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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Metal working debris | SWYOR-0E2702 |
Early medieval | Lincolnshire |
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| A group of three objects from the same field, though not necessarily deposited together, all of probably Early Medieval date. All three objects are fragments of waste silver, probably evidence of silver working. They are undecorated and have no dating evidence themselves, but are from a known... | |||||
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Brooch | KENT-265AC7 |
Early medieval | Kent |
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| An incomplete copper alloy Continental Ansate Brooch of Early Medieval date. Only the foot and the bow of the brooch remain; the head has been broken away by an old break leaving a sub rectangular stub at the top of the bow, 9.2mm wide and 1.6mm thick. The edges of the stub appear to have been re... | |||||
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Brooch | NMS-903910 |
Early medieval | Norfolk |
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| Two non-joining slightly molten fragments of an Early Saxon silver Great Square-headed or Continental bow brooch: the upper part of the bow divided into two panels by a prominent vertical rib with traces of possible opposed triangular stamps, and with a rib bordering both outer edges also with po... | |||||
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Armlet | SWYOR-58AFB4 |
Early medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| A fragment of Early Medieval silver decorated with triangular punches each with a pellet in the centre. The fragment is sub rectangular, broken at each end and tapering. It may be a fragment of an armlet or finger ring, or possibly from a strap end. There are five longitudinal rows of punch marks... | |||||
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Unidentified object | KENT-531F38 |
Unknown | Kent |
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| The find consists of a rectangular, white metal block, slightly convex along its length; length, 32mm; width, 29mm; thickness, 7mm; weight, 52.24g. It is undiagnostic and undatable, so does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulated criteria of the Treasure Act. B.M. Ager Curator Department o... | |||||
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Shield | IOW-2E4545 |
Early medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy and gilded button from a shield boss (c. 450-c. 600 AD). The button is flat and circular in plan. At the front it has tri-lobed feature that extends to the edge. This feature is sub-circular at the centre and each lobe is lozenge-shaped. Between... | |||||
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Unidentified object | ESS-6BA213 |
Unknown | Essex |
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| Small cylindrical piece of cast white metal with rounded ends. It has an irregular surface, and the diameter narrows towards the middle. It is 21.83mm long, 13.21mm in diameter, decreasing to 12.16mm at the central point. It weighs 17.52 grams. | |||||
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Unidentified object | BH-DB46C1 |
Early medieval | Oxfordshire |
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| An incomplete copper-alloy pin with chip carved decoration on the head. The head is of elongated, sub-trapezoidal form, its upper surface decorated with two animals, executed in negative relief, their deep, v-shaped grooves adorned with gilding. The head of the one of the animals is located towar... | |||||
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Brooch | IOW-8BA476 |
Early medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy button brooch (c. 500 - c. 550 AD). The pin is missing. This brooch is circular in plan with an upturned rim which flares outwards at an angle of about 45° from the plane of the plate. The upper surface of the brooch is decorated with... | |||||
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Ingot | WMID-0B3FC7 |
Early medieval | Staffordshire |
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| Potential find of Treasure: Early Medieval hacksilver ingot terminal Ref.: 2011 T555 (Rec. no. 7623) The find consists of one end cut and broken from a cigar-shaped ingot , which has been hammered flat on the top and bottom surfaces; length, 17mm. Cigar-shaped ingots are typical of the Late Saxo... | |||||
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Brooch | IOW-78CB34 |
Early medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| An incomplete Early-Medieval (Frankish) bow brooch (c. 450-c. 550 AD). This brooch does not fit very easily into the usual Anglo-Saxon categories and appears to be an early Frankish 'import'. The head plate and foot are incomplete and the pin is missing. In plan, the flat head plate would have o... | |||||
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Mount | NMS-BAF9F1 |
Early medieval | Norfolk |
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| Cast almost square Middle Saxon mount with flat underside and front face decorated in counter-relief with a triple-strand equal-armed cross overlying a square, with a rounded boss in each angle. The cross arms extend down the edges. The square and the outer strands of the cross are engraved with ... | |||||
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Strap end | FAKL-5872F4 |
Early medieval | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| Cast copper alloy object the surface of which is obscured by corrosion. The object is rectangular with a proection in the centre of one end. At the other end is a bar linking two ball-like projections. This could have been the location for a strap. The plate appears to have been openwork but on t... | |||||
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Metal working debris | SWYOR-497F82 |
Early medieval | Lincolnshire |
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| Five pieces of silver metal working debris and hacksilver. Short length of possible ingot or bar. Flat and rectangular in section. Two cut ends are chamfered as if cut with shears. 10.21mm long, 11.2mm wide and 2.34mm thick. 1.97g. Flattened droplet. One face rounded, the other irregular. 20.51mm... | |||||
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Strap end | IOW-E5E4A4 |
Roman | Isle Of Wight |
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| An incomplete Late Roman cast copper-alloy strap-end (c. 350-c. 410). This is the central part of a 'Totworth' type strap-end object is flat on both faces and consists of two elements, a sub-oval part and a rectangular shaft with parallel sides. Between the two elements, at each side, there is a ... | |||||
