Record ID: KENT-6BAB61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy 'gaping mouth' buckle of medieval date (1100-1200). Description: The buckle remains as the zoomorphic terminal of the buckle frame. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and oval in cross-section. It takes the form of a beast's head, possibly a cat, with gaping mouth. The upper half of the object has moulded features, taking the form of a brow bone extending into the bridge of the nose and snout. Either side, are elongated oval eyes and beneath these angled ridges, possibly to represent whiskers. Just above the brow bone are small pointed ears whic…
Created on: Monday 25th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2022
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Record ID: OXON-EA2C24
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy Medieval three-piece composite strap-end with spacer plate and an additional applied plate depicting a standing figure praying dating to c. AD 1250-1450. A small part of the this applied decoration and the upper edge of the reverse plate are missing to old breaks but otherwise the piece is complete. The strap end has four parts, two plates separated by a forked spacer and the applied decoration. The two plates each have a large circular body (c.26.5mm diameter) with a rectangular tab extending from one side and a knop projecting on a very thin re…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2022
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Record ID: KENT-AAA37E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy seal matrix of medieval date (c.1300-1400.) Description: The matrix is a flat pointed oval in plan, the entirity of the front consisting of the dieface. The reverse has an integrally cast shallow raised rib aligned vertically widening to a D-shaped suspension lug at the apex. The front bears an inscribed device depicting a griffin passant facing right towards a cresent moon. The device is surrounded by an inscribed legend running retrograde around the circumference of the matrix so as to appear the correct way round. It reads '+VICI LEO D' T[R]IBV IVD…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
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Record ID: LIN-98A8C3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy medieval buckle plate c. AD 1100-1200. The buckle plate consists of two folded rectangular copper-alloy sheets with loops to hold the buckle frame, one is now broken. The sheets are asymmetrical, the smaller piece on the underside measures 24.58 mm in length and 19.02 mm in width. The uppermost plate is considerably larger and very worn with jagged edges, measuring 30.50 mm in length and 26.62 mm in width. It is recessed at the fold to cater for the frame. Riveted onto the larger plate is a copper-alloy ornate moulded design. There are four intact …
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spilsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-9E270E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy seal matrix of medieval date (c.1300-1500). Description: The seal has a hexagonally faceted handle which tapers before widening slightly below a hexagonal collar upon which sits a sub-circular lug, probably to accommodate a chain or cord to allow the seal to be carried about the neck or secured about the person. The base of the matrix handle widens to accommodate the circular die which is engraved with bricked castle next to which is half a fleur-de-lis. Below both, is the image of a fish. This central device is surrounded by a circular beaded bo…
Created on: Monday 27th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
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Record ID: KENT-3C512A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast single loop buckle of probable medieval date c.1250-1500 Description: The buckle has a single looped, D-shaped frame and a offset strap bar. The outer frame has is heavily decorated with an extended lobed / trilobed motif. Each lobe extends upwards and away from the frame with a lipped flange below. The central lobe is the largest with the two smaller ones flanking it but divided by a slight raised ridge. Each of the dividing ridges projects slighty between the lobes. The side lobes extend along the side of the frame slightly. The frame has a dark grey-green patina. The p…
Created on: Thursday 4th November 2021
Last updated: Sunday 7th November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-C1358B
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy artefact, probably a harness pendant or harness mount of Medieval date, about AD 1250 - 1400, depicting a forward facing crowned king. It consists of a flat piece of copper alloy, probably the upper right corner of a shield shaped pendant or mount. The top and the curved right hand edge are original edges, while the others are broken. The front face is decorated in low relief with a depiction of a crowned head, forward facing, with chin length hair and a rounded collar. The crown appears to be bifoliate with a trefoil central ornament. The style of the hea…
Created on: Monday 12th July 2021
Last updated: Saturday 11th September 2021
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Record ID: WILT-B8F7BB
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval iron rondel dagger, dating to c. AD 1400-1500. The dagger has a long, tapering, probably single edged blade. The blade has a triangular cross section and still retains its pointed tip. Behind the quillon or guard (now lost), the tang is a thick iron bar which tapers towards the pommel end. The tang probably would have originally been enclosed in a bound wooden handle. The pommel or button is a square plate with a scalloped edge. Corrosion products cover the find, making it difficult to ascertain whether this is definitely a single edged weapon, although it seems…
Created on: Monday 24th May 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 25th May 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-086C6B
Object type: BALANCE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment of the fork or stirrup from a portable hand balance dating to the 11th or 12th centuries. Description: The central plate is flat and semi-circular in plan with a drilling at the rear and a projected loop on the outside edge, both 'worn open' and one arm of an integral forked spacer remaining. Decoration on both sides in the form of punched circles with dots in the centre are present on the arm, around the perimeter of the plate and to make a cross in the centre of the plate. The surface has a dark green patina. Dimensions: length 48.4…
Created on: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F25AEC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast Medieval copper-alloy mount, inlaid with Limoges style enamel. Dating to c. AD 1150-1300. Description: The mount is circular in plan and very slightly convex in cross-section. The upper surface is decorated with a champlevé enamel design consiting of cast cells. The primary field is in cobalt blue enamel, at the centre of which is a small cricular cell with yellow enamel bordering a field of green enamel with a spot of red enamel at the centre. Abutting the central cell, arranged evenly around it are four petal like cells. These cells are pointed at the outer edg…
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
