when used as a seal matrix. It is possible that that it could have been used for another purpose, when it ceased to be used for its original purpose. This use may have contributed to the difficulty in reading the remaining legend.
About: Seal matrix SWYOR-291BC2
Medieval West Sussex -
Paul Cannon wrote @ 18:40:03 @ 8th May 2012.
I believe the full inscription on this seal should read: "YORK & SHEEPSHANKs around LEEDS". The following are links to images of three other examples on other websites. http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=31036&cat=all http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3505 http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=533 York and Sheepshanks were merchants and woollen manufacturers at 76 North Street, Leeds recorded in Whites Directory of 1835 see http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C8cHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA621&lpg=PA621&dq=york+and+sheepshanks&source=bl&ots=OdxBPtOVVQ&sig=E5KzEEREIyQUTh0vvNqUDtzyv1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n1epT96zJYXr8QOStpTwBA&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=york%20and%20sheepshanks&f=false .
About: Cloth seal YORYM-92C746
Post medieval East Riding Of Yorkshire -
Naomi Payne wrote @ 11:07:49 @ 8th May 2012.
Thank you for pointing this out. I have corrected the record.
About: Finger ring SOM-1705A1
Post medieval Somerset -
Toby Martin wrote @ 11:18:56 @ 7th May 2012.
This brooch foot is in fact more likely to be from a florid cruciform brooch. Although a very small number of 'hybrid' great square-headed brooches featured this foot, it is more typical of the cruciform brooch series. Almost identical examples to this one in particular are published from Catholme, Staffordshire (Losco-Bradley and Kinsley 2002: Catholme: An Anglo-Saxon Settlement, p21) and Hob Hill, North Yorkshire (Gallagher 1987: 'The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Hob Hill, Saltburn' Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 59, p10). A very good parallel on the PAS database is NMS-AFA802 from Fransham in Norfolk.
About: Brooch LIN-3E1462
Early medieval Lincolnshire -
Paul Cannon wrote @ 21:14:18 @ 6th May 2012.
For a range of Lyon custom seals see the following French website: http://sites.google.com/site/plombdescelle/les-douanes/lyon For a collection of French cloth seals, including Lyon see: http://sites.google.com/site/plombdescelle/le-textile
About: Cloth seal BH-25B823
Post medieval Cambridgeshire -
Angie Bolton wrote @ 16:18:24 @ 30th April 2012.
Thank you for your comment. I think these types of rings do vary greatly in how they are formed, but I'll look into this further.
About: Finger ring WMID553
Worcestershire -
Naomi Payne wrote @ 20:19:11 @ 11th April 2012.
This is likely to be a worn vessel leg rather than a handle.
About: Vessel HESH-D31F02
Medieval Herefordshire -
Naomi Payne wrote @ 19:58:23 @ 11th April 2012.
This is most likely the end of a posnet handle of late medieval or early post-medieval date. See Norwich Households no. 563 (Margeson 1993, pp. 90-1, 93) for a close parallel.
About: Vessel YORYM-60BE12
Medieval East Riding Of Yorkshire -
Naomi Payne wrote @ 19:50:25 @ 11th April 2012.
The dropped end and decoration suggest that this handle formed part of a late medieval posnet (a cauldron with a projecting handle), rather than a ewer.
About: Vessel YORYM-E78C46
Medieval North Yorkshire -
Naomi Payne wrote @ 19:42:41 @ 11th April 2012.
This looks more like a very worn and incomplete vessel leg, rather than a handle.
About: Vessel IOW-438555
Medieval Isle Of Wight -
Naomi Payne wrote @ 18:36:03 @ 11th April 2012.
This is likely to be a product of John Palmar. Several complete handles from this maker are illustrated in Butler and Green's 'English Bronze Cooking Vessels' (2003, pp. 80-84). The lettering, including the barred 'A' and the long, slightly curving tail of the 'R', is similar to this example. Documentary evidence shows that John Palmar had a foundry in Canterbury during the 1630s.
