Record ID: BH-8213E9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double-loop buckle, dating from the late medieval to early post-medieval periods. The symmetrical frame comprises two broadly D-shaped sides, arranged back-to-back, with the central axis bar forming the inner limb of each. The pin rests, which occupy the two vertical outer sides of the frame, have scalloped edges and transversely grooved upper surfaces. The axis bar is of trapezoidal cross section. Length: 27.9 mm; width: 22.9 mm; thickness: 2.3 mm. Weight: 4.34 g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-820D1F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Just over half of a post-medieval copper-alloy double-loop buckle. The intact side of the frame is D-shaped and of flat section, the width expanding towards the outer side. At the centre of this outer side is a pin rest in the form of a moulded rosette. A swirl projects from either side of this rosette and lines of pellets decorate the rest of the surface. The axis bar is of flattened-oval cross section and has the remains of a moulded rosette at either end. Loosely looped around this bar, the pin is of D-shaped cross section and tapers to a point. Length: 28.4 mm; width: 27 mm;…
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-81FAA0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silvered copper-alloy radiate of Probus, dating to the period AD 276-282 (Reece Period 14). CLEMENTIA TEMP reverse depicting the emperor on the left, standing right, holding a sceptre surmounted by an eagle and receiving a globe from Jupiter, who stands on the right, faces inwards and holds a vertical sceptre. Probably Mint of Antioch. RIC V, pt 2, p. 120, no. 921. The mintmark, ? // XXI, is unclear, but the obverse legend is only recorded for XXI mintmarks at Antioch (rather than Tripolis). If there is a V between the figures, the coin would be from Cyzicus, but the style appears w…
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Friday 2nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-81F264
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Henry VI's first reign, dating to the period 1422-1427. Annulet issue, minted at Calais. North no. 1432. This coin appears to have been lightly clipped. Diameter: 17.3 mm; thickness: 0.6 mm. Weight: 0.93 g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-81E566
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pierced silver halfgroat of the Commonwealth period, 1649-1660. The single piercing is located just below 9 o'clock on the obverse. Diameter: 17 mm; thickness: 0.8 mm. Weight: 0.94 g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-8196E7
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy awl, probably dating from the Late Bronze Age The widest part of the awl is approximately one third of the way along its length; either side of this point, the piece tapers. The longer portion is of rectangular cross section, displays evidence of filing on its surfaces and tapers to a wedge-shaped terminal. The remaining third also has a broadly rectangular cross section, but in this portion the corners have been deliberately removed, probably by filing. The patinated surfaces are almost black in some areas, perhaps suggesting that a coating was applied in antiquity.…
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-81871E
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy hooked tag, dating from the early post-medieval period. The irregular plate takes the form of a symmetrical openwork design of foliate scroll. At the base of this plate is a downward-curving leaf, from which the now-missing hook would originally have sprung. A rectangular frame hanger surmounts the plate. Length: 25.6 mm; width: 17.7 mm; thickness: 1.9 mm. Weight: 1.94 g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2016
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Record ID: BH-816E54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy radiate of Gallienus (sole reign), dating to the period AD 260-268 (Reece period 13). VICTORIA AET reverse depicting Victory standing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left. Mint of Rome. Cunetio p. 117, no. 1238 = RIC V (part I), p. 157, no. 297. Diameter: 19.2 mm; thickness: 1.3 mm. Weight: 1.72 g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-816418
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy drop handle from a piece of furniture. An angular hanger with horizontal bar projects from the top of the broadly D-shaped handle. This handle gradually widens towards the bottom, where there is the forward-facing mask of a cherub, moulded in high relief, flanked by a pair of wings, between which is what appears to be a trumpet. The surfaces of the rest of the frame are divided into a series of segments with slightly concave surfaces. The underside is largely flat, but there are hollow areas that correspond with the raised areas of the aforementioned de…
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-F32B81