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Record ID: KENT-FEA2C7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated cast copper-alloy knife end cap of later early-medieval or early high medieval date, c.AD 1050-1150. Description: The object appears to be complete, though parts of the iron tang of the original knife remains intact. The object has an irregular hexagonal cross-section, with two narrower face. This creates two wide faces with two facets and two flat narrow faces. It expands slightly towards the end, aligned right to the text. The wide faces have each face decorated with two saltires in a beaded boarder, each sharing the inner line dividing them. The lines are all light…
Created on: Friday 19th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: NCL-9686D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver annular brooch with inscriptions in Lombardic capitals on both sides: + IESUS NAZARENUS REX I[udeorum]/IASPER FERT AURUM TUS (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews/Casper brings gold, frankincense). The frame is circular in plan, with a rectangular cross section. The text is framed by raised borders running around the inner and outer circumference of the frame. The frame is narrower at the attachment point for the pin, and the penannular shape of the end of the pin loops around it, forming a hinge. The hinge is the narrowest part of the pin, which is widest next to th…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Capheaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-778A02
Object type: BOX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy zoomorphic mount or strap fitting or hasp or clasp, probably from a box or casket, probably dating from AD 1100 - 1400. The mount is in the form of a swimming bird or possibly a dragon, with the body forming a flat plate and the neck and head projecting upwards and forwards. There is an incomplete ring or hook projection under the neck of the creature, extending from the front of the the body and perhaps originally connecting to the base of the neck. There is also a transverse loop on the reverse of the shoulders, appearing like a strap loop, and a rivet through th…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-BF5F52
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy seal matrix dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1275-1400). The die is circular in shape and has a cylindrical handle. At the top of the handle is a broad collar that is double faceted, above which is a flattened, rounded suspension loop that has an off centre circular perforation. The die is engraved with a figure of a man striding right. The man is clothed in a rounded cloak and is wearing a pointed hat or hood with a ball or bell at the tip. Grasped in the figure's hands and held out in front is a staff with a rectangular head and pointed base. The…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 5th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marchwiel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C504FC
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
incomplete cast copper-alloy book fitting, dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1350-1450. The fitting appears to be of Howsam class A.1. The main body of the fitting is comprised of a circular central portion 10.8mm in height, with a drilled hole at the centre. from one edge emerges a zoomorphic head pointing downward, toward the base of the fitting. On it can be seen moulded decoration depicting ears, as well as a constriction defining the snout or muzzle, and beneath, an incised line defining the mouth. Opposite the animal head terminal on the other side of the circular centra…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7BC952
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy seal matrix, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1350. Description: In plan, the seal matrix has a pointed oval shape, with a flat outer face and a reverse. The reverse is plain and undecorated save for a thin vertical rib running from one point down half its length. This rib has a circular suspension loop at its top. The central design features a rampant lion left with a rose ahead, within in a treasure of four arches,. The design is surrounded by an inscription contained within a pair of parallel dotted lines, forming a border around the seal. Th…
Created on: Sunday 20th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 3', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A331A3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy thimble dating to the 13th century, c. AD 1200-1300. The thimble, which has a max. base diameter of 15.2mm, is domed and tapers to a slight point. It is 11.7mm high and weighs 2.01g. The decoration on the side of the thimble are arranged into five panels each separated with a double groove border, forming a 'strapwork' decorative motif. The domed section of the thimble is also arranged into five panels, though these are separated with a single groove border. At the apex of the thimble point there is a moulded five petalled flower design, with each petal fitting into …
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-80CFAA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and barely worn copper-alloy Medieval pedestal seal matrix dating to the 14th century. Description: The matrix is conical in shape with a hexagonal die and short handle at the apex of which is a drilled ovoid suspension loop. The matrix' die is circular and bears the crudely engraved central motif of a facing feline with shaggy fur uncertain as to whether a domestic cat or a lion. The surrounding legend reads retrograde as to appear the correct way round when used and is very crude and misspelled, reading "+IE SV TESTE DE CHA", The initial mark is formed of a large pe…
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A217A0
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead 'papal bulla' of Pope Alexander IV (1254-1261). The obverse depicts the busts of St Peter and St Paul each within an inverted pear shaped compartment defined by pellets. On the right, St Peter's beard and hair are shown to be curly by the use of pellets. On the left, St Paul's beard is portrayed as being long, straight and pointed, whilst his hair is straight and swept back. There is a cross pattee supported on a staff between the busts. At the top of the bulla in the centre are the letters 'SPASPE', abbreviations for St Paul and St Peter. The reverse of the bulla…
Created on: Saturday 11th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
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Record ID: SOM-F219CB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval, copper-alloy, large, circular mount depicting the white boar of Richard III, dating to the later 15th century (1470-1485). The mount is gilded, silvered and enamelled and consists of two parts: a decorated disc held in a separate circular frame which has integral rivets and separate roves. The 63.4mm diameter disc has a slightly raised design of a boar walking left on an area of ground. Around this is an opaque red enamel background which ends before it meets the frame with the remainder gilded. There are areas of damage to this background particularly at 12 and 6 o'clo…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colyton', grid reference and parish protected.