Record ID: KENT-D2197B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Early Early-Medieval (500-600) copper alloy silvered brooch, consisting of the headplate with single lug to the reverse. The fragment is irregular in plan. The fragment is 40.3mm long, 26.7mm wide, 0,8mm thick and weighs 7.69 grams.
Created on: Monday 21st July 2014
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-A27482
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast spherical tinned or silvered copper alloy bell with iron pea. Rectangular suspension loop with circular piercing. One of the sound holes in the upper hemisphere is hardly pierced. Both hemispheres of the bell are decorated with a fish-scale pattern (emanating from the raised central rib) and there is a raised love-heart on either side of the linear sound hole in the lower hemisphere. There is a hole (damage) in the upper hemisphere. There are traces of tinning/silvering all over. Length 40.44mm, diameter c.30.5mm, weight 46.09g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
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Record ID: DOR-5C55C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silvered copper alloy nummus (Ae 1)of Maximian. SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR (Moneta standing left with scales) reverse. Mint of Trier. Reference: RIC Vol VI, No. 43b Date: Roman - AD 300 - 303 Diameter: 26.27 mm Weight: 7.55 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DD9565
Object type: BROOCH PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent (at 90 degrees), copper alloy pin, possibly from a Roman brooch or hairpin. It has a square section which becomes twisted and distorted closer to the pointed end. There is evidence of silvering or tinning on the last 10mm up to the point. The top, squared end appears to have been cut.
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: DUR-3CF8D7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bell of uncertain date. The object is incomplete. It is somewhat crudely made however the outer surface has been silvered. There is some ferrous corrosion on the inside of the object which is probably where the clapper was attached.
Created on: Sunday 19th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-7F0742
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval (late Saxon) copper-alloy hooked fastener belonging to Read's early medieval Class C, single sharp-hooked clasps. The fastener is triangular with a ridged zoomorphic collar at the junction of hook and plate and a pair of attachment holes at the other end. The plate is decorated with a panel of symmetrical interlace inlaid with silver (much of which is now missing). The hook survives well. Both sides retain traces of a closely woven fine textile, adjacent to the attachment holes. The textile may be silk. The metal has corroded to a dark red-bro…
Created on: Monday 10th May 2010
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wonston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-706D63
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Anglo-Saxon copper alloy sleeve clasp dating to the 6th century AD. The clasp is of Hines form B18b (Hines, 1993, p59). The clasp is the 'catch-piece', having a small integral rearward hook on the underside. The front of the clasp is highly decorative. The bar is rectangular and divided into five smaller decorative rectangular panels. The outer two and the central panel are undecorated whereas the two between are transversly ribbed. The clasp has four conjoined roundels along the rear edge. Each roundel is decorated with a stamped cross, and conjoined to the next by three groove…
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spilsby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-0C18A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver washed copper alloy contemporary copy / forgery of a silver crown of William III. The coin this was copied from was heavily worn and much of the detail is lost. The date on the reverse is possibly 1701 - although this is heavily worn and very indistinct
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Radnor', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-256E0A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy heraldic mount or heraldic plaque of probable later Medieval date (1200-1500). The plaque is circular in plan and rectangular in cross section / profile - it is edge rounded / bevelled. A hole has been drilled through the middle of the plaque but is aligned off-centre to the design. The hole does not seem to be worn and has a diameter of 3.4mm. The function of the hole is not known - it is possible that it is either an original fixing point - or possibly a later repair. The front face is decorated with a chip carved / engraved heraldic design consisting of a squar…
Created on: Thursday 30th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leebotwood', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-A8D6B5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy button probably dating from the post medieval or early modern period (1600-1750). The button is bi-conical (almost globular) with a metallic silvered / grey coloured surface patina. The rear of the button has a small square shaped scar on it where the iron wire loop conjoined; remnants of this wire are extant within the hollow button and there is also a large area of iron corrosion on the front face. There is no cast design present. Similar silvered hollow buttons are illustrated in Read Metal Buttons 900 BC- 1700 AD pp 111 - 117 dated to the 17th and early 18th Cent…
Created on: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-64C987