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Unidentified object | YORYM-6B78D4 |
Early medieval | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| Description: A semi-circular fragment of silver plate of uncertain function. The fragment is an irregular semi-circular shape with one straight edge thickened, and the other edges very thin and with hammer marks. The centre of the front is decorated with five small punched triangular shapes set i... | |||||
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Finger ring | YORYM-6B67B2 |
Early medieval | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| Description: A rectangular strip of silver, broken diagonally at both ends; both of the breaks are fresh and irregular. The long edges of the front of the plate are decorated with punched triangles, but the surface is very worn and the decoration is now almost invisible. The reverse is undecorat... | |||||
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Brooch | DENO-6D3516 |
Early medieval | Lincolnshire |
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| Almost complete cast silver/copper-alloy radiate-headed brooch of early-medieval date. It has a semi-circular headplate with raised outer border, and within this two raised lines following the outline; in the centre there is a semi-circular zone of vertical lines. The brooch probably originally h... | |||||
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Finger ring | WMID-5C23C2 |
Early medieval |
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| REPORT FOR HM CORONER Potential find of Treasure: Viking silver ring from Kings Newnham, Warwickshire Ref.: 2011 T35 (Rec. no. 7421) Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the ring of 92%, with at least 6% copper and detectable amounts ... | |||||
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Unidentified object | IOW-DE3484 |
Early medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) flat heart-shaped object, slightly misshapen. The front is decorated at either side with single scrolls closely comparable with those on Quoit Brooch Style objects, such as the square quoit brooch from High Down, Sussex, and has punched lines and marks along the v... | |||||
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Rod | KENT-C4CEE1 |
Bronze age | Kent |
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| The find consists of a short length of gold rod, or ingot that has been flattened and expanded at both ends by hammering and then snipped across the ends; length, 23 mm; weight, 4.1 grams. | |||||
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Ingot | NLM-D6A974 |
Early medieval | North Lincolnshire |
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| A cast silver ingot hammered into a rectangular bar of slightly rounded rectangular section with faceted edges; length, 30.4 mm. One face shows file marks and a deep cut in one edge and one long side has a testing nick made with the point of a knife or chisel, which is typical of ingots of the Vi... | |||||
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Finger ring | CAM-A32F23 |
Early medieval | Cambridgeshire |
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| A gold finger-ring of the Viking period. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content for the ring of 35-40% and a silver content of 55-60%, the remainder being copper; it weighs 3.84 grams. The hoop of the ring is made of a lozenge-section rod whic... | |||||
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Brooch | IOW-E6D976 |
Early medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Great Square-Headed brooch (c. 550-c. 600). This object consists of part of the bow and part of the footplate. The bow is convex at the front and concave at the rear. It measures 15.0mm in length and 15.6mm in width. A vertical f... | |||||
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Ingot | WMID-531097 |
Early medieval | Warwickshire |
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| Ref.: 2010 T335 (Rec. no. 7168) Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the ingot of 94%, the remainder being copper with a trace of lead and gold. This is likely to be a slight overestimate of the silver content of the core metal, as co... | |||||
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Unidentified object | SUSS-964580 |
Unknown | East Sussex |
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| Fragment of an undiagnostic gold fragment. As this was a potential treasure item, it was submitted to B.M. Ager (Curator Prehistory & Europe) for inspection and it was described thusly: 'The find consists of a short, curved length of gold rod that is cut and broken at both ends and has been f... | |||||
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Coin | DUR-7D8726 |
Byzantine | North Yorkshire |
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| Gold coin, Early Medieval Byzantine, pierced, treasure This was examined by Barry Ager who comments- I have examined a single coin reported found in the Bedale area. The coin is a gold histamenon trachy of the Byzantine emperor Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078), class IId and it weighs 4.17g, at the ... | |||||
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Brooch | IOW-D9FAF7 |
Early medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| Finds from a ploughed Anglo-Saxon cemetery site, including a fragment of a silver-gilt small square-headed brooch. Treasure case no. 2010 T286. Addenda to Treasure cases: 2004 T187, 2006 T62, 2007 T203, 2008 T321 and 2009 T177. The find consists of (1) a fragment from an early Anglo-Saxon brooch ... | |||||
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Finger ring | YORYM-F0F231 |
Early medieval | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| Treasure case No : 2010 T250 Silver finger ring fragment (?) Date: 9th to 10th Century, Viking Description: A small fragment of a silver finger ring, or possibly a silver plate fragment. It is formed from a simple plate of silver. The fragment is wedge shaped, with parallel broken te... | |||||
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Unidentified object | YORYM-727414 |
Modern | North Yorkshire |
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| A silver strip of uncertain date and function. The strip has a square section and tapers in at either end, both terminals are broken and the breaks are irregular. All four sides feature a small patch of cross-hatched markings, possibly machine made. Barry Ager (British Museum) comments that: Th... | |||||
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