Record ID: SWYOR-9AEB17
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 100-300) copper alloy finger-ring of Daubney's Group 7 (Miscellaneous) decoration. part of the hoop is missing. In shape the bezel is oval. It is decorated with an oval field, at the centre of which is a smaller oval (of copper alloy) with two (copper alloy) transverse lines running across it. This divides the central oval into the three lateral fields. No enamel survives. A very similar finger-ring on this database, SOMDOR490 from Somerset, has the two outer fields of the central oval in blue enamel while the rest are in red. Also cf. NLM-AC4975,…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-9B4529
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin; a penny of Edward IV (second reign; AD 1471-83), Type XVI 3 (North 1648) or XVI 4 (North 1649), mint of York (episcopal), sede vacante, dating to 1472-75 or under Archbishop George Neville (AD 1475 - 1476) with a letter and a rose by the bust. Ref: North 1991: 94, number 1648 or 1649. Diameter: 15.99mm Thickness: 0.57mm Weight: 0.74g 
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-9B8D3A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval hammered silver coin; a double patard of Charles the Bold of Burgundy (AD 1467 -1477), probably minted in Flanders. Obverse + KAROLVS : DEI : GRA : [DVX] : BVRG : CO : FLA'. [double annulet stops] Square topped shield of Burgundy with rampant lion in escutcheon shield in centre. Reverse + SIT : NOMEN : DOMINI : BENEDICTVM : [fire-steel or briquet] Cross fleuretty with leaf and acorn terminals and a central fleur Diameter: 26.64mm Thickness: 1.35mm Weight: 2.83g The coin is bent.
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-9C1407
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval silver coin; a penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), 'small flan' type (North 818; BMC ii; Hild. B) dating from AD 1048-50, moneyer: Swota (SPOTA), mint: Bedford. Diameter: 14.77mm Thickness: 1.08mm Weight: 1.01g This coin is recorded on EMC as 2024.0012.
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AAFB09
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy quatrefoil armorial harness pendant of Medieval date, about AD 1340- 1400. The pendant is quatrefoil with projecting points in the spandrels. In the centre is a square of red enamel with a lion passant facing left. The lobes are each filled with with a fleur de lis. There is a suspension loop extending at the top, at right angles to the plane of the pendant. The pendant has a mottled green patina. Measurements; length 42.5mm, width 29.5mm, thickness 2.1mm, weight 9.04g. Similar examples can be found in Mediaeval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfo…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB24CA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin: a round half penny of Edward I (AD 1272 - 1307), Class 3b dating from AD 1280 - 1281. Withers Type 1. Mint of London. See Withers and Withers (2005) Farthings and Halfpennies; Edward I and II, page 41, and North number 1044 on page 32 of Volume II (1991). Diameter: 14.78mm Thickness: 2.27mm Weight: 0.58g
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB611C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver hammered Medieval coin; A voided long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), Class 5a-c, dating to about AD 1250 - 1256. Mint of Canterbury, moneyer Nicole. North number 991 - 993.  Diameter: 17.95mm Thickness: 1.19mm Weight: 0.66g
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AC483E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval Buckle dating from AD 1575-1700 and made of cast copper alloy with an iron pin and plate. It is double looped and asymmetrical with one trapezoid and one D shaped loop. The D shaped loop has a projection from the outer edge which is in the shape of an acorn. There is a slight knop at each end of the bar.  See Buckles 1250-1800, page 92, No 584 by Ross Whitehead (2003)  pblished by Greenlight Publishing. Length: 26.30mm Width: 14.67mm Thickness: 5.17mm Weight: 2.57g
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-ACB333
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring of unknown date; it is most probably of later prehistoric, Late Bronze Age or Iron Age date (1000 BC - 50 AD), however there is some possibility that it may date from the Roman period (50 - 410 AD). It is annular, not quite circular, and has a rounded lozenge shape cross-section, with a central arris on the inner and outer face. It has a highly polished glossy rich brown patina. Diameter: 18.97mm Width: 4.13mm Thickness: 3.93mm Weight: 2.57g The function of this bead or ring is uncertain with possible uses including harness or simi…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-ACDDB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval coin; a cut half voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216 - 1272), Class IIIc (1248 - 1250), minted at Winchester. See North number 988. Diameter: 18.63mm Thickness: 2.31mm Weight: 0.77g
