Record ID: BERK-C7DA59
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval silver penny of Scottish King Alexander III (1249-86 AD), second coinage, class Mb3 or Mc1 (Spink S5054 or 5055) dating to the period c.1280-1292 AD. A six-pointed mullet in each quarter of the reverse, giving a total of 24 points. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 19.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-D72C07
Object type: EAR RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy artefact of uncertain date and function, but possibly representing an Iron Age ear ring. The hollow object is sub-crescentic , with two touching points at the apex. The undecorated surface has a blueish-green patina and is pitted from corrosion. Width: 16mm; height: 13.5mm; depth: 10.4mm. Weight: 5.74g. Several similar artefacts, identified as ear rings and dated to the La Tène I period, were found in the Champagne region of France (Stead and Rigby1999: fig. 120). The patination of this piece is consistent with an Iron Age date. A similar, albeit decorated, ob…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D709DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy As of Domitian (AD 81-96), probably dating to AD 86 (Reece Period 4), MONETA [AVGVST/I] S C reverse depicting Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC II.1, p. 299, cf. nos. 492-3. Diameter:26mm. Weight: 8.34g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D68BB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn silver long cross penny of Edward III or Henry IV dating to the period AD 1351 to 1413. Mint of London.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9BF948
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-72), class 5b2, dating c.1253. Voided long-cross coinage. Moneyer Gilbert. Mint of Canterbury. Diameter: 18.1mm; thickness:0.6mm; weight: 1.3g.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 3rd September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ivinghoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-95BF63
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal, dating to the period AD 1650 to 1705. The seal comprises two flat circular discs, one of which is now damaged, joined with a small rectangular connecting strip. One disc bears the relief-stamped legend 'WOR/STED/REFOR/MED', within a stamped circular border. On the second disc are the numerals '41', which probably refers to the length of the cloth, in yards. Length: 22mm; width: 20mm; thickness: 4mm. Weight: 6.04g. According to Geoff Egan, "'Worsted reformed' seals are among the most common and widely found of all kinds (of cloth seal)..., …
Created on: Friday 4th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-82314E
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint 'leaf' arrowhead, dating from the Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The piece is pear-shaped and bifacially worked from a tertiary flake. Retouch is covering, scaled and low angle. The flint is a translucent light brown at the base, with a light grey patination to the upper half. There is a small amount of damage to one of the edges, just above the halfway point. Length: 27.1 mm; width: 16.1 mm; thickness: 3.3 mm. Weight: 1.25 g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redbourn', 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-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-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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-AFE45B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy single-loop buckle with integral plate. Together, the frame and plate are pear-shaped, the latter terminating in a wider, round, lobe. An integral rivet of circular cross section extends backwards from the underside of this lobe. A circular perforation at the frame end of the plate represents the point at which the now-missing pin would have been attached. The frame has vertical inner edges and steeply sloping upper surfaces. A rounded pin rest projects outwards from the centre of the bowed frame. Length: 23 mm; width: 12.1 mm; thickness (including rivet): 5…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 29th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-AFD168
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Part of an early Roman copper-alloy bow brooch, probably of Colchester-derivative form. The lower part of the bow and foot survive, the remainder having been lost in antiquity. The bow is of sub-trapezoidal cross section, with a ridge that extends down the centre of the upper surface, tapering towards the slightly rounded foot. The catchplate is unperforated and has a rolled outer edge and adjacent pin groove. Length: 33.6 mm; width: 7.3 mm; depth: 16 mm. Weight: 7.02g.
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stagsden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-AFA0EA
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount, dating from the early-medieval to medieval periods. The tapering sub-rectangular mount is decorated with an elaborate pattern of zoomorphic interlace, executed in high relief, with openwork fields. This is surmounted by a flat-sectioned loop with circular perforation and three peripheral lobes, the longest of which is that extending straight upwards at the apex. The exact nature of the decoration is difficult to ascertain, but the general design is that of an animal whose head is located immediately below the apex loop and faces upwards. This hea…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-84659E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy nummus of Maximian I, dating to AD c. 300 (Reece period 15). SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR depicting Moneta standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left. Mint of Aquileia. RIC VI, p. 315, no. 29b. Dimensions and weight not known (recorded from photograph).
Created on: Saturday 20th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-0BFD17
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A miniature copper-alloy buckle and plate, dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period. The buckle comprises an oval loop with long, narrow tongue and a plate consisting of a rectangular copper alloy sheet that has been folded in half through the loop, with small sections cut away at the shoulders and in the centre where the plate is in contact with the loop, in order to accommodate the tongue and loop. At the other end, the plate is pierced by three rivets arranged in a triangular formation. On the front face of the plate only, the rivet-holes are surrounded by a ring of silver beaded wir…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Souldern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B72FCB
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy pyramidal mount, presumably from a sword scabbard. Each face of the pyramid has two chip-carved (incuse) triangles at its base, with an inverted triangle at the apex. A trapezoidal groove surrounds these three triangles, and a pair of angled grooves within the panel separate one triangle from the next. A flat-sectioned bar extends across the reverse, linking two opposing sides, and an empty rectangular cell occupies the apex. Traces of possible iron corrosion adhere to one side. Dimensions of base: 15.3mm by 14.6mm; height: 8.2mm. Weight: 4.26g. A…
Created on: Friday 29th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crowmarsh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-A4D344
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denarius of Titus (AD 79-81), dating to AD 80 (Reece period 4). TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P reverse depicting an elephant standing left. Mint of Rome. RIC II (2nd ed), p. 206, no. 115; RIC II (1926), p. 119, no. 22b. Diameter: 18.5mm; thickness: 2.2mm. Weight: 2.94g.
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cublington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C61148
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy conical personal seal matrix, dating from the medieval period. The handle is of hexagonal or pentagonal cross-section (recorded from photographs), extending upwards from behind the die, tapering towards the top, then flaring into an apex loop with three basal collars and iron corrosion in its aperture. The engraved image at the centre of the circular die is that of a ship with central mast, sails and seven projecting oars at the base. The cross at the top of the mast forms the start of the legend which, when printed, extends clockwise from 12 o'clock and reads +hEV O…
Created on: Monday 30th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Therfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C3B3D3
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy medal with white metal coating. This circular medal is double-sided, with an image and legend relating to King John III of Sweden on the obverse, and that of his first wife, the queen consort Catherine, on the reverse. The obverse bust faces right, the king wearing a military-style garment and ruff and having a beard which extends to the basal tip of the torso. The legend, extending clockwise from 1 o'clock, reads 'IOHANNES : III : D : G :/VE : GOTH : WAND : REX :'. A beaded border surrounds this legend, with a raised and segmented rim beyond. The queen…
Created on: Monday 30th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C38D1C
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy miniature toy musket, dating from the post-medieval period. The barrel is of sub-oval cross section with a hollow bore of 4-5mm. The downward-angling handle has a pentagonal cross section and tapers towards a wider 'fishtail' butt. The sub-rectangular trigger guard (there is no trigger) is located on the underside, straddling the handle and butt. At the handle end of the barrel is a circular pan for the priming powder and, in front of this, a rectangular moulding. Both sides of the handle and butt are decorated by a longitudinal line of ring-and-dot punchmarks. Le…
Created on: Monday 30th November 2015
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redbourn', grid reference and parish protected.