Record ID: BH-D91536
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman Langton Down brooch dating to the period AD 25-60. The wings, spring, bow, foot and part of the pin and catch plate survive. The wings are cylindrical in shape and composed of a folded sheet. The ends are open and there is an ovate opening dividing the wings that reveals coiled spring mechanism made of circular-sectioned copper-alloy wire with a short broken part of the pin projecting outwards. The bow extends downwards from the front face of the wings. It is broadly triangular in cross-section with a central rai…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D90FD4
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy book clasp of early post-medieval date (c. AD1500-1700). Description: The clasp is formed from a thin rectangular strip 11.8mm wide, with a slightly splayed expansion at one end which has a centrally located fixing hole and terminates in three knops or projections totalling 13.32mm wide. One of the outer knops has been broken and lost. At the other end of the strip the metal has been formed into shoulders with a centrally placed curved hook 4.68mm wide.The outer face has an incised fleur de lis decoration 6.42mm wide and tall, at 11.69mm from the …
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th September 2021
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Record ID: HESH-D90522
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy English Sterling King's head jetton most likely to correspond with Class 10 pennies (AD 1290-1315). Kings head from non-coinage dies / cross moline with pierced mullets (six pointed stars) in each quarter. Mernick type 2c 15/19. The centre of the kings head has a circular punch mark that partially cuts through to the reverse Mernick, P. English Jettons, http://www.mernick.org.uk/englishjettons/series2c/obverses.htm
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D8DF42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval early silver penny (sceat) of Aldfrith of Northumbria (685-704), Primary Phase, mint: Northumbria (probably York). Ref: North 1994: no.176,; Metcalf 1993: no.21; Abramson 2012: no. 69-10. Obverse Large pellet within circle of dots in the centre. Legend: ALDFRIDUS. Reverse: Fantastic quadruped left with three pronged tail. Measurements: 11mm in diameter and 1.4g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st April 2021
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Record ID: OXON-D8D96A
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy spur of probable later Post-Medieval date (1600-1700) probably for a child. Only the rowell is missing. The arms are D-shaped in cross section and tapers slightly from the apex of the spur to their ends. They are flat in profile. Both ends terminate in rounded points lacking attachment fittings. It is unclear wether these are due to old worn breaks. The neck of the spur is formed at the mid point of the spur. it is oval shaped (6.0mm thick, 8.0mm wide) in cross section and projects 13.5mm from the apex. At about half way down there is a slot running d…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: HESH-D8C5A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) struck at the tower mint; initial mark - Long Cross - date above shield 1580 Morth 1997
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Record ID: OXON-D8B813
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but bent Post Medieval copper alloy strap fitting from a sword belt or baldrick dating dating to c. AD 1600-1700. The strap fitting consists of a circular hollow-domed plate, attachment knop and projecting hook attachment. The main body of the strap fitting is a sub-oval dome that is convex on its front and concave on its back. An acorn shaped knop projects from the upper apex of this dome, separated by a raised collar. The knop has a circular hole which is filled with the remains of a circular copper alloy rivet, now broken so that is flush with the outer and lower …
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-D89E4B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age copper-alloy La Tène type I or II brooch, dating to the period c. 400 - 100 BC. The head, part of the spring pin and most of the bow remain. The pin and catchplate/foot are missing. The bow is D-shaped in section and highly arched. The head of the brooch consists of a large incomplete coiled spring, with three coils on the left hand side (when viewed from the front), held in place with an integral back-projecting pin from the head. Most of the bow remains and projects outwards to form a C shape, it is cylindrical in cross section and tapers to a point/old break…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D898F2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy sword or dagger scabbard chape of Medieval date (c.AD 1100-1300). Description: The chape is made from a single piece of metal folded in two across its width. The decorated face measures 16.24mm tall from the fold, whilst the reverse undecorated face measures 12.83mm tall. In its folded state the chape end widens from its fold (15.87mm wide) to 21.29mm where it ends on both sides with an irregular break. A semi-circular hole is placed at the centre of the break on the taller decorated face side of the plate. This hole was probably originally circula…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th September 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-D86A9D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver sceat of Series H (secondary), Wodan / Peacock type, dating to AD 710-740. Obverse: Small moustached face centrally with a beaded outline, seven roundels, all within a beaded border. Reverse: Crested peacock displaying right, roundels above, cross pommee below neck, all within a beaded border (Variety 3). Mint of Hamwic (Southampton). As Abramson (2017) type 49; North (1994) no. 103; BMC 49.