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD1132
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval long cross coin; a penny of Edward I, Class 10cf, dating from AD 1305 - 1310. Mint of Canterbury. North number 1040 - 1043. The coin is bent. Diameter: 17.10mm Thickness: 4.16mm Weight: 1.08g
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD3835
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; an illegible sestertius of an unidentified emperor, dating from 23 BC - AD 269. Diameter: 30.16mm Thickness: 3.21mm Weight: 13.50g
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD6209
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin; a halfpenny of Henry V (1413 - 1422), dating to AD 1413 - 1422. Mint of London. Broken annulets by crown. North (1991) Volume 2, p 89 no 1409. Withers type 5 or 6 variant (with a pellet in the left field). Diameter: 12.25mm Thickness: 0.63mm Weight: 0.41g
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AF2CF4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Early Medieval lead spindle whorl dating from AD 850 - 1100. It is unusually large, conical in form, with angled sides and flat surfaces but rounded corners, probably of Walton Rogers form A2. It is slightly damaged and distorted. The whorl is undecorated and has a light tan patina. The central hole is 11mm diameter. Length: 29.13mm Width: 25.04mm Thickness: 19.69mm Weight: 69.37g Form A2 whorls are dated by Walton Rogers to AD 700 - 1100. Those with a central perforation of greater than 9mm are more likely to be late Saxon onwards.
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AF6734
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval coin; a round farthing of Edward I (1272 - 1307), probably Withers type 28 - 31 or North Class 10 - 13 (1302 - 1344). Part of the coin is missing. Diameter: 12.08mm Thickness: 0.81mm Weight: 0.22g 
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AFA37D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy repair patch (or folded 'paperclip' rivet) from a post medieval vessel probably dating from AD 1450 - 1550.  It has a sub rectangular outline in plan, folded from a lozenge shaped sheet. It was used to fill small splits in sheet vessels. The patch has an even dark green patina. Egan mentions a broad date range for this type of pot mend, dating from the Early Medieval to Post Medieval periods (Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition, page 101) but also suggests that a central period for the use of this type of rivet was&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-AFDC59
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead probable button likely to be of Medieval date, AD 1200 - 1500. It appears to be mis-cast. It was probably intended to be circular, but part of the edge has not cast. The front face is decorated with a central cone or collet, with four similar collets round the edge. The space between has parallel ridges running in various directions. The reverse is flat and smooth apart from a short integral projecting outwards from the centre. The edges are rounded and the piece has a white patina. Length: 25.47mm Width: 24.58mm Thickness: 8.75mm Weight: 11.03g The object is probably a but…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-55DD68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Harlow brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD Ha 1.a1a and similar to Ibid Pl. 31, No. 1016. It is minimally distorted and complete except for the pin. The wings are concavo-convex in cross-section and broadly rectangular when viewed from the front. The edges at the tips are very slightly curved. One is broadly perpendicular to the top and bottom edges and the other is very slightly oblique. The wings are not decorated.  The spring is in-situ and immobile: its coils and the external chord have corroded and fused to the wings and to each…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SF-63C406
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman continental plate brooch dating to 25-250AD. It is an elongated lozenge, with a circular recess with a extant stud. To the reverse are the remains of a semi-circular catchplate and pin lug, although the pin is missing.  Length: 31.81mm Width: 18.69mm Weight: 1.72g
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SF-634247
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman as or dupondius of uncertain ruler, dating to the period c.AD 43-260. Uncertain reverse type and mint. 
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nedging-with-Naughton', grid reference and parish protected.