Record ID: DEV-1041D8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual porcine fitting of the insular La Tène tradition, probably dating from the 1st century BC to 1st century AD. It is possible this fitting is for a vessel, but it is so far unparalleled in type. There are two other ‘head’ fittings known (OXON-6E3722 and HESH-06696B), but they are very different in design, and this find does not appear to be related to them. The lack of the portrayal of tusks, a hint of a dorsal ridge and large, pointed, forward facing ears are not definitive enough to label this example a wild boar, and so it is classed as a porcine of mix…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: DEV-0FB47A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged copper-alloy object, presumably incomplete, of uncertain function and date. It is broadly tubular - hollow, with a square cross-section with rounded corners. At one of the shorter ends the 'tube' appears to have been pinched closed. At the other terminal the outer edge is slightly bevelled suggesting a finished end, though there is a small loss. Both sides feature small, broadly rectangular protruding tabs, nearer the probable original end. These are reminiscent of the loops on a miniature socketed axehead, but are off centre, aligned diagonally the one to the ot…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-EA3865
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap-end probably of medieval date (c. 13th-15th century). It is formed of a copper-alloy sheet folded widthways; it has been slightly compressed and angled at the fold. The corners are also angled off at the fold. At the attachment end is a separate rivet, set centrally, to connect the two halves. Plain on the reverse, the front of the strap-end is decorated with a pair of transverse lines towards the attachment end, these overlain by an engraved cross in saltire. Such decoration appears to have been produced before perforation for riveting as the rivet interrupts it. …
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-EA0255
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probable mount of uncertan date. The artefact takes the form of a thin, sub-oval plate of which perhaps around 50% now survives, assuming both ends are identical, which is not necessarily the case. The plate was perhaps of elongated oval form, with at least one somewhat squared off short end; indeed, only one terminal and is abraded. On the reverse of the mount is an integral rivet set centrally at the surviving short end. From this end the object gradually widens before narrowing again; it has broken in a sligtly jagged fashion beyond this widest point.…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-57FBB6
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy apothecaries' weight of post-medieval/early modern date (c. 1600-1900). It is square in form and rectangular in cross-section. On one face is a stamped mark of value for one scruple (backwards lombardic letter E with crossbar linking to the top of the upright of a lowercase letter i), flanked to the right by a star; the other face is marked in an identical fashion.  Measurements: 8.5 mm by 8.5 mm, 1.09 g in weight See Withers and Withers (1995, 65) for a scruple weight. The mass of this object is a little less (almost 16%) than the standard weight for a s…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-57E2E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Domitian (AD 81-96), dating to AD 86 (Reece period 4). IOVI VICTORI, S C reverse type depicting Jupiter seated left holding Victory and sceptre. Mint of Rome. R.I.C. II, p. 297, nos 464, 465 Measurements: 34 mm in diameter, 18.79 g in weight This coin has receieved some minor circumferential abrasions.
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-54A425
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Commodus (AD 175-192), probably under Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), dating to the period c.AD 179 (Reece period 8). Reverse type possibly Minerva standing left dropping incense onto altar, resting left arm on shield set on ground, spear resting against left arm. Mint of Rome. cf. RIC III no. 1599ff for the possible reverse type (see also BMC IV, pl. 90, no. 1). Measurements: diameter 28.5 mm (max.), weight 14 g
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-C446FF
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and bent, but otherwise complete, post-medieval copper-alloy openwork bridle boss (c. 17th century). The boss is broadly heptagonal, umbonate at the centre and rises to a knop at the apex. It has a flattened border, only distorted through post-depositional damage. The central part, the umbo, is concave on the underside. The umbo is composed of a raised eight-pointed star with central knop. Between each arm of the star and close to the flat border there is a sub-triangular opening. The upper face of the flat border is decorated with evenly spaced and alternating raised lozen…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-C25ABD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper-alloy post-medieval asymmetrical buckle dating to c. 1575-1700, incomplete insofar as it is missing its pin. One loop is broadly rectangular and the other loop is D-shaped. The inside of the D-shape loop has a pointed protrusion which could be where the pin rested. The pin bar is notably narrow, though the frame overall has suffered from corrosion, depriving us of much of the original surface and thus any decoration. The reverse of the buckle is flat. Measurements: 38.5 mm in length, up to 26.5 mm in width and 3.78 g in weight. See W…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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Record ID: DEV-C21646
