Record ID: LVPL-6B1F98
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy religious or pilgrim's badge depicting St Roch and dating to the Medieval period. In the centre of the object is the figure of St Roch wearing a pilgrim's hat, with a bag and a staff to his right. He is exposing a plague sore at his groin. On the right is a small dog rearing up his staff and on the left is a kneeling supplicant. The rear of the object is flat and undecorated with a broken projection in the centre of which would have formed an attachment loop. St Roch was associated with pilgrimage and the plague. He is associated with Montpelier in France where…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-6A35B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: NORTH YORKSHIRE
Workflow stage: Published
Silver terzo di grosso (1/3 groat) of Pope Paul II (1464-1471), Berman no. 424. Obverse: PAVLVS.PP.SECVNDVS; Lion in shield, surmounted by a mitre over crossed keys, all within a double quatrefoil. Reverse: S.PAVLVS.S.PETRVS; Saint Peter, holding keys and book, and Saint Paul, holding sword and book. Mint: Papal States (Ancona). Mintmaster's mark: Berman no. 24 (f enclosed in leaf-shaped motif) AD1464 - 1471 Ref: A.G. Berman (1991), Papal Coins (South Salem, NY)
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bossal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-2AB2C5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: NORTHUMBERLAND
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap fitting of late Iron Age date, c . 100 BC - AD 43. The fitting is probably a strap junction for harness, and consists of a two crescents back-to-back with a collared boss centred where the crescents join. Flanking the crescents and cast integral to their sides are socketed spheroids, each pair also connected by a cast integral bar, round in section, that took the strap itself. The surface is worn, but incised linework frames the upper socket on the spheroid as well as the smaller sockets on the underside. Between the incised lines on the body of the sphero…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2012
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Record ID: NLM-B39215
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey Flint; two fragments (a and b), both associated with copper alloy items NLM-F5AEB0, NLM-B31E53 and NLM-B34183, which together comprise a ritual deposit of sword and baldrick in a spring.. a) Debitage or Core, with at least four long flake removal scars. Suggested date of deposition: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC, though the long blade removal scars appears to this reporter more characteristic of Neolithic material. The measurements appearing below are for this object. Length: 33.3mm, Width: 23.3mm, Thickness: 24.1mm, Weight: 23.84gms. b) Possible Debitage. Flint chip with …
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 9th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigg', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B34183
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, possibly with organic material adhering. Ring. Cast ring of round section. Found circa 0.7m N of tip of sword NLM-F5AEB0 and circa 1.20m N of similar ring NLM-F5AEB0 The. two rings were perhaps at the ends of a baldrick. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC. Diameter: 42.4mm, Thickness/diameter of band: 5.6mm, Weight (with soil and matter adhering): 23.82gms. The deposition is interpreted as follows: the sword was 'killed' by breaking its hilt. Then a belt with a metal ring at either end was laid down in an active spring. Th…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigg', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B31E53
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, possibly with organic material adhering Ring. Cast ring of round section. Found circa 150mm South of end of grip of sword NLM-B2E526, and interpreted as associated with its deposition, probably at one end of a baldrick with a similar ring NLM-B34183 at the other end. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC. Diameter: 42.0mm, Thickness/diameter of band: 9.7mm, Weight (with soil and matter adhering): 64.31gms. The deposition is interpreted as follows: the sword was 'killed' by breaking its hilt. Then a belt with a metal ring at either end was…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigg', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-72A703
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: GREATER LONDON
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy spoon handle with figurative knop, dating to the 16th century. The ornate spoon handle has a lozenge-shaped cross-section and is cast with a decorative element midway along the length which is repeated at the junction between the handle and the knop. This decorative element is an expanded section on the handle which is lozenge-shaped in plan as well as profile. It has a raised midrib and radiating lines above and below with further raised ribs above and below. This decoration is present on the front and back surfaces of the handle. There is…
Created on: Monday 17th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
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Record ID: LON-724EA6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: GREATER LONDON
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy (latten) spoon handle with figurative knop, dating to the 16th century. The spoon handle has a hexagonal cross-section and tapers from the bowl to the figurative knop. There is no evidence of an iron strengthening rod in the handle. The figurative knop consists of a lion sejant (seated) with a shield resting on it's fore legs. The shield has XXX along its midline. There is some decorative moulding at the junction between the knop and the handle. A similar example is published in Hornsby, Weinstein & Homer (1989:59) dated to the 16th centur…
Created on: Monday 17th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
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Record ID: LON-7188A5
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: GREATER LONDON
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim badge which may be a plume holder dating to the late15th century. The surviving elements of this object show a standing figure in armour - St George, with his left arm raised and a lance running diagonally from the raised arm, across the body towards the dragon at his feet; the tip of the lance appears to be thrust between the jaws of the dragon. The upper end of the lance are broken and missing and the lower end of the lance is broken but is still present. The right hand is also broken and missing. On the reverse there is a projecting stu…
Created on: Monday 17th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-332D63
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper Irish stick pin dating from the early medieval period, that is from the 11th or early 12th century. The pin is complete but slightly bent out of shape. It has a long, largely undecorated shank with circular cross-section and a ring-headed terminal that is a devolved version of a ring headed pin. The shank shows a very faint moulded or possibly incised decoration just below the head, composed of two ring and a large zigzag-pattern. The head is decorated with a moulded ornament composed of a moulded crescent and diamond. There are additional lines and diagonal grooves on the…
