Record ID: KENT-67BAC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Merovingian copy of a gold solidus, dating to the 6th or early 7th century The obverse is obviously initially copied from a coin of Anastasius (AD 491-518), but the actual type with the emperor holding a cross on globe is later, in use from the reign of Justinian I (AD 527-68) onwards.  In fact, the reverse type suggests that the coin types are copied from a gold solidus struck at Constantinople for Justinian I (MIB 6), the prototype being struck AD 537-42.  The name of Justininian has been replaced with that of Anastasius.  Therefore the piece probably dates to the lat…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-ACD1B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a small square-headed (or Kentish) square-headed brooch made from gilded silver. Part of the bow and part of the headplate survive; the breaks vary a little, but in general are neither particularly fresh nor particularly old. The central panel of the headplate is decorated with a small rectangular gilded panel consisting of a ridged frame and three surviving short vertical ridges. This is surrounded to its single surviving (left-hand) side by a broad ungilded frame decorated with tiny transverse ribbing; this frame turns at the junction of bow and headplate…
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alkham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C6B9B6
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hooked tag of early-medieval date. The hook is now missing, and the break is relatively sharp; it looks like a cut or a fracture at a sharp crease. The plate is circular, with a pair of rounded lobes at the top corners each perforated with a circular hole for sewing. In between is an undecorated triangular pediment-like projection. The central field is a sunken circle filled with a counter-relief octofoil of eight round-ended leaves or petals, each with a pair of transverse grooves across them. The field is reminiscent of two roundels on the Fuller brooch, each filled with…
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F5A964
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
CURATOR'S REPORT Gold Anglo-Saxon pendant. Description of find Round, openwork, gold pendant with damaged attachment loop. The pendant is formed by a coiled length of beaded gold wire which is soldered together. The innermost coil was left plain in two sections, for decorative effect and the outermost ring has separated from the next one at some length. The attachment loop resembles the tubular loops on bracteates, but is torn and squashed. A small, flattened, gold globule is placed where the attachment loop sits on the ?front of the pendant.. The loop is more abraded on the othe…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ramsgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-346441
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Anglo-Saxon cast copper alloy brooch of long equal-arm type. The brooch has symmetrical triangular head and foot-plates set either side of a short, arched, bow. Both head and foot-plate terminate in a round knop, and both are flat and plain. The head-plate has an integrally cast pin bar lug on the reverse on its centre-line immediately above the junction with the bow, set parallel to the line of the pin, and there is a corresponding catch-plate on the foot, just below the junction with the bow, again set parallel to the pin. Iron corrosion adhering to the lug on the back of the …
Created on: Monday 14th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyminge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-344345
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon S-shaped brooch, representing just under half. The object was cast in silver, but most of the gilding has rubbed off. Triangular punch marks decorate the body of the animal and were once filled with niello, now only left in a few punch marks and visible only under magnification. The back still retains the attachment lug for the pin and is otherwise plain. Discussion: S-brooches were popular in the early medieval period, both on the Continent and in England. Here, they are most common in Kent. Dimensions: L 15 mm; W 10 mm max.; Weight 1.3 grams …
Created on: Monday 14th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyminge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F4DA40
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
8th-9th century Small, silver hooked tag with rounded head-plate. I attachment hole and incised decoration in form of a six-petalled flower. The hook on the back is intact. Hooked tags are all-purpose fasteners, used to secure small bags or purses and also clothing. They occur in various forms from the late 8th century onwards. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of a small hooked tag from Bilsington, Kent, indicated a silver content of 92-97%, the rest being copper with traces of lead and gold. The decoration is crudely chased into the silver and there …
Created on: Friday 11th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bilsington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F446C0
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Late Anglo-Saxon silver hooked tag with round headplate, two rivet holes close to the top edge and intact hook. The front is decorated with a simple, niello-inlaid design consisting of a spiral motif inside a cross frame. The back of the object is plain. Hooked tags are all-purpose fasteners, used to secure small bags or purses and also clothing. They occur in various forms from the late 7th century onwards, but those with this type of spiral motif are thought to be 11th-century on the grounds that the spiral is characteristic of Anglo-Scandinavian art. For other examples of the…
Created on: Friday 11th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Romney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F3ECF6
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
undiagnostic silver (?) ingot.
Created on: Friday 11th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yalding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-A31134
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A silver late Anglo-saxon hooked tag, very damaged. Round head plate with two openings at the top. The plate is seriously damaged and part of one hole and of the right edge are torn off. Shank of hook bent backwards and only a short length of it is preserved. The front of the plate was engraved with a geometrical motif that is indecipherable now. Traves of niello inlay remain in parts of the incised lines. Hooked tags are all-purpose fasteners, used to secure small bags or purses and also clothing. They occur in various forms from the late 8th century onwards, but those with circula…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitstable', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-954F64
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Strongly corroded, silver hooked tag with round head-plate, one protruding attachment lug and a second one broken off. The head-plate is decorated with stylised, illegible ornament, some of it in an interlace manner. The hook is broken. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the hooked tag indicated a silver content of 91-96%, the rest being copper with traces of gold and lead. It was inlaid with silver sulphide niello. L 24 mm max.; W 16 mm ; Weight 2.16 grams Sonja Marzinzik
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 16th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gravesend', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-AF4405
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
13th-15th A small silver buckle, D-shaped, lacking the pin. The find therefore qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content and should go forward to inquest.
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thaxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F55BD4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end. Thomas Class A, with zoomorphic terminal.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-F54095
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy key of Goodall's Winchester type 2. Flat, sub-triangular bow (broken), hollow oval-section stem, and narrow elongated bit with two circular holes and a pair of short prongs at the end which give it an L-shaped cross-section.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-F06F56
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' Class A, with zoomorphic terminal and panel of inlaid decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-F04AB3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount. This is a variant example of Williams' Class A, Type 15, bearing incised ornament in a debased, curvilinear, form.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-DF8F18
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a cast copper alloy disc brooch of Weetch's type 18. About half the brooch survives. The front has recessed (or 'champlevé') panels which carry traces of enamel inlay. These would have formed a cruciform design. On the reverse is a single perforated lug set at a right angle to the direction of the pin, which would have acted as a hinge for the pin, which is now missing. The opposing catchplate would have been located on the missing section of the brooch. This is a variant of a type of brooch well known from the middle or late Anglo-Saxon period; see NMS-ED9EF1, ESS-5E37A1 …
Created on: Monday 28th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: KENT-E0A734
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy object, possibly a strap end. The object has a suspension or attachment loop at its narrow end, and tapers outwards towards the opposite terminal. The rust-red patina suggests an 11th century date.
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-B5DD47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded cast copper alloy button brooch. The brooch is incomplete; although its central front panel is in relatively good condition, the rim is missing. The gilding on the front survives well, apart from some areas of high relief. The moulded face on the front of the brooch is comprised of 7 different elements. There is an asymmetrical helmet decorated with beading, and immediately below the helmet are curved eyebrows with upturned ends. The centre of the eyebrows join to a narrow nose which flares out slightly at the nostrils. The eyes are small and rounded; there is a curved eye-ring…
Created on: Monday 14th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-CEE764
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hooked tag. The tag has three holes for attachment. It is bent.
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.