Record ID: DENO-7E8086
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: DERBYSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Polden Hill type. Only the wings, spring and upper part of the bow survive. The brooch has semi-cylindrical wings in cross-section with full circular end-caps with a spring of 13 turns between them; the pin and chord are missing with the head loop projecting from the centre of the head, which would have held the chord, being broken. The face of the wings are decorated to either side of the head with a rope-like longitudinal rib followed by a short plain section, then a shallow longitudinal groove followed by a broader longitudinal groove an…
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 18th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drakelow Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-7C4AD7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: DERBYSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast and shaped copper-alloy Late Iron Age or Early Roman brooch; a Nauheim derivative type dating from 25 - 100 AD. The brooch is of one-piece construction but has been broken into two parts following discovery and has lost the pin in antiquity. The brooch has a spring of three turns with the spring being broken at the point of a fourth turn which would have been elongated to form the pin. The internal chord passes under the row of spring coils along the internal aspect of the head of the bow. The bow is a rounded triangle in section and an elongated tapering triangle in…
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 18th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drakelow Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-7AE204
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: DERBYSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy dupondius of Nero (AD. 54-68). Probably VICTORIA AVGVSTI reverse type showing Victory advancing left with wreath aloft. Minted AD. 54-68.
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 18th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drakelow Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-7A6D41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: DERBYSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian, possibly of Gratian, dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type depicting the Emperor advancing right, holding a standard in front and dragging a captive behind. Uncertain mint, possibly Arles.
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 18th May 2013
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Record ID: DENO-796186
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy coin; a nummus of the House of Constantine, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Victory on prow of ship, minted at Thessalonica, AD 330-3. Coin Reference: RIC VII, number 188. Reece Period 17.
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 18th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravenshead Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-790424
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Arcadius (383-408 AD).VIRTVS EXERCITI reverse type showing Emperor left with spear, resting hand on shield and Victory to right with branch crowning the Emeror. Mint of Antioch (mintmark: ANTA), minted c. 395-401 AD. Reece Period 21. Coin Reference: RIC X, number 70.
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 18th May 2013
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Record ID: DENO-784AB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Honorius (395-423 AD). GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type showing two emperors each with a spear and shield. Mint of Cyzicus (mintmark: SMKA), minted c. 408-423 AD. Reece Period 22. Coin Reference: RIC X, number 403.
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 18th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravenshead Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-681EC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LEICESTERSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of an Anglo-Saxon copper alloy Cruciform brooch. The upper part of the upper surface is flat and undecorated with rough edges through breakage. Below this is a raised band of semi-circular profile decorated with two transverse central incised lines. Below this are two 'eyebrows' which extend slightly outside each lateral edge. The lower surface retains the remains of a catchplate. The object is in poor condition, is 31mm long, 18mm wide, 7mm thick and weighs 7.57g.
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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Record ID: DENO-6655D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantius II (325-361 AD). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type showing two soldiers with two standards between. Mint of Thessalonica, minted c. 330-335 AD. Reece Period 17.
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 18th May 2013
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Record ID: SUR-656452
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount belonging to Williams' Class A. The mount is of an unusual formed and cannot be closely paralleled in Williams's corpus. The mount is of roughly triangular form and is openwork with five apertures and one rivet hole. The long stepped flange (20.31mm wide) projects at right-angles from the back of the mount and this is pierced by two rivets, both of which survive. The mount is symmetrical and based on curling tendrils; there may be a debased animal head below the apex loop and there also appear to be two zoomorphic heads projecting from the bottom edge.
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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Record ID: NMS-653EC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular framed brooch with pin constriction, pin missing. The front is divided into eleven segments by shallow radial grooves, and the constrcition is fl;anked by two more grooves. Very similar to a rather smaller example from London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1311. External diameter 24.2mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Thickness 2mm. c.1270 - c. 1350
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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Record ID: NMS-64BF54
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc 2 of a two-part post-medieval lead cloth seal, with a textile impression over one face. Diameter 15.5mm. Mid 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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Record ID: NMS-649DF6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval tinned copper alloy spoon bowl with the scar only of a missing oval-sectioned stem. Length 63.5mm. Width 46.5mm. Depth at centre 7mm. The form, cf. illustrations in Homer 1975, 24 and 29, second from base, suggests a 15th- or early 16th-century date.
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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Record ID: DENO-649953
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper-alloy coin weight of late Medieval to early post Medieval date (c. 1400-1600). The weight is hexagonal in plan with two flat faces and a sloped (bevelled) edge between the two so that the uppermost face, which carries a design, is slightly smaller than the plain underside face of the weight. the design is badly worn but appears to consist of a bust facing right with a single initial to either side. The initials are not clear but the left-hand letter could be K, F or R and the right-hand initial possibly being S. It has not been possible to closely identify the …
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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Record ID: NMS-6435D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Everted rim sherd of a medieval to post-medieval copper alloy vessel, diameter not measurable. Though cast, the metal is very thin (0.9 - 1.7mm). A small fragment, weight only 2.2g. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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Record ID: NMS-6413A7
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval sheet copper alloy "paper-clip" rivet, perhaps part of a vessel repair. 17 x 12.5mm. Probably 14th - 18th century, but possibly earlier, e.g. examples from Flixbrough were found in deposits of the mid-9th to early 10th centuries (N. Rogers in Evans and Loveluck eds. 2009, 115-118).
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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Record ID: BH-6411F4
Object type: STATUE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy foot from a Roman statue of human form. Only the toes remain, the rest of the foot having been lost in antiquity. The hollow-cast piece, representing the figure's left foot, is skilfully moulded, with joints indicated and the nail of each toe clearly represented. Traces of a sandy, solid, mortar-like substance are contained within the voids on the undersides of the big toe and that adjacent and indicate the probably means by which the statue was attached to a base. The underside of the toes also has a flattend rim, allowing it to sit flush to a flat su…
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravensthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-63D376
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy disc brooch. The circular brooch is of thin section and has a cast geometric design in its upper surface, defined by low, flat-topped ridges. This pattern takes the form of a thirteen-pointed star or stylised flower head, with a ring-shaped setting at the centre and a single pellet within each triangle. At least half of the mottled blue enamel survives within both the outer and inner rings, but the central cell is empty. The hinge and catchplate are located at opposing ends of the flat reverse. The hinge comprises two right-angled lugs, both perforated to hold the …
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cosgrove', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-637246
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: BEDFORDSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ring-shaped copper-alloy artefact, probably representing a prehistoric to Roman bead. The central perforation is in the form of an hourglass, while the outer surface is convex and has raised band with central groove. Two further grooves are located at the top and bottom respectively, each creating a narrow rim around the end of the perforation. The dark green surface patination, broken by occasional patches of corrosion, is consistent with the suggested date range. Dimensions: 15.8mm diameter, 8.3mm high. Weight: 8.82g.
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Podington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-636254
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy sheet possible lace chape with overlapping seam, broad end missing. Extant length 42mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, 286-90, fig. 188. c.1230 - c.1400.
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2013
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