Record ID: IOW-0A7327
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Merovingian gold tremissis, minted at Nantes (c. AD 560-c. 585 AD). MEC 460; Belfort 3094; Depeyrot type 3-2E. A Merovingian coin imitating Visigothic (which itself imitates Byzantine in a very devolved way). Obverse: left-facing bust, inscription possibly reading NAM Reverse: Victory advancing left; IVIO / N References: MEC: P. Grierson and M. Blackburn (1986), Medieval European Coinage 1: the early middle ages (Cambridge), see pl. 22 (no. 460); Depeyrot, G 'Le Numeraire Merovngien L'age de L'or (Moneta).
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: IOW-09E268
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age Early Uninscribed 'O' - 'Geometric' type gold quarter stater dating to the mid 1st-century BC (c. 50 - c. 45 BC). Hobbs 1996: 410ff.; Van Arsdell 1989: 143.
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: IOW-08B341
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272 AD), minted by Iacob at Bristol or Norwich. Class 3, 1248-1250 AD (North 1994: 226, refs: 986-988). Obverse: hEN[ ]X III; Crowned bust facing without sceptre Reverse: IAC/OBO/[ ]; Voided long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd January 2012
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Record ID: IOW-087884
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny minted at London, 1180-1247 AD (not further defined). Obverse: hEN[ ]X; Crowned bust facing with sceptre Reverse: +[ ]ON.LVN]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd January 2012
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Record ID: IOW-080F62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver short cross cut farthing of John (1199-1216 AD), minted at London. Possibly class 5b, 1205-1207 AD (North 1994: 221, ref: 970). Obverse: [ ]S RE[ ]; Crowned bust facing with sceptre Reverse: +[ ].LVN]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd January 2012
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Record ID: IOW-078077
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval silver sixpence of William III (1694-1702 AD), minted at London and dated 1696 on coin. Obverse: GVLIELMVS III.DEI.GRA.; Laureate and draped bust facing right. Reverse: 96.MAG.BR.FRA.ET.HIB.REX.16; Four shields within which are a harp, one lion rampant, three lions passant and three fleurs-de-lis, all around a central circle with the lion of Nassau within, creating a cruciform shape.
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd January 2012
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Record ID: IOW-071544
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603 AD). Second issue (1561-1582), initial mark: illegible, dated 1573 on coin (North 1991, 135, ref: 1998). Obverse: ELIZABETH.D.G.ANG.FR.ET.HI.REGINA; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: POSVI/DEV.AD/IVTORE/M.MEV (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1573 above shield.
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd January 2012
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Record ID: IOW-05E265
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle (1620-1680 AD). This buckle is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The frame is complete and is broadly trapezoidal in plan and each loop is pentagonal in plan on the inside. At each outer edge there is a large open lozenge-shaped knop and at each corner of the frame there is a smaller lobed knop. The bar is narrowed and 'D'-shaped in cross-section. It has a small lobed knop at each end. The front of the frame and bar are covered with small decorative pellets. The pin is missing. Each loop is angled upwards sli…
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd January 2012
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Record ID: IOW-0572A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1350-c. 1650 AD). On loop is missing. The surviving loop is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear and the narrowed bar is triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. The tapering copper-alloy pin is 'D'-shaped in cross-section throughout its length and flat at the rear. The pin has a length of 21.5mm and the width of its loop is 4.1mm. This buckle has traces of a green patina and the two breaks on the stubs of the missing loop are old. Frame: 23.0 x 18.6 x 2.0mm. Overall weight: 2.83g. Si…
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd January 2012
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Record ID: IOW-04F1E6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped annular buckle frame (c. 1400-c. 1500 AD). The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It is divided centrally by a narrowed bar creating two loops. Each loop is 'D'-shaped in plan and similar in size. There is no indication of a pin-rest. There are two oblique trapezoid projections on one outside edge. These are convex at the front and flat at the rear. The central bar is narrowed and 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The pin is missing. This buckle has a mid-green patina overall. There is iron staining…
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.