Record ID: LIN-BDB0B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, 'mint and moneyer' or 'National Series' broadly dating c.AD580-670 although this coin may date c.620-640, mint unknown but probably Austrasia/Frisia (roughly encompassing parts of NE France, N Germany and the Low Countries), cf. Belfort nos 3016, 3029-32, MEC1, nos 510-11. Refs: Belfort 1892: 380, 383; Grierson and Blackburn 1986: 125, pl. 24. The coin was struck on a small flan with the inscription only partially visible owing to the die being larger than the flan. Diameter: 11.14 mm; Thickness: 1.37 mm; Weight: 1.22g …
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
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Record ID: LIN-89F702
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early medieval Irish enamelled buckle plate dating to c.AD 600-900 The buckle plate is sub-triangular with concave edges, gently tapering to one end and terminating with a circular recess that would have held a setting. It is ornately decorated on one side with zoomorphic and geometric fields filled with alternating yellow and pale cream champlevé enamel. The plate is decorated with a pair of parallel open-jawed zoomorphic creatures depicted in profile, appearing to frame or 'bite' the circular recess. Inside the circular recess are faint concentric grooves an…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
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Record ID: LIN-E13082
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman Republican denarius of P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, dating to the period c.50 BC (Reece Period 1). [MARCE]LLV[S] COS·QVINQ reverse type depicting Marcus Claudius Marcellus carrying trophy into tetrastyle temple. Mint of Rome. RRC 439/1. Obverse description: Bare head of the consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus bust right with triskeles behind Obverse inscription: [MAR]CELLINVS Reverse description: Marcus Claudius Marcellus carrying carrying trophy into tetrastyle temple Reverse inscription: [MARCE]LLV[S] COS·QVINQ Diameter: 18.58 mm; Thickness: 1.6…
Created on: Thursday 17th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Record ID: LIN-130A7B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to c.AD 475-550. The brooch has a rectangular head plate, decorated along the border borders with a stamped zig-zag line design with one half now very worn. The head plate has a central rectangular panel which is slightly raised. The panel is the same width as the bow; the two long sides have a border design of regularly stamped motif of a triangle and dot at the apex. The head plate has three integral knobs. The one opposite the bow and the one on the right (viewed looking at the fro…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Nettleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1F3D6D
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron and copper-alloy gilded shield boss-apex disc dating to the 6th century AD. The object consists of a narrow-rimmed apex disc measuring 39.95 x 37.48 mm that is decorated with a pair of confronted crouched creatures consisting of two profile Style I animals in a gilded, relief-cast field. The two creatures are quadrupeds, each with a raised front limb. the animal's heads comprise curved profile heads that flare at the terminal and curl upwards at the opposite end. They have a small oval pellet for an eye, below are curved ridges for the e…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: LIN-BB5928
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stamped ceramic fragment of a pancheon vessel dating to the post-medieval period, the late 17th-18th century AD. Rim. Internally-glazed fragment with green glaze. No inclusions. Light orange oxidized hard fabric with a light grey core. The internally-glazed element carries a roulette inscription reading '[?R]SM' within a pattern of square dots framing the letters, the S is reversed. This fragment probably belongs to the Lincolnshire stamped pancheon type (White 1982). Measurements: Length: 43.24 mm; Width: 39.19 mm; Thickness: 14.75 mm; Weight: 18.50g Discussion Pa…
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 18th August 2021
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Record ID: LIN-E644EC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Roman mount or strap end probably dating from the 4th-5th century AD. A broadly D-shaped object in the form of a pair of three-dimensional confronted or enface dolphins, both with their mouths open forming lozenge shaped openwork between their beaks. Both dolphins have a raised crest delineated by short grooves. The eyes are worn. The tail of the dolphins are both decorated with incised lines on both sides. The dolphins sit on a rolled and open-ended loop or tube carrying incised diagonal grooves in two V-shaped patterns, underneath each dolphin. There is a sm…
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 28th January 2022
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Record ID: LIN-05CA5A
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. Only part of the shaft and part of the blade has survived. The blade has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance. The socket is split along one side. It is very worn and corroded. The object is too badly damaged and corroded to enable the examination of ratios to pin down the spearhead type. Measurements: (surviving) Length: 121.92 mm; max width: 18.18 mm; thickness: 14.14 mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-05B362
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. The spearhead has been broken into two pieces: the blade and the shaft. The blade has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance with very worn rounded shoulders the blades on either side are parallel and terminate in a point, with a low spine running down the centre of both sides. The split socket is split on one side, the shaft is corroded and truncated and bent in the centre; there is a transverse iron tube or fitting inside the socket positioned towards the shaft op…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-0531D2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. The spearhead has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance with worn rounded shoulders the blades on either side are parallel and terminate in a broken point, with a low spine running down the centre of both sides. The split socket is split on one side, the shaft is corroded and truncated. The spearhead is bent at the shaft area, with the shaft now positioned angularly to the blade. Using the system defined in Bayliss and Hines (2013, 163-170) which uses ratios b…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-04D169
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. The spearhead has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance with worn rounded shoulders the blades on either side are parallel and terminate in a broken point, with a low spine running down the centre of both sides. The split socket is split on one side, the shaft is corroded and truncated. Using the system defined in Bayliss and Hines (2013, 163-170) which uses ratios between the spearhead's various elements. These allowed the spearhead to be tentatively placed i…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-0321AE
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. The spearhead has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance with worn rounded shoulders the blades on either side are parallel and terminate in a point, with a low spine running down the centre of both sides. The split socket is split on one side, the shaft is very corroded, truncated and is not complete. Using the system defined in Bayliss and Hines (2013, 163-170) which uses ratios between the spearhead's various elements. These allowed the spearhead to be tenta…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-C1A524
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96), Light Coinage (c. 780/5-92/3), moneyer: Eoba, mint: Canterbury (North 276; Chick 117). Refs: North 1994: 84; Chick 2011: plate 16; Naismith 2017: 133-4.
