Record ID: KENT-823B41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck copper alloy Roman dupondius or as of uncertain ruler. Uncertain Reece period. The coin is very corroded and illegible. Much of the edge is gone and the coin is no longer round. It measures 27.46 mm DIA x 23.11 mm L x 23.21 mm W x 3.47 mm TH and weighs 5.76 g.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
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Record ID: KENT-821B18
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck copper alloy Roman dupondius or as of uncertain ruler. Uncertain Reece period. The coin is very corroded and illegible on the obverse. The reverse has a figure advancing left with a palm behind right. It measures 25.04 mm DIA x 3.35 mm TH and weighs 7.34 g.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
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Record ID: KENT-81F2C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck copper alloy Roman dupondius or as of uncertain ruler. Uncertain Reece period. The coin is very corroded and illegible. It measures 29.75 mm DIA x 3.71 mm TH and weighs 9.57 g.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
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Record ID: KENT-816EE5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy dress fastening. The tag is sub lozenge shaped in plan with three attachment knops and ornamental knops on either side. A rectangular projection from one end of the lozenge where the paired hooked fastener attaches. There is molded floral decoration in the center of the lozenge; the reverse is undecorated. Read Class A Type 10. The tag is 36.1mm long, 21.5mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 5.48 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyminge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-8074D1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring of 15th century medieval date. The ring is made from a flat rectangular band with a narrow rectangular cross section. The surface of the ring has been decorated with two bands of incised bands of crosshatching either side of a raised undecorated central rib. The inside surface is undecorated. The ring shows signs of wear and has been squashed out of shape. Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Smeeth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-7EB811
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman bracelet, probably dating the the first century. It is flat, and due to breaks, triangular in shape. The widest end has a straight, unbroken portion, indicating that this was the terminus of the bracelet. The corrosponding side also has a small straight, unbroken edge; the oppositie edge is broken, indicating that the bracelet was once wider. The pointed end curves upwards. There are five visible incised lines on the front; the back is undecorated. All of the breaks are old, and there is a dark green patina on the pointed end of the bracelet, an…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Record ID: KENT-7D65D1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy drop handle and associated suspension lug from a chaffing dish, of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The entire handle was an open T-frame handle; however only the base of the T, and lug, survives. The handle is round in section and forms the base of the original T shape. Both extant arms have old breaks; one ends just past the junction of the vertical base and the missing horizontal portion of the T, whilst the other breaks at the end of the horizontal. The lug, located at the base of the T, is sub oval in shape, and sub rectangular in section. It h…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
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Record ID: KENT-7D2EC5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Medieval silver strap-end of Thomas (2003) Class A type 1 (Trewhiddle style). The strap end has a deeply split end shaped at the top around two circular rivet holes, with a small third lobe between; the third lobe has three engraved lines forming a small rectangle below. Below and between the rivet holes is an engraved 'fan-shaped' or 'trilobate' motif, which consists actually of four leaves forming a pelta shape; the outer leaves each have a double nick. The long edges are convex and beaded, and within these is an undecorated border which also curves around the…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyminge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-7C65B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast iron Roman finger ring, dating from the 1st-2nd centuries. This is a Henig II-III/Guiraud type 2 ring. Only half of the bezel remains, as well as a small portion of the hoop; both breaks are old. The hoop tapers from the bezel and is D shape in section. The bezel has a flat oval setting for a decorative material. The ring is corroded and incomplete but in otherwise fair condition. It measures 11.10 mm L x 15.60 mm W x 3.43 mm TH (at shoulder) x 9.75 mm H and weighs 3.72 g.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
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Record ID: KENT-7BFAB6
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy fragment probably from the handle of a medieval vessel, most likely a skillet. The fragment is a narrow trapezoid in plan and rectangular in cross section. The front face of the object is decorated with moulded annulet with two concentric grooves surrounding it. Below this are three transverse linear grooves. The base of the of the object has another linear groove. The ring and dot design can be seen in an example which can be found illustrated in Margeson (1993, 90; ref. 562) which was found in an early 16th-century context but is likely to date from the previou…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-7BCD76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester type brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch consists of the wings extending 4.3mm either side of the bow with concaved reverse. Above these is an upward turning worn hook which would have held the spring in place. No part of the spring or pin remains. The bow is narrow with a 'D' shaped cross section, 6.8mm wide at widest and tapers slightly towards a rounded foot. The solid undecorated catch plate remains intact. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt, p.297, fig.156, no.1455 and dates to the 1st century AD. The brooch is 33.1mm l…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffsend', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-7B3505
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medeival copper alloy buckle dating from 1350-1450 AD. The buckle frame is oval in plan with a lipped notch on one side creating a recess in which the pin sits. The pin bar is narrow and off set. The pin is still in place, made from a single peice of wire bent around the pin bar. Similar examples can be seen in Egan 1991, page 70 figure 279. The buckle is 18.7mm long, 17.1mm wide, 3.7mm thick and weighs 2.92 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffsend', grid reference and parish protected.