http://finds.org.uk/database/comments/index/format/xml 841 1 1 - 30 Andrew Rogerson This is a post-med sword belt fitting, see Margeson, S. Norwich Households, East Anglia Archaeology 58 (1993), 38, fig.22 nos. 257-8 http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/106340 106340 LEIC-0008E1 DRESS COMPONENT ROMAN LEICESTERSHIRE 2012-05-25T16:59:16+01:00 2012-05-25T17:01:05+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D08e52e94fbb6099768c3f37edbcd10a3%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Mark Schollar The portraiture looks more akin to Allectus than Gallienus http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/498108 498108 NARC-7123C7 COIN ROMAN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 2012-05-24T23:35:46+01:00 2012-05-24T23:38:22+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D40a14b955e9ae6cce903972ec2b99d43%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Mark Schollar The obverse looks more like Marcus Aurelius than Antoninus Pius to me. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/498948 498948 NARC-EDC815 COIN ROMAN BEDFORDSHIRE 2012-05-24T23:33:23+01:00 2012-05-24T23:38:27+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D40a14b955e9ae6cce903972ec2b99d43%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Mark Schollar The obverse looks more like Septimius Severus than an antonine emperor http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/499274 499274 NARC-080C12 COIN ROMAN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 2012-05-24T23:29:54+01:00 2012-05-24T23:38:31+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D40a14b955e9ae6cce903972ec2b99d43%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Mike Bishop 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/140213 140213 BH-5B9577 Strap end ROMAN HERTFORDSHIRE 2012-05-18T01:06:12+01:00 2012-05-23T12:03:29+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D51e8dfc68ae80dafda75063672a32f87%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E steven fischer 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 ??? http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/384586 384586 SF-F20B23 TOKEN POST MEDIEVAL SUFFOLK 2012-05-15T13:23:08+01:00 2012-05-16T08:58:12+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3Dac8dd03c4fc7917c1e7c10168369825b%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Amelia Carolina Sparavigna 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 http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/246648 246648 YORYM-41CD72 Dodecahedron ROMAN EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE 2012-05-15T11:30:17+01:00 2012-05-16T08:58:50+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D30aef6b8a4da97fb35acb76daa51eded%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Adam Staples 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/263193 263193 NCL-DD6441 Strap mount ROMAN LINCOLNSHIRE 2012-05-15T05:58:57+01:00 2012-05-16T08:58:57+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D3607cf7ee7b56d8da580be155047de82%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E David Harpin 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/390463 390463 SWYOR-291BC2 SEAL MATRIX MEDIEVAL WEST SUSSEX 2012-05-14T11:44:37+01:00 2012-05-16T08:59:15+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D930e7f5475ad2e98e2961b6d327d2c19%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Paul Cannon 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 . http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/500172 500172 YORYM-92C746 CLOTH SEAL POST MEDIEVAL EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE 2012-05-08T18:40:03+01:00 2012-05-17T10:09:52+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3Dac174f6cab95e15b57242f66e288de3c%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Naomi Payne Thank you for pointing this out. I have corrected the record. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/209429 209429 SOM-1705A1 FINGER RING POST MEDIEVAL SOMERSET 2012-05-08T11:07:49+01:00 2012-05-23T12:04:10+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3Db07e20d6c14c61696ea55c631782a37f%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Toby Martin 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/416248 416248 LIN-3E1462 BROOCH EARLY MEDIEVAL LINCOLNSHIRE 2012-05-07T11:18:56+01:00 2012-05-23T12:03:48+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D192b38b6feb5dcda4cc9f2f3836b3e19%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Paul Cannon 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 http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/501331 501331 BH-25B823 CLOTH SEAL POST MEDIEVAL CAMBRIDGESHIRE 2012-05-06T21:14:18+01:00 2012-05-23T12:11:05+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3Dac174f6cab95e15b57242f66e288de3c%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Angie Bolton 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/27036 27036 WMID553 FINGER RING WORCESTERSHIRE 2012-04-30T16:18:24+01:00 2012-05-17T10:10:13+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D6a76862df1774a7862750ad543eb1770%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Naomi Payne This is likely to be a worn vessel leg rather than a handle. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/202872 202872 HESH-D31F02 Vessel MEDIEVAL HEREFORDSHIRE 2012-04-11T20:19:11+01:00 2012-04-12T13:11:28+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3De59ae745dc3813cd0c4602184be40b2b%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Naomi Payne 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/251657 251657 YORYM-60BE12 VESSEL MEDIEVAL EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE 2012-04-11T19:58:23+01:00 2012-04-12T13:11:32+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3De59ae745dc3813cd0c4602184be40b2b%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Naomi Payne 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/280177 280177 YORYM-E78C46 VESSEL MEDIEVAL NORTH YORKSHIRE 2012-04-11T19:50:25+01:00 2012-04-12T13:11:37+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3De59ae745dc3813cd0c4602184be40b2b%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Naomi Payne This looks more like a very worn and incomplete vessel leg, rather than a handle. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/284015 284015 IOW-438555 VESSEL MEDIEVAL ISLE OF WIGHT 2012-04-11T19:42:41+01:00 2012-04-12T13:11:42+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3De59ae745dc3813cd0c4602184be40b2b%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Naomi Payne 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/481690 481690 SUSS-3EE991 VESSEL POST MEDIEVAL EAST SUSSEX 2012-04-11T18:36:03+01:00 2012-04-12T13:11:49+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3De59ae745dc3813cd0c4602184be40b2b%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Graham Hill 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? http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/400553 400553 WAW-EC5E20 CHOPPER PALAEOLITHIC SHROPSHIRE 2012-04-10T21:16:38+01:00 2012-04-12T13:11:55+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3Df320d21412f9e5524d822186a7be49d5%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Robert Webley This would appear to be a very rare reverse of Hans Krauwinckel II - another has just been recorded on this database, ref. HAMP-3FBE52 http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/26393 26393 WMID363 JETTON WARWICKSHIRE 2012-04-10T10:57:20+01:00 2012-04-12T13:12:04+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D61e94226d6f6cbc665a692087b710905%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Mike Bishop 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/451551 451551 SF-DAC052 ARMOUR ROMAN SUFFOLK 2012-03-27T09:55:24+01:00 2012-03-27T13:09:38+01:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D51e8dfc68ae80dafda75063672a32f87%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Rodney Scarle Looks like a "solar flower" type that has been attributed to Addedomaros. Spink S206 http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/272401 272401 BH-9AEAC5 Coin IRON AGE CAMBRIDGESHIRE 2012-03-14T15:06:25+00:00 2012-03-14T16:10:52+00:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D9bcd2d1b9cd2a430e05c1ef93f2cef4b%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Frances McIntosh 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 http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/492274 492274 LEIC-5F4EE1 BROOCH ROMAN LEICESTERSHIRE 2012-03-13T15:01:08+00:00 2012-03-14T10:46:40+00:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3Dcc015af9588dc01f33dc2df5d1fddbb3%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Ros Shouldn't this object name be buckle as thats what its part of? http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/110535 110535 NMS-613076 FASTENING POST MEDIEVAL NORFOLK 2012-03-13T11:15:08+00:00 2012-03-14T10:46:45+00:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D636ab0c5c23635b53bf51c56134bbeb8%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Ros 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! http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/261642 261642 NMS-B8C354 Fastening MEDIEVAL NORFOLK 2012-03-13T10:58:19+00:00 2012-03-13T10:58:50+00:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D636ab0c5c23635b53bf51c56134bbeb8%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Ros 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! http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/212963 212963 LIN-E41854 HOOK MEDIEVAL LINCOLNSHIRE 2012-03-13T10:54:44+00:00 2012-03-13T10:59:17+00:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D636ab0c5c23635b53bf51c56134bbeb8%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Simon 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 http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/461852 461852 BH-A08826 VESSEL ROMAN BEDFORDSHIRE 2012-03-08T16:42:35+00:00 2012-03-09T11:09:10+00:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3Db08d7510ac843c71ef0275ec91ad874d%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Glen Gunther 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. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/196095 196095 HESH-3B64C2 Unidentified Object POST MEDIEVAL SHROPSHIRE 2012-02-24T00:50:00+00:00 2012-02-27T11:12:25+00:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D1de1a0834aadafda6366961a7704070f%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E Robert MacPherson This is a hooked clothing fastener. It had formerly had a cast-in wire hook, which has oxidized away. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/239435 239435 ESS-D2BE17 Mount POST MEDIEVAL ESSEX 2012-02-21T21:14:48+00:00 2012-02-22T11:09:12+00:00 %3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar.php%3Fgravatar_id%3D182335929dfe33475bc4ebf6ee6cc048%26amp%3Bsize%3D80%26amp%3Brating%3DG%22+width%3D%2280%22+height%3D%2280%22alt%3D%22Gravatar%22+%2F%3E