Record ID: DOR-E055D3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring with internal inscription. The band is D-shaped in cross section. The internal inscription on crude upper and lower case lettering reads: Yours in (heart). The heart is a symbol for love. There is a split in the band where it has posiibly been cut to resize it. The exterior is undecorated. Date: Post Medieval Dimensions: 3 mm width Weight.: 2 g Rachel King of the British Musaum has kindly commented: "I would place this ring as 17th or 18th century on comparison with BM examples. Thinner hoops tend to suggest a date of this range. I can’t see anything…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burton & Winkton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-9E82D1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy trade token. A 17th century farthing token issued by James Studley in Weymouth. Reference: Boyne/Williamson Dorset 206 Date: 1664 Diameter: 13.91 mm Weight: 0.29 g Die axis: unclear  
Created on: Saturday 25th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-9E3EDE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy barbarous radiate copying a coin of the Gallic Empire and dating to AD 275 - 285 (Reece period 14). Illegible reverse depicting a Victory advancing left. Date: Roman Diameter: 16.69  mm Weight: 1.27 g Die axis: 3  
Created on: Saturday 25th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-9E2B8A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy radiate of Tetricus II dating to AD 272 - 274 (Reece period 13). Illegible reverse depicting a standing figure. Date: Roman Diameter: 17.29  mm Weight: 2.35 g Die axis: unclear  
Created on: Saturday 25th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-9DF514
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to AD 364 - 378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse depicting Victory advancing left holding a wreath Date: Roman Diameter: 16.58  mm Weight: 2.28 g Die axis: 6  
Created on: Saturday 25th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-9D770B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Crispus (Ad 317 - 326) dating to Ad 324 - 325 (Reece period 16). PROVIDENTIAE CAESS reverse depicting a camp or town gate with two towers. Mint of London. Mint mark: //PLON Reference: RIC Vol VII, London 295 Date: Roman Diameter: 20.24  mm Weight: 2.56 g Die axis: 6  
Created on: Saturday 25th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8FB721
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy trade weight. The weight is flat and circular with a raised rim around the edge of the upper surface. The weight is stamped with the following marks: a crowned 'EL' (for Elizabeth I) and a sword (the sword of St. Paul for the City of London Guildhall) at 6 o'clock, and a ewer (for the London Founder's Company) at 12 o'clock. These marks date the weight to AD 1590-1603. The reverse is flat  with a number of angled file marks. It weighs 0.42 of an ounce. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1558 - 1603 Dimensions: 31.89 m…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8F809C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  copper alloy strap slide (Maslin's  Lobed and Waisted type). It comprises lobed and waisted plate with  two integral spikes at the rear. The lobes are rounded and elongated. Across the centre between them is a transverse double ridge. The front is convex and the rear is flat. The integral spikes project from the rear of the plate at the outer edges. They are rectangular in cross section and curve inwards at the ends. Reference: Maslin, S 2021 Decorative copper-alloy leather mounts and strap-slides of the 16th to 18th centuries, FRG Datasheet 55, page 2, …
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8F4BD9
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring-type sewing thimble. Circular in shape with sides that are angled in to the upper edge. There is no clear definition of either the upper rim, but there is a plain area at the edge of the base. The hand stamped indentations are applied in right-handed spiral. There is no visible seam. Reference: Read, B 2018, Metal Sewing Thimbles Found in Britain, pages 10 - 11 Date: Late Medieval - c. 1400 - 1500 Dimensions: 17.21 mm x 9.77 mm x 0.76 mm Weight: 2.33 g
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8F247E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  copper alloy strap slide (Maslin's Openwork type). It comprises an openwork plate with the stubs of two integral spikes at the rear. The plate  has an openwork quatrefoil central element. At the ends of two of the lobes (opposite each other) are pointed flat projections behind which are the stubs of the two integral spikes. Reference: Maslin, S 2021 Decorative copper-alloy leather mounts and strap-slides of the 16th to 18th centuries, FRG Datasheet 55, page 3 Date: Post Medieval - c. 1600 - 1700 Dimensions: 31.88 mm x 17.66 mm x 6.28 mm Weight: 1.77 g
