Record ID: DENO-649953
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper-alloy coin weight of late Medieval date. The weight is hexagonal in plan with two flat faces and a sloped (bevelled) edge between the two so that the uppermost face, which carries a design, is slightly smaller than the plain underside face of the weight. the design is badly worn but appears to consist of a bust facing right with a single initial to either side. The initials are not clear. The weight is similar to other hexagonal weights in Withers, in 'Lions, Ships and Angels; Identifying Coin-Weights found in Britain', states that "Hexagonal weights are either…
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravenshead Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-837CC4
Object type: LANTERN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and rather squashed sheet copper alloy Medieval (1250-1400) lantern, now in eight pieces. It would originally have been cylindrical in shape. It is missing a door (probably of transparent horn) to the front, several binding strips, a handle, base and top. It measures c.197mm in length (185mm without rectangular projection) and 121.02mm in (squashed) width, and weighs 113.16g. The patina overall is smooth and shiny with patches that are rougher both on the inside and outside surfaces. The largest fragment of the lantern (c.147x121.02mm) consists of just over half of the…
Created on: Tuesday 1st February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chippenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-26ECD4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Tongue shaped strap-end with openwork zoomorphic decoration. Late Anglo-saxon/Viking Age (750-1100 AD). Gabor Class E, type 1. The corners of the thin strap attachement strip are missing, as are the ens holes. the central rivet is still present, and is 1.5mm in diameter. The open work cast decoration is of two lizard-like animals standing back to back, both with their tongues projecting out of their mouths and dropping down toewards their bodies. The creatures appear to have fish-like tails which curl upwards towards the body. The tail-end of the creatures re…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-F80774
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A penny of Anlaf Sihtricsson dating to 941-944. North no 541.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-A3D47E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix for cloth seals recording the payment of the Cloth Subsidy (tax) dating to the c. AD 1350-1380. The matrix is a flat circular disc with the remains of a projecting circular sectioned handle projecting from slightly offcentre on the back. The front is incised with a crowned head around which is a plain line border and the indented legend: +S SVBSIDII PAnnORVM (Seal for the subsidy of cloth) with a second narrow line border around the outer edge. The crown has bifoliate side fleurs and a large central fleur. The hair and face are similar to those seen o…
Created on: Friday 7th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 14th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Compton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-F58E08
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorative cast copper alloy armorial roundel and frame. The armorial mount comprises a circular gilded copper alloy frame (external diameter 49.58mm, internal diameter 34.16mm) which holds a gilded and enamelled copper alloy roundel (diameter 36.36mm). Four copper alloy rivets project from the reverse of the frame probably to attach the mount to a leather strap - possibly a horse harness, sword belt or similar. One small iron rivet pierces the frame from the front through to the reverse, possibly as a later attempt to secure the roundel and frame. The roundel sits within the frame …
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F7CEC2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual Medieval cast copper alloy composite seal matrix with hollow conical handle. The matrix and handle were made separately. The matrix is missing but would have been oval (dimensions c.21mmx11mm) and held within the end of the hollow handle. The hollow conical handle is oval sectioned; it is covered in relief moulded decoration - each of the wider sides is decorated with, around the base, three panels containing a cross, a circle with constricted middle and a cross, then above the base is a triangle containing a flower within a circle with a bifoil in the lower two corners of the…
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton cum Lound', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-A16CB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper-alloy oval brooch of Viking association, dating from the late 8th to the 10th century. The brooch is sub-circular/oval in plan, and domed. The brooch is decorated with five oval-shaped bosses with a collar and a circular collared boss at the peak of the dome. Between the bosses and near the lower edge are raised dots. The field in which these bosses are set also has moulded interlace or scroll decoration, but this is obscured by wear and corrosion. There is a lower border decorated with small concave circles. One edge has a sub-circular protrusion from one end, beari…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-090807
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval Viking period Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap end. Attachment end bifurcated, forming short (length 14mm) rectangular undecorated plates, with a single copper alloy rivet for attachment to the strap towards the attachment end; the rivets have flat, but not flush, heads. Borre or Urnes style moulded zoomorphic animal head terminal is the same on both faces, with small rounded ears extending onto the plates, hemispherical eyes, V-shaped snout, flared cheeks and a large circular plate projecting from the mouth, presumably the tongue. Mid green patina.…
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Sunday 23rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lusby with Winceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C23EA8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual cast copper-alloy three-piece buckle consisting of the frame, plate and pin. The frame is annular with a rectangular sectioned circular frame. The front is decorated with incised letters. Corrosion and flaking gilding make them difficult to read, but they seem to form a blundered inscription rather than a readable legend. A thin copper alloy wire bar fits into holes drilled near the back of the frame dividing the frame in half with the bar flush with the back of the frame. The folded plate is wrapped round the bar. The front piece of the plate is rectangular with a rounded …
Created on: Monday 18th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-27F566
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy figurative mount of a woman of Medieval date. The mount, which is flat-backed, is in the shape of a female facing left with her left arm bent in front holding what is probably a child in a seated position with a now missing head. The woman is wearing a long gathered gown with a waist tie and a low slung purse to the front. The woman appears to be wearing a small head scarf which does not fully cover her hair which can be seen hanging slightly tousled down the woman's back. This lack of full head covering makes the figure unlikely to be that of the Virgin Mar…
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 1st June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-745481
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable medieval forgery: a gilded silver copy of a gold quarter noble probably of Henry VI, 1st reign (1422 - 1461), possibly Leaf - Mascle issue (1434 - 1435). The coin is badly double struck on the reverse and patches of a darker metal are showing through where the gilding has worn away from the tops of the letters. The Obverse legend seems to be blundered and the gilding causes the details to be indistinct. See North 1473 probably.