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A openwork cast copper-alloy fragment, possibly from a vessel base of post-medieval date. The fragment is now broadly rectangular with numerous large perforations. It is curved in profile, the diameter extrapolating out at c. 140mm (approx.). It consists of two solid zones, above and below an openwork area. The lower solid zone is decorated by a longitudinally engraved line. It is thinner than the zone above, which is decorated by a pair of longitudinally engraved lines. The lower of these latter corresponds with the centre of two longitudinal ridges on the internal surface;&…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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Record ID: DEV-C043CA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 'rose' farthing of Charles I (1625- 1649), Type 1c, dating to 1636-1644. Lis initial mark. London mint. North (1991, 165) no. 2289 Measurements: diameter 13.5 mm, weight 0.65 g This coin has a separate copper wedge-shaped insert at 12 o'clock
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-C0168C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy 'rose' farthing of Charles I (1625- 1649), Type 2, dating to 1634-1636. Crescent initial mark. London mint. North (1991, 165) no. 2291 Measurements: diameter 12.5 mm, weight 0.56 g This coin appears to have received some minor circumferential losses.
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-BFD3E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn post-medieval milled tin farthing of James II (AD 1685-1688), with central, square, copper-alloy plug, dating to 1684-1687. London mint. Spink (2009, 329) no. 3420 Measurements: diameter 21.5 mm, weight 5.14 g
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-BF8252
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and bent silver post-medieval sixpence of Charles I (AD 1625- 1649), dating to AD 1640-1641. Group F, sixth bust, Star initial mark. London mint. North (1991, 161) no. 2246 Measurements: diameter 24.5 mm, weight 2.76 g
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-6DE2C4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to early post-medieval sheet copper-alloy strap-fitting of uncertain function (c. 15th-early 16th century). It comprises two, thin shield-shaped plates held together by two rivets, central on either side of a keyhole-shaped openwork on the back-plate; the front plate is solid. There is cusping at the top of the shield and also at the terminal, around the central point. The surfaces of the strap-fitting are apparently plain, though corroded. Measurements: weight 14.3 g The aperture, although keyhole-shaped, would not have taken a key as there is no corresponding a…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-6D7DAD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A double struck silver post-medieval sixpence of Charles I (AD 1625- 1649), dating to AD 1640-1641. Group F, sixth bust, Star initial mark. London mint. North (1991, 161) no. 2246 The coin is double struck on both surfaces.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-47A914
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent silver post-medieval threepence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) dated 1578 or 1579 (on coin). Second coinage, plain cross initial mark struck at the Mint of London. North (1991, 135) no. 1998. Measurements: Diameter: 19.5 mm, weight: 1.03 g
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2022
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Record ID: DEV-477339
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Henry VI, first reign (1422-1461) dating to 1422-1427. Annulet issue, unclear initial mark. Minted at Calais. North (1975, 60) no. 1432. Measurements: Diameter 16 mm; weight 0.88 g
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2022
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Record ID: DEV-473CB4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn fragment from a cast copper-alloy vessel: a pot leg probably dating to the post-medieval period, c. AD 1500-1750. The leg is sub-circular to sub-rectangular in cross-section, tapering gradually, but consistently, from one to the other; it is very worn at the terminal through abrasion. There is no clear decoration on the fragment, but much of the surface is corroded. The junction of the leg with the vessel interior has a dull, mid-grey patina. Measurements: 65 mm length, up to 22 mm width; weight 81.78 g Cast copper-alloy vessels were widely used from&…
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2022
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-4688C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly bent medieval silver cut halfpenny of William I of Scotland (AD 1165-1214) third coinage (Short cross and stars), Phase B, probably bust VI, (Spink S 5029) dating to 1205-1230. Moneyer: probably Hue Walter. Mint: Edinburgh, Perth or Roxburgh. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 14. Measurements: 18.5 mm in length, 9.5 mm in width; and 0.74 g in weight
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axmouth CP', grid reference and parish protected.