Record ID: LEIC-AACD28
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy Cross potent small long brooch dating to 6th century. The object is 60mm in length and 28mm wide. The pin is missing and the catchplate is slightly damaged. The brooch has been broken in two about half way down, towards the bottom of bow and is held in place by a modern repair. The brooch has a rectangular head plate which has incised lines running parallel to its edge. It has a trilobed cut out in each top corner, about 10mm deep. The lower half has bilobed cut outs at either side of the bow, 4mm deep. The three straight edges have a semicircular cut out i…
Created on: Monday 13th October 2003
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-BB4734
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Two Early Medieval to Medieval lead alloy spindle whorls. The smaller one is 28mm in diameter and is circular in form and sub rectangular in cross section with a central hole, 12mm in diameter. It has aligned transverse depression on one face, which would have secured the pin holding the whorl on its staff. This conforms to Walton Rogers Form B, 900-1200AD. The larger is 30mm in diameter with a circular form and a D shaped cross section. This conforms to Walton Rogers form A1 which she dates to 500-1000AD Recorded at the Hidden Treasures roadshow in Market Harborough.
Created on: Friday 7th November 2003
Last updated: Friday 31st May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-BC9433
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny of Aethelred II, first hand type BMCiia, York mint, moneyer, Hundolf.
Created on: Friday 7th November 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-B86E75
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy strap end 43mm long and 11mm wide. The object has a bulging oblong shape which terminates in a beasts head. The head, which forms about a third of the whole object, is made up of two sub square ears which are tucked behind the head. Next a ridge on the head tapers into a v shape. At the narrowest point the eyes are shown as holes on each side of this. The ridge then tapers out again to form a triangular snout. Above the beasts head is a panel with a dotted border covering the remainder of the object. This panel contains a Trewhiddle style quadraped beast on its hind legs …
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2003
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-B8DD97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Two, probably a pair, of cruciform brooches; one is complete, the other has only the upper part present. The complete one measures 128mm in length and is 34mm wide at the head plate with a 16mm shaft. It is made up of protruding knob with two bands of decoration carved into its surface. This is attached to the head plate which is oblong and divided into three sections. The middle section has a triangle in its upper half, the pointed end facing upward. Below the headplate the brooch is arched with an incised ridge running its length. Below the arch, about half way down, the remainder o…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2003
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-CBDD41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon Cross Potent small-long brooch, (Type 673, p.376 in Hattatt) 53mm long and 27mm wide. The headplate is rectangular, but has some damage and is missing part of its upper edge. It has bi-lobed cut-outs on each side of its upper edge and semi-circular cut-outs on the lower edge, at each side of the bow. The headplate is decorated with ring-and-dot motifs, each consisting of a circle with another smaller circle inside and a dot in the centre. There are four of these, three in a row along the centre of the headplate with one above in the centre, between the t…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-CCA3E6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy stirrup strap mount, 10th-11th century. The mount is sub rectangular and begins with an apex loop at the end of a thick rod which is 10mm high, 7mm wide and 5mm thick. This rod has what appears to be an eye on each side (a semi-circular depression). Where the rod joins the main body there is a rivet hole, with a further one at each corner of the base. The object is 39mm high and 29mm wide and is about 2mm thick. The design is made up of two sinuous snake like beasts forming the border and a central tree, which is represented by a vertic…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-E15984
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
early medieval copper alloy object, 22mm long, 12mm wide and 14mm high. The object is roughly sub rectangular, its upper surface curves downwards at each side. The object is decorated with almond shaped eyes which have small rounded animal ears behind them, placed towards the top of the object. Behind the ears there is a v shaped dip and the object curves downwards, giving the shape of a head. The underside of the object has a deep semi-circular groove cut out of it where the object would have wrapped around something, possibly a stirrup. The style would suggest an Anglo-Scandinavian date.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd December 2003
Last updated: Saturday 18th June 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-46C372
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Scandinavian Copper alloy harness fitting, 47mm long and 35mm wide. This object is roughly rectangular, with one edge slightly wider and it has a cut out in the centre. It is incomplete with traces of breakage on its lower edge. The object is decorated with lines, some curved and some straight. The design also creates bulges on the outer surface. It is difficult to make out the design, but the object as a whole is very similar to a Scandinavian cheek piece on display at the British Museums treasure exhibition.