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8E7F7D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle frame with narrowed and off set bar. The bar is oval in cross section. The outside edge is thickened with a rounded cross section. The pin is formed of a piece of circular cross-sectioned copper alloy wire and hooked around the bar at one end. It has two transverse grooves near the hooked end. It terminates in a rounded end. Date: Medieval - c. 1250 - 1500 Dimensions: 11.37 mm x 14.12 mm x 3.14 mm Weight: 1.46 g A similar, slightly larger buckle is recorded in database record DOR-EFA090
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8E0B6E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy radiate. Posthumous issue of Claudius II as Divus Claudius dating to AD 270 - 271 (Reece period 13). CONSECRATIO reverse depicting a flame on an altar. Date: Roman Diameter: 17.91 mm Weight: 1.99 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8DEEC9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 330 - 335 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse depicting two soldiers and two standards. Date: Roman Diameter: 16.46 mm Weight: 1.96 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8D8F21
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 330 - 335 (Reece period 17). CONSTANTINOPOLIS obverse type. Victory on the prow of a ship with shield and palm on the reverse. Mint of Lyon. Mint mark: //-PLG Date: Roman Diameter: 16.93 mm Weight: 1.89 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8D742D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy barbarous radiate copying a coin of Gallienus and dating to AD 275 - 285 (Reece period 14). No detail survives on the reverse. Date: Roman Diameter: 15.32 mm Weight: 1.43 g Die axis. unclear
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8AE663
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy uniface coin weight. The weight is sub-angular and flat.  One face is decorated with a Latin cross leaning to the left within a circular pelleted border.  The cross is flanked with a fleur de lis in its lower left quarter and a standing lion facing left in the lower right quarter. The reverse blank and undecorated. This is a French made weight for a Salut d'or of Henry VI first issued in 1423. Reference: Withers, P & B R 2011 Lions Ships and Angels p. 55 Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval - c. 1423 - …
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8AB14B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and enamel bow brooch. Mackreth type KNEE 1.a1 decorated. The wings are short with integral pierced end caps to house the axis bar of the sprung pin mechanism. The wings and end caps form a rounded box to contain the spring. The spring has two coils on one side and one coil on the other of the stub of the integral pin,  and an arched chord below. The pin is shorter than the bow of the brooch and tapers to a sharp point. At the top of the wings is remnant of a small headloop. The D-sectioned bow projects from the bottom of the wings and tap…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8A52B7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy button. The button is circular with a convex front and concave back. The front of the button is decorated with design of incised lines, punched annulets and crescents. The design comprises an outer framing band of small overlapping stamped annulets and an inner oval incised line frame with stamped annulets and crescents infilling between them.Inside the inner frame is a cinquefoil flower formed from large stamped annulets and on top of an incised rectangular stem. In the hollowed rear is central integral rectangular shank with a circular drilled p…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8A05A7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy trade weight probably from the reign of Henry VII or Henry VIII. The weight is flat and circular. On the upper surface there are two incised concentric circles, one 2.5 mm in from the edge, the other towards the centre 18.5 mm in from the edge.These surround a central circular recess. The upper face has been stamped with a crowned lombardic h set between the two incised circles at about the 6 o'clock position. The back of the trade weight has multiple concentric ridges and angled file marks. It weighs approximately 1.5 ounces. Date: Late Medieval …
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-89651C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete single looped buckle and separately applied plate. The buckle frame and plate remain. The pin is missing. The buckle loop is oval with ornate outer edges and a narrowed and off-set bar. The outer edge of the frame has two lobed knops flanking a constriction for a sheet metal roller which is now missing. The separate sheet metal plate is rectangular. It is formed of two layers of sheet metal, the upper layer being incomplete in places. It is narrowed where it is wrapped around the strap bar to produce front and back plates of equal width and approximately equal length. The…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2023
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