Record ID: WMID-A09316
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sheet copper alloy strap end with silvering, dating to the Medieval period, between AD 1350 – 1450 (length: 32.5mm; width at riveted end: 11.5mm; thickness: 5.5mm; weight: 3.5g). This strap end is tongue-shaped and sub-triangular in form with a pointed terminal. The artefact comprises of two probable separate sheets, which may have originally had a forked spacer between them. At one end of the strap end, the pointed tip (length of tip: 2.5mm; width of tip: 2mm; thickness at tip: 2mm) protrudes outwards from the outside edge. Both sides of the artefact are still most…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-8827F0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th Century. Copper alloy, cast, circular belt mount or possible horse furniture. Length 17.4mm, Width 17.4mm, Thickness 12.0mm, Diameter 17.4mm, Weight 5.0g. Small dome-shaped mount with two integral pointed lugs, one broken, concentric circle around a central incuse pellet and traces of silvering. Green patina with some surface corrosion. Ref. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity volume one by Brian Read, Portcullis Publishing 2001 page 27-34 No. 266.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-961532
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin with silvered surface. Irregular oval flan. Possibly a contemporary copy of a radiate.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOM-9CC625
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy stud of probable sixteenth century date. The one-piece stud measures 21.3mm by 20.5mm by 2.4mm and weighs 3.4g. The terminals are in the form of fleurs-de-lis and in the centre is a flower. The back is flat and the front is convex. The stud has a square cross section and has been bent sideways. There are faint traces of silvering or tinning on the front of the stud. A broadly similar stud can be seen in Read's History Beneath our Feet (1995, pp. 115-6, no. 742).
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C3BAF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete struck/ hammered probable silver plated copper alloy radiate or antoniniani of Valerian II, minted in Rome, between AD 255-8 (diameter: 22mm; thickness: 1.5mm; weight: 3.1g). Ref: Mattingly, H & Sydenham, E, A, 1933, 'The Roman Imperial Coinage Volume V, Part I: Valerian to Florian’, page 116, ref no 3.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-BEBCD2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Male and female pair of silvered copper alloy hooked tags. The female tag is flat, D-shaped in plan and has a rectangular bar at one end. Evenly spaced around the perimeter are three integral trefoil shaped loops for attachment to the cloth. The perimeter of the surface is decorated with punched ring and dot motifs. In the centre of the face is an incised flower or plant with six stems with curved terminals. Above the plant are four incised crescents and an incised and ribbed triangle. Dimensions: 35mm x 28mm x 1mm. The male tag is also flat and D-shaped in plan, and decorated…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-D3E9C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval coin; contemporary forgery of a Charles I half crown, copper alloy core with silver wash/plating. The core is showing through the plating in some places. Diameter 34.12mm, thickness 1.9mm, weight 9.96g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mercaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D44136
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast silvered copper alloy Post Medieval hooked tag. The flat shield-shaped plate has an incomplete rectangular attachment loop at one end and three trefoil shaped loops around the edge of the plate. The plate is decorated with flower like motif in the centre and a border of dots around the edge. The length is 35.8mm, the width is 27.8mm, the thickness is 1.5mm and the weight is 3.30g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-EDFFD6
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval livery button, 19th century. Tinned/silvered copper alloy domed button, hollowed on the reverse with applied loop. Obverse embossed with a raised arm clutching a rolled document. Maker's mark on the reverse [...]NFIELD[...]. Diameter 25.2mm, thickness including loop 8.8mm, thickness not including loop 4.0mm, weight 7.23g.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-EE3634
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval livery button, 19th century. Tinned/silvered copper alloy domed button, hollowed on the reverse with applied loop (bent over). Obverse embossed with a raised arm clutching a rolled document. Maker's mark on the reverse illegible. Diameter 25.2mm, thickness including loop 6.0mm, thickness not including loop 4.0mm, weight 6.61g.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-EE4697
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval livery button, 19th century. Tinned/silvered copper alloy domed button, hollowed on the reverse with applied loop (broken off). Obverse embossed with a raised bent arm holding a helmet. Maker's mark on the reverse illegible. Diameter 26.1mm, thickness 4.2mm, weight 6.52g.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-007411
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dress fastener hook piece of post-medieval date. The fastener measures 33.6mm by 16.8mm by 2.2mm and weighs 4g. It has an teardrop-shaped plate with a trapezoidal loop at one end. At the other end there is a small projecting circular loop and there are two further circular loops on each side of the plate, adjacent to the trapezoidal hook. The small holes may have been used for attachment to cloth. The front of the plate has a bevelled edge and traces of silvering or tinning.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A7C0A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silvered contemporary copy of a copper-alloy Roman radiate of uncertain issuer, dating to c. AD 260-296. Reverse type is possibly VIRTVS AVG, depicting a soldier standing left, holding spear in left and resting right hand on shield. Mint uncertain: ([...]/VI/[...]).