Created on: Monday 8th December 2003
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-4770E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a copper alloy Anglo-Saxon Cruciform brooch, 57mm long and 46mm wide. The foot of the brooch is missing (old break) as is the left knob which appears to have been lost recently, you can see from the one remaining that it is weakened along the edge of the headplate and a crack is forming which explains the loss. The brooch is quite crudely cast with very simple angular decoration. The knobs have an indented line and a further incised line across their bases. The headplate has traces of decoration, in the form of a line of cutaway triangles running vertically up the plate. The r…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-939EE5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy object, 44mm long and 12mm wide. The object has a curved end which looks like a broken off hook, about 10mm long and 3mm wide. This joins a circular body about 6mm thick, which is solid for about 8mm. The object begins to widen at this point and has two large rectangles cut out of each side. After these the object terminates in a circle about 4mm thick, at one side this protrudes lengthways and sideways forming a flared semi circle. This was obviously used to hold something, perhaps a strap? It could date to Saxon or Medieval periods.
Created on: Saturday 17th January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-94C2C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon Silver coin, 20mm in diameter. The coin is in three pieces and is being held together with sellotape. Obverse shows helmeted bust facing right in solid border with inscription - '+ ECGBE RHT REX' Reverse shows a carolus monogram with inscription- 'DIOR TOD T(?)NE(one letter)?+'
Created on: Saturday 17th January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-7CF648
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Anglo-Saxon stirrup-strap mount, 45mm long and 27mmm wide. The mount is triangular, with bulging sides and has a trefoil shaped terminal at its upper end which houses a fixing hole. It shows a lion facing left with its head facing upwards. It matches Williams Class A, type 11A, and is somewhere between 245 and 255 as it has a very slight flange and one central lower fixing hole.
Created on: Monday 9th February 2004
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-F75CA2
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bone counter or gaming piece, 18mm in diameter and 10mm high at widest part. The object is circular and has a faint and roughly fashioned recessed edge. viewed from the side it is wedge shaped, though this appears to be a result of its rough manufacture, rather than a deliberate action. The piece could be Anglo-saxon as bone was commonly used for gaming pieces.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-5C1012
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch foot, cast copper alloy, 60mm long and c.10-12mm wide. The top half of this fragment (30mm) is decorated with horizontal lines. The upper part of this, about 10mm, juts forward and would have formed the lower half of the arched part of the brooch. It has one line deirectly below this. About 6mm further down are two lines, 8mm further still there are four lines close together. The lower half is in the form of an aminal head. About a third of the way in are two sets of two diagonal lines which cross in the middle. On either side of these a small raised blob …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-B2A808
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold and garnet pendant from a necklace. The pendant is in the shape of an elongated shield and is designed to fit the garnet. It is made up of a thick back plate to which a narrow swaged loop is soldered. The garnet is set directly on the back plate with no foil backing. It is held in a poorly made dogtooth collar, which is itself surrounded by a fine-beaded wire frame. The garnet is large and is cabochon cut with a highly polished surface. The pendant is, 19mm high and 10mm wide. The stone is 13mm high and 8mm wide.
Created on: Friday 19th March 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-EC1042
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy circular object, 24mm in diameter and 4mm thick. The object is dished and has a small ridge, 2mm wide, running around its upper edge. Within this is a red glass like substance, possibly enamel. The object may be a gaming piece and could date to the early medieval period.
Created on: Monday 22nd March 2004
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-EE0906
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy knob from an early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, 20.5mm long and 13mm wide. It consists of a hollow dome 10mm in diameter and 4mm high, attached to a flat rectangular part 10mm long and 13mm wide. This has a raised border on its upper and lower edges, and in between is an indented plate which has a possible iron rod through its centre, probably part of the pin bar. It therefore appears to be a detachable knob from a cruciform brooch, and dates to the late fifth or early sixth century.
Created on: Monday 22nd March 2004
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-EA7AA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy anglo-Saxon object, 14mm x 14mm and 1.5mm thick. It has several sides, including two possible