Record ID: PUBLIC-E3B34A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307). Class 10ab3, probably 10ab3a (North 1038/2; Spink 1409) dating to 1302-1303. Mint of London. North (1975, 24). The coin measures 18 mm in diameter and weighs 1.34 g
Created on: Friday 13th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 4th February 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-836C54
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval, cast, copper-alloy pipe tamper. The object consists of a circular sectioned shaft with an axe-head terminal. The axe-head is crecentric at one end and hammer-shaped at the other. The shaft expands outwards towards the base and is decorated with three transverse ridges. Both the hammer-head and the base of the shaft could be used to tamp the tobacco. As the diameter of the bowls of clay pipes increased with time, so the diameter of the pipe tampers increased. On this tamper, the diameter of the hammer-head is 6.1mm and the base of the shaft is 6.4mm which would indicat…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th May 2019
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