Created on: Friday 14th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2012
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Record ID: LVPL-F273D4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: GWYNEDD
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy harness/strap union or junction dating to the Iron Age. One strap bar is missing due to old breaks. The object has a central plate formed from two opposed crescents which are dome-shaped in cross-section. Between the crescents is a central perforation with an internal diameter of 10mm. At either side of the plate are the remains of strap bars, one of which is mostly missing due to old breaks leaving two small rounded lugs. The complete strap bar has semi-circular lugs which extend from the centre of each crescent of the plate and are set at an angle o…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pwllheli', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-8FF832
Object type: CAME
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: GREATER LONDON
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Post Medieval lead alloy window came with fragments of glass dating AD1500 - 1800. The surviving piece of came forms a triangular cell containing the two fragments of thick, clear glass. The came is milled and has the characteristic H-shaped cross-section. The gutter is textured with moulded ribs. There are no visible maker's marks. Similar window cames are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database but no other examples with glass still in situ. Other recorded examples include: HESH-8E4337, NLM-E8DB95. Dimensions: length: 69.50mm; width: 50.02mm; t…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-5C3563
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: NORTH YORKSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy Medieval pilgrim badge probably dating from the 15th to early 16th centuries. On one surface, there is a crude depiction of the crucifixion. Christ is seen on the cross and he is flanked by two soldiers with spears. Christ has his arms bent and his legs flexed to the left. The image on the other surface is very worn and difficult to interpret but appears to be a figure standing on the right of the field, something at the base of the design, and a beaded border. This perhaps could be interpreted as George and the Dragon, or St Margaret of Antioch emerging from a d…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-4B8655
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: CHESHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Anglo-Scandinavian strap end, of Thomas Class B type 4 (Medieval Small Finds Datasheet 32). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section where moulded. Each end of the object terminates with a break. The upper face is decorated with two moulded animal heads which face each other with snouts touching. Each head has large rounded ears, rounded eyes and an angular snout. The attachment end was split and would have held the strap in between, however the rear side has broken away. One rivet remains through the head of one of the animals while a…
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2012
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-4B46A3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: CHESHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Winchester style strap end dating from AD750-1100. The object is tongue shaped with a split end attachment which is incomplete. The object is decorated with openwork degenerated inhabited foliate motif. The object has a reddish green patina and is worn. It can be classified as Thomas Class E type 1, (Medieval Small Finds Datasheet 33, 2004). This form of strap-end was popular on the Carolingian continent and in Scandinavia during the 9 th and 10 th centuries, Thomas, (ibid).
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2012
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-495676
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: SHROPSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy (bronze) socketed axe of Late Bronze Age dating (950 to 700 BC). The axe is sub-rectangular in plan with a flared convex cutting edge and the socket is sub-rectangular in cross section. The socket of the axe is sub-rectangular, with an irregular mouth. The top edge of the socket shows little evidence of casting jets that have been trimmed flush with the socket mouth. One of the four casting runners survives the extensive abrasion and can be clearly identified. The mould has slipped slightly during the casting process. The swollen moulded collar of the so…
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-7489C5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy English jetton of Edward I, Class 4 (1282-88) (Mitchiner no 87), reused as a brooch or hooked tag. The jetton is English, of Edward I (1272 - 1307). The obverse depicts a crowned bust facing forward, and the reverse depicts a single stranded cross fleury with expanded ends, and within each quarter is a star or crescent. A lozenge shaped pin plate of copper alloy has been riveted to the centre of the obverse of the jetton covering the face of Edward I, allowing the jetton to be used as a hooked tag. One end of the plate is pointed and the other is curled over …
Created on: Friday 24th August 2012
Last updated: Sunday 14th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cley next the sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-690A22
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: GREATER LONDON
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval iron fragment of a military spur, dating to the 17th century. The fragment has a loop for attachment at the end of a bar which then divides into two curving arms. The rowel box is at the end of one of the curving arms. The central section of the rowel remains, the arms are all broken and missing. There is a break across the other curving arm. A similarly shaped spur is illustrated in de Lacy (1904) and also in the catalogue of the old Royal United Services Institute museum (1914 no 2716), online at http://archive.org/stream/officialcatalogu00royaiala#page/182/…
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2012
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2012
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Record ID: NARC-CC1CF4
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy dagger, or dirk, of Bronze Age date. The dirk has been broken in half in antiquity. The dirk has four rivet holes. There is an even light green patina. Dot. Boughton, FLO for Lancs and Cumbria and specialist in Bronze Age metalwork, has kindly offered the following research: "According to Burgess and Gerloff (Ref: Burgess, C. and Gerloff, S. 1981. The dirks and and rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland. Praehistorische Bronzefunde IV, 7. Munich) (pg. 19): "Group II: Dirks and rapiers assigned to Group II have blades showing a central ridge which produces…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-B9F672
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Trajan. Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO PT IM[P AV]GERM DAC laureate bust right Reverse: Fortuna seated left with rudder and cornucopiae. PARTHICO PM TRP COS VI PP SPQR Exergue: FORTRED Reference: RIC 315. RSC 150. This coin was discovered inside a seal box, recorded at NARC-B9DE37.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wood Burcote', grid reference and parish protected.