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date (1250 - 1400). The frame of the buckle is sub-rectangular (D Shaped) in plan and D shaped in cross section. The pin is missing. The frame measures 19.6mm length, 15.4mm width and is 4.5mm thick. The buckle weighs 2.12 grams. The buckle frame is relatively plain. The only elements of decoration are two moulded rounded cylindrical knobs either side of a recessed pin rest. The strap bar has been off set and also recessed at both the top and bottom edge. This would allow either a leather strap or a metal buckle plate to be attached flush with…
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2019
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Record ID: CORN-0F2966
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete silver plated copper alloy button with the raised letters 'WCR' on the face, ligatured, which stand for West Cornwall Railway. The back of the button is corroded and much of the original surface is missing with only some letters of the backmark outlined, part of the place name appears to be '...WALL', which might be CORNWALL, but the maker's name is illegible. The circular copper alloy wire attachment loop is broken and bent but still soldered on to the back of the button. The West Cornwall Railway was formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. It p…
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Saturday 16th February 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-D0F240
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded silver-plated contemporary copper-alloy copy of an early 3rd-century Roman denarius of Elagabalus, 'LIBERALITAS AUG', 'Rome' mint (c. 218 - c. 222 AD; Reece issue period 10; cf. R.I.C. 97)
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: IOW-341935
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age to Early Roman cast copper-alloy zoomorphic vessel mount in the form of a bovine head, probably a bull (c. 100 BC-c. AD 100). This three dimensional object has pronounced and well defined features. The head is roughly triangular and oval in cross-section. The horns slope backwards and are circular in cross-section with rounded tips. At the back of the head a flat area is incised to form oblique grooves and these carry forwards on to front to form a fringe between the horns. To each side of the flat area there is a protruding ear. One of the ears is slightly larger t…
Created on: Wednesday 25th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-750232
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy artefact of unknown function of late Iron Age - Roman date, more likely of Roman date (100 BC - 250 AD). The artefact may be best described as a handle being sub-triangular in shape, irregular in profile and sub-rectangular in section. The profile is likely to be distorted in the soil - in shape it is similar to a bow brooch but is much heavier than most examples seen. It is therefore more likely to be either a handle or a decorative mount. The artefact tapers from a relatively wide and thick terminal to a rounded foot knop at the base. The section also tapers in t…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Record ID: HESH-E8B9F6
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy saddle pommel of Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval date (c. AD 1400-1600). The pommel is cast in one piece and is broadly T shaped in plan and bowed in profile; from the base of the reverse an open cup (or slipper) extends. The horizontal bar is relatively wide and substantial - it curves in section. The bar is pierced by three evenly spaced circular rivet holes (diameter: 3.4mm) . A fourth (slightly smaller) hole (diameter: 2.1mm) is positioned off centre below the middle one and is cut through the decoration present - this suggests that this hole is l…
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgnorth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-716347
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a early post medieval copper alloy pin, only the pin head remains. The head is conical, with one half semi-spherical, and is made from wire wrapped around the head of the shaft (cf. Margeson 1993, 12; fig. 5). This style dates to the 17th century. The head has patches of silvering remaining. The fragment is covered in a light green patina; it measures 13.2mm (dia.) x 20.7mm (length), and weighs 2.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2009
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-FFF9F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silvered radiate possibly of Probus, uncertain reverse and mint (c. 276-282 AD, Reece Issue period 14)
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-3AF953
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver plated copper alloy contemporary copy of a late Iron Age (possibly c.50-35 BC) Western silver unit, posiibly of the East Wiltshire tribal group. The East Wiltshire tribal group is centred on Vale of Pewsey, perhaps the Cornovii. Obverse: Possible moon head right Reverse: Stylized Celtic horse left Reference: ABC 2128; BMC 3013-17 Of East Wiltshire Iron Age coins Chris Rudd comments 'In 1961 Derek Allen hinted that there may have been a 'minor cantonal grouping' in east Wiltshire. In 1977 archaeologist Dr Paul Robinson gave the idea numismatic credibility. Subsequ…
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Devizes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-FABFB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silvered copper alloy shilling of George III dating to 1820. GEOR III D G BRITT REX F D obverse with a laureate head and the date below. HONI SOIT Q MAL Y PENSE reverse type depicing a crowned shield in Garter with a milled edge. Cf Spink, 2010, Coins of England and the United Kingdom 45th edition, Spink and Son Ltd, London p 416 no 3790.
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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