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: OXON-D84DA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Iron Age La Tène I type brooch dating to the period c.400 - 275 BC. The brooch survives as the entire folded bow, foot and catchplate the sprung head and pin are entirely lost to an old break. The brooch is broken directly at the interface between the sprung head and the bow of the brooch. At this point the bow is very narrow and oval in cross section. From this point it would have projected outwards from the head of the brooch. It thickens greatly from this point before curving downwards in a an arc which has a slightly elongated and flattened apex. As it a…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: BH-D82931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman Langton Down brooch dating to the period AD 25-60. Only the wings, part of the spring and upper bow survive. The lower bow, foot and pin are missing. The wings are cylindrical in shape and composed of a folded sheet. The ends are open and there is some damage to the top of one side, including to where the ovate perforation dividing the wings would have been, revealing a circular-sectioned iron axis bar inside. This holds in place a double-coiled spring made of circular-sectioned copper-alloy wire. The bow extends …
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
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Record ID: OXON-D80992
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, Late Iron Age - Early Roman (AD 25-60) copper-alloy Langton Down type brooch. The object consists of most of the head, including the spring, and the upper part of the bow, but it is missing the pin, the lower bow, the reverse of the wings and its catchplate. The head of the brooch survives to a width of 17.0mm although both outside edges are damaged such that it may have been wider. The head would have been an oval cylinder made made from two rectangular plates projecting from the back of the bow's upper and lower edge. The lower plate curls upwards, while the up…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: DENO-D7F479
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman finger ring, dating to between the 1st and early 3rd centuries AD. The hoop is D-shaped in section with no clear break as it tapers into the shoulders and the flattened bezel. There is a centrally-located oval setting, now empty with traces of an off-white residue visible. Henig Type II, Guiraud Type 2 (possibly 2b). Cf. GLO-1E719A and BH-0FF534. Diameter: 22.03mm, thickness: 3.77mm, width (at bezel): 9.41mm, weight: 5.55g.
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-D7ED76
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of Williams Type 2b (c. 11th century AD). The stirrup terminal is triangular and moulded into a zoomorphic head, with prominent snout with two protruding curled knops. The top portion of the object has been lost. The reverse is hollow.
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: GLO-D7D5DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type. This has rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings that would have held the pin axis bar, this is missing resulting in the loss of the pin and spring. Remains of a rearwards facing loop or hook are visible on the top of the head. The front of the bow is decorated with two parallel channels that extend to the middle of the bow and would have contained enamel which is now missing. The base of the catchplate is visible on the reverse but it’s hook is truncate.
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-D7D23C
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of Williams Type 2b (c. 1000-c. 1100). The stirrup terminal is triangular and moulded into a zoomorphic head, with prominent snout. The top portion of the object has been lost. The reverse is hollow.
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-D7C8DB
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of Williams Type 2b (c. 1000-c. 1100). The stirrup terminal is triangular and moulded into a zoomorphic head, with prominent snout. The top portion of the object has been lost. The reverse is hollow.
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-D7AA95
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of Williams Type 2b (c. 1000-c. 1100). The stirrup terminal is triangular and moulded into a zoomorphic head, with prominent snout, bulging eye brows and lobed-ended flaring tendrils. The top portion of the object has been lost. The reverse is hollow.
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
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Record ID: BH-D7946F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman Langton Down brooch dating to the period AD 25-60. Only the wings, part of the spring and upper bow survive. The lower bow, foot and pin are missing. The wings are cylindrical in shape and composed of a folded sheet. The ends are open, revealing deposition residue inside and within this the remains of a spring made of circular-sectioned copper-alloy wire. This small section of spring and a small part of the pin extension is exposed by the ovate perforation dividing the wings. The bow extends downwards from the bas…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 15th March 2021
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