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Boston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-2C9E0E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver-gilt small square-headed brooch dating to the 5th-6th century AD. Only the footplate lobe and a small portion of the footplate has survived. The lobe is sub-circular with the outer border decorated with two circumferential rows of stamped triangles, with the points facing each other. This decoration is much worn along one side and the lower aspect. Within this border is a central humanoid en-face Style I head or 'mask', somewhat degenerative. It faces upwards towards the footplate comprising of a semi-circular, rounded brow delineated by two linear groove…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
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Record ID: LIN-2B92B3
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, cast, copper-alloy Roman hairpin dating to c.AD 43-410 belonging to Cool 1990, Group 18, sub-group C. The pin shaft is broadly rectangular, with slightly faceted sides, tapering to a blunt point. The upper half of the shaft is decorated with a diagonal ribbed motif, which has largely worn off and above this design are two collars, before expanding into a moulded cantharus (drinking cup) or vessel. The top of the cantharus is flat. Measurements: Length (shaft): 91.85 mm (vessel): 14.49 mm; Width (pin): max: 5.46 mm (vessel); 15.87 mm; Diameter (vessel): 11.42 mm; …
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Sunday 12th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Bennington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B5AB2E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete, post-medieval silver shilling of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). First Issue (AD 1558-1561), Initial mark: martlet, dating to AD 1560-1561. Mint of London. North (1991, 133) no.1985. The coin is slightly warped with a single nick along the edge. Obverse description: Bust of queen facing left. Obverse inscription: (martlet) ELIZABETH. D'.G'. AN' FR' .ET. HI' REGINA Reverse description: Squared shield with long cross over dividing the legend Reverse inscription: (marlet) POSVI/DEV.' AD/IVTORE/M.MEV.' This coin measures 30.93 mm in diameter and weighs 5.64g.
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mumby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B96982
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper-alloy bucket escutcheon in the form of a human figure, bull's head and avian head probably dating to the Late Iron Age to the Roman period, c.100 BC-AD 200. Description A bucket escutcheon in the form of a three-dimensional human figure riding a bull and possibly an avian (duck?) figure behind the bull. The human figure has a flat face with detailed facial features and a sub-oval head with combed-back hair. The figure has a short neck, rounded shoulders and a tapered torso, narrowing at the waist. There are two raised circles and slightly conical in…
Created on: Thursday 18th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st October 2021
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Record ID: LIN-EAC1B5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper-alloy, medieval seal matrix dating to c.AD 1200-1350. Oval face with hexagonal handle tapering to a single collar comprising of three circumferential bands, a trilobe suspension loop, delineated by two grooves in the uppermost part and a central circular aperture. On one of the outer sides of the handle is a small pattern consisting of a row of three circular indentations in an arc and above is an additional circle with a shallow gently tapering tail. The engraved die face carries the inscription: +SAVNTA MARGARETI / St Margaret which surrounds the design…
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2021
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Record ID: LIN-DBB8FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy and gilded early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) great square-headed brooch. This brooch belongs to Hines Type IV, Phase 1 which is dated to c.AD 500-525 (Hines 1997, 229). This item was found in two pieces, having been hit by an agricultural machine during deep ploughing. The rectangular headplate is decorated with Style I animal designs and a humanoid head. The upper headplate frame is ornamented with confronted or facing Style I animals comprising of curved beaks, helmet and a sub-oval pellet for an eye, the bodies are represented by curved shapes, with t…
Created on: Monday 20th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lincoln area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B0B1D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold coin. Lindsey scyphate gold quarter stater of the Corieltauvi. Reversed type. Uninscribed North-Eastern gold 'North Lincolnshire' type NE5-6. BMC 3193. Dating to c.60-20 BC Obverse: Stylised boar right with pin-cushion bristles on back. Reverse: Reversed plain s-shape, stylised eyebrow and eyes (pellets in crescents) Diameter: 13.03 mm, Weight: 1.40g
Created on: Monday 6th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 17th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Keal', grid reference and parish protected.