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-942D22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy bow and fantail brooch with silvering, dating to the Roman period, between AD 43 – 200 (length: 33.5mm; width at wings: 23.5mm; thickness/ depth: 11mm; weight: 5.6g). At the top of the brooch, the semi-cylindrical wings are complete (length of wings to either side of head: 10.5mm; diameter of wings: 4mm) with hollow and open terminals to either end where the remains of the iron axis bar are still visible. The wings are decorated with incised linear decoration, consisting of a single incised line present at the front of either end of the wings. At …
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FCE645
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Antoninianus of Aurelian, 23mm in diameter and weighing 3.08g. There are signs of corrosion and traces of silvering. Mint: Siscia Date: 270-275 Reference: RIC 249
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-FDF017
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount with possible traces of silvering, dating to the Post Medieval period, between AD 1600 – 1700 (diameter: 36mm; thickness at attachment hooks: 7.5mm; weight: 11.6g). This mount is sub-circular in plan and flat in section, apart from the protruding attachment hooks at the back. The front face of the artefact is decorated with a central flower, consisting of a central circular bud surrounded by six circular inner petals and with six crescent-shaped outer petals. The outside edge beyond this flower is comprised of small raised linear markings radi…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waterhouses', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7B09C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Roman headstud brooch. The head conceals a tubular casting with a hinged pin mechanism consisting of iron axis bar and a slot in the centre for a complete cast copper alloy pin. On top of the head is an integral copper alloy chain loop with a rib on each side. Both the cylindrical wings have moulded decoration with two sets of groove and ribs and moulded wavy lines. At the top of the bow is hollow circular headstud socket and length of the rectangular-sectioned bow is decorated with a vertical moulded wavy line. The bow terminates with a moulded collar abo…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hibaldstow', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-944C96
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Antoninianus of Salonina c.20mm in diameter and silvered. It is possibly an irregular issue, is very worn and all legends are lost. Reverse: Fecunditas Aug Mint: Rome Date: 256-7 Reference: cf.RIC 26
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-956FE3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy Viking 9th/10th century mount with Jellinge or Borre Style decoration. The mount is of square shape with rounded corners and domed cross-section, the centre being raised about 5-10mm. The four rounded corners all have rivet holes with rivets still inside. These were probably used for attachment to a leather strap or belt. Most of the mount is not decorated with openwork style decor; there are only two or three perforations with uneven outline. The central boss shows an intertwined animal or scrollwork; the surface is too corroded to make out the exact pattern and sty…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-8FC332
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin; Contemporary copy of a silver denarius of Hadrian, Victory seated reverse, dated to 134. Struck copper alloy coin with indications of remains of a silver coating. Obv. Bare-headed profile portrait of Hadrian facing right HADRIANVS / AVG COS III P P Rev. Victory seated, facing left, holding wreath and palm VICTORIA / AVG Ref. RIC 286 Diameter 18.8mm, thickness 1.9mm, weight 2.91g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.