Record ID: FAKL-07CFF8
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval hooked tag, copper alloy, head circular with a central hole around which are three circular grooves. On one side is a projecting hook, the tip of which is missing. The other side bears two projecting lugs, one of which is damaged, through which are the holes by which the tag was attached. This tag can be placed in Read's Early Medieval Class E, Type I, It seems that circular tags are later in date than the triangular form. Length 16.8mm, Width 10.2mm, Thickness 0.8mm, Mass 0.33g.
Created on: Saturday 19th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-078D4D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval weight made from a Roman coin, a fouth century nummus, the faces of which have been files to remove almost all of the details, only traces of the bust survive to permit identification. While it is no possible to be sure, this object could be interpreted as an Early Medieval weight as coins treated in this way have been found in association with balances in Early Medieval graves (Scull, 1990, 183-215), Diameter 15.4mm, Thicknes 1.3mm, Mass 1.89g.
Created on: Saturday 19th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.