About: Vessel SUSS-3EE991
Post medieval East Sussex -
Graham Hill wrote @ 21:16:38 @ 10th April 2012.
From the excellent photos; at least 3 major flake scars appear to have origins not on a platform; looking at the ripples and central prominences. Perhaps natural thermal effects on a broken nodule then the recent damage on the produced sharp edge with differently deeply stained flake scars on the wedge sides as they are added in different episodes?
About: Chopper WAW-EC5E20
Palaeolithic Shropshire -
Robert Webley wrote @ 10:57:20 @ 10th April 2012.
This would appear to be a very rare reverse of Hans Krauwinckel II - another has just been recorded on this database, ref. HAMP-3FBE52
About: Jetton WMID363
Warwickshire -
Mike Bishop wrote @ 09:55:24 @ 27th March 2012.
There are two very good reasons why this should not be identified as a lorica segmentata fitting. First it is cast, and such fittings were always made of sheet metal, usually doubled over. The only cast examples I have ever seen have been fakes. Second it has an iron rivet. Lorica segmentata fittings were attached to their parent ferrous sheets using copper-alloy rivets, usually of a slightly softer composition (ie higher copper content) than the fitting themselves. These would at their best be small domed rivets when new, at their worst crude irregular-headed tacks when a repair, but never made of iron. The two larger holes with concentric rings admittedly resemble a lorica segmentata fitting, but the additional holes and the fact that it is cast rule out this identification.
About: Armour SF-DAC052
Roman Suffolk -
Rodney Scarle wrote @ 15:06:25 @ 14th March 2012.
Looks like a "solar flower" type that has been attributed to Addedomaros. Spink S206
About: Coin BH-9AEAC5
Iron age Cambridgeshire -
Frances McIntosh wrote @ 15:01:08 @ 13th March 2012.
Hi Rebecca Just to let you know this is not a Wirral brooch, I have amended the record but for future ones, note the Wirral brooch has a smaller head, 3 panels of enamel, no acanthus moulding and a very different headloop. There are lots on the database to check against thanks Frances
About: Brooch LEIC-5F4EE1
Roman Leicestershire -
Ros wrote @ 11:15:08 @ 13th March 2012.
Shouldn't this object name be buckle as thats what its part of?
About: Fastening NMS-613076
Post medieval Norfolk -
Ros wrote @ 10:58:19 @ 13th March 2012.
Wouldn't Hook be a better name for this object? Fastening implies dress accessory whereas its more tool related. We only found it in a shear-board hook search on google rather than in our db!
About: Fastening NMS-B8C354
Medieval Norfolk -
Ros wrote @ 10:54:44 @ 13th March 2012.
Wouldn't Hook be a better object name than needle! In searching for shear-board hooks it only came up in google images not in our db search!
About: Hook LIN-E41854
Medieval Lincolnshire -
Simon wrote @ 16:42:35 @ 8th March 2012.
Doubtful that this mortaria was ever made at Nene valley. The Dr45 or Form45 mortaria. From what I can see it has been well worn and due to this could be east gaul due to the colour of the slip
About: Vessel BH-A08826
Roman Bedfordshire -
Glen Gunther wrote @ 00:50:00 @ 24th February 2012.
I found one also in Piscataway, NJ USA while metal detecting a Revolutionary War site. Mine is larger weighing in at 11g. I wish I could find out exactly what it is and what it was used for. I thought it was a hand made ring. The "spars" as I call them would prevent it from spinning on your finger. However, like the one on your web site, the spars are not equal distance from the "oval" portion on the top. they must have been made that way intentionaly.
About: Unidentified object HESH-3B64C2
Post medieval Shropshire -
Robert MacPherson wrote @ 21:14:48 @ 21st February 2012.
This is a hooked clothing fastener. It had formerly had a cast-in wire hook, which has oxidized away.
About: Mount ESS-D2BE17
Post medieval Essex
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