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic to Brone Age flint end scraper. The tool is has been made from a tertiary flake which is sub-oval in plan, has a bulb-of-percussion at the proximal end of the ventral surface and sub-vertcal arrises on the dorsal surface. Confined to the distal end, retouch is long, sub-parallel and semi-abrupt. The flint is dark greyish-brown with blueish-white patination. The other edges display evidence of post-depositional damage. Length:44.1mm; width:32.6mm; thickness:, 14.8mm. Weight: 23.38g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F3233B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut halfpenny of Henry III, dating to the period 1247 - 1250. Voided long-cross coinage, classes 1 to 3 (no sceptre). Uncertain mint and moneyer. Measurements: 19.1mm diameter, 0.9mm thick, 0.64g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bolnhurst and Keysoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F31318
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A leg from a medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy cooking vessel. The leg is sub-cuboidal, having sloping right- and left-hand faces. A single 'toe' projects downwards from one of the bottom corners, although this feature may be the result of damage rather than an original feature. The break at the top is irregular. Length: 38.9mm; width: 20.3mm; thickness: 11.3mm.Weight: 31.6g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 18th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bolnhurst and Keysoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F30954
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy radiate of uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD c.260 - c.275 (Reece period 13). Measurements: 15.7mm diameter, 1.4mm thick. 0.9g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th February 2019
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Record ID: BH-F2FC2E
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead of Early Bronze Age date. The arrowhead has been made from a tertiary flake and is sub-triangular in plan, having a central tang but retaining just one of its original two barbs.The tip also appears to have been broken and there is an area of damage one third of the way up one side. The piece is bifacially worked, the retouch being covering, scaled and low angle. The flint is a recorticated light grey to white, with a mottled blue surface in places. Measurements: 25.4mm long,16.7mm wide, 3.6mm thick, 1.15g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2019
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Record ID: BH-F2F48E
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small corner fragment of a socketed axe dating from the Late Bronze Age, probably around 1000-800BC. The fragment is long, retaining the corner of the mouth moulding and a smaller moulding below. The surfaces are very worn and slightly pitted. There may be a fragmentary loop/break left on one side. The fragment is too small to determine type and metalwork assemblage, but it's likely to be a Late Bronze Age axe, possibly of South Eastern type,
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2016
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Record ID: BH-F2EAA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman disc brooch, probably dating from the 1st to mid 3rd century AD. The booch has a damaged circular plate with raised rim and slightly recessed upper surface, in which are possible traces of enamel. Located at the top of the reverse, the hinge comprises two parallel right-angled lugs with rounded tops. A short axis bar sits within two opposing perforations in these lugs and holds in place the distorted copper-alloy pin. There is no trace of the catchplate. Maximum diameter: 29.5mm; height/depth: 12mm. Weight: 3.53g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2018
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Record ID: BH-F2DFDB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic rim sherd from an upright coarseware vessel, probably dating from the Roman period. The sherd has a beaded rim and the fabric is a yellow, sand-tempered material. The outer surface is soot-blackened in places. Height: 33.3mm; width: 42.6mm; thickness: 14.3mm. Weight: 19.3g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 18th April 2018
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Record ID: BH-F2D2AB
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable flint core rejuvination flake of Mesolithic to Neolithic date. The flake appears to have been struck at 90 degrees to the blade core. It has a heavily recorticated, white surface. Length: 38.4mm; width:16.6mm; weight: 3.85g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
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Record ID: BH-F2CA54
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of seven flint blades of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. The largest blade, which measures 59mm long and 12.5mm wide, retains some cortex, whereas the remaining six are tertiary blades. All of the blades have partially recorticated surfaces, mostly of a blueish-white hue. There is no evidence of any retouch. Total weight of assemblage: 17.67g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2019
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Record ID: BH-F2BAE1
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single-platform flint blade core of probable Mesolithic date. The blade removal scars extend vertically downwards from the sub-oval platform, terminating at the rounded bottom end. The surface is a recorticated mottled blueish-white. Measurements: 17mm high, 20mm wide, 13.7mm deep, 5.36g.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.