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2010
Last updated: Sunday 7th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F71E84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin: a penny of Edward I (1272 - 1307), Canterbury mint, probably class 10cf3. It is 18mm in diameter and 0.8mm thick. It weighs 1.4gm. The moneyer has made an error on the reverse and the letters TOR were originally TAS and have had to be re-cut. Also, the B on the obverse collides with the initial mark.
Created on: Monday 21st June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-1EEB83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and clipped 15th-century silver medieval coin: a 'sware' struck at the imperial city of Bremen (modern-day Germany) (cf. Accession number PG.2913 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twyford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-225F31
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy swivel fitting with a large D-shaped loop attached to an elaborate swivel topped by a figure of eight strap attachment. The loop is circular in cross-section with elaborate animal heads at either end which clasp the swivel between their open jaws. The heads are moulded and have additional incised decoration emphasising the ears, eyes and open jaws. The jaws are linked by evenly spaced rings arranged in a cylinder forming the female part of the swivel. The male part of the swivel has a rounded expanded terminal at both ends and narrow expansions keying in bet…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ardingly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-303EF0
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy shield-shaped mount of medieval date. The mount has a straight top, and slightly convex sides which curve steeply towards the point. Its fixing consists of an integral rivet of square, tapering section, which is located at the centre of the reverse. The dimensions of the piece are: 43.2mm high, 34.5mm wide and 2.7mm thick (15.4mm including the rivet). The weight is 20.29g. The surfaces are heavily corroded and most of the surface colour is missing. There is also some damage to the upper edge. The blazonry is as follows: Quarterly Or and Gules, in the first qua…
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 31st March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hertford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-341171
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy buckle with a hinged plate, dating to the 10-12th centuries. The buckle frame is D-shaped, with a projecting, triangular outer frame with features of a zoomorphic face in relief. The back of the frame has backward projecting lugs that take the lugs of a sub-triangular zoomorphic plate. The hinge-pin is attached to the axle passing through the lugs of the buckle frame and place. The base of the pin also has decoration in relief suggestive of a zoomorphic/bird-like face, in with the tapering shaft of the pin is the beak. The underside is undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2010
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Record ID: WILT-47DE30
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Post-Medieval (1600-1700) copper alloy openwork hooked tag with zoomorphic clasp, measuring 51.35x14.18x7.90mm and weighing 5.4g. The openwork eye-section is ovoid in shape and concave/ convex. One end, which is pointed, carries the remains of a corroded iron rivet. At the other end is a ridged and grooved collar (three ridges) which extends into a loop 7.90mm in diameter (internal 3.90mm), turned through 90°. The convex plate has three vertical tear-drop shaped openings over 2/3 of its length above the rivet. Beyond these is a curving horizontal collar within a deep cu…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quarley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-D2D6E3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper-alloy pointed-oval seal matrix. The matrix is in very fine condition save for a few spots of iron corrosion. Only a small amount of gilding survives. John Cherry kindly studied the seal matrix and comments: The seal shows a half length figure of St Katherine, above a pointed arch with an arch above her head. There is a sun (or star) and moon to left and wheel to right. Beneath under an arch, from which rise two towers, is a praying figure possibly a priest or a member of a religious order. The legend reads : MONTE IACENS SYNA SALVUM FAC ME KATERINE I would…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-1CE662
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval coin; a silver groat of Edward IV (1461 - 1470), Light coinage (1464 - 1470). This is a mule with a type Vd obverse and a type VI reverse. Muling between types V and VI is quite common. Type Vd is the commonest variety of type V obverse and can be identified by the letter P having a very long foot and the letter A being slightly bow-legged. However, this example appears to have an E on the breast, which indicates that it is a rare variety of Vd/VI mule, struck from an obverse die intended for the York mint (E standing for Eboracum). Stewartby explains that in 1464/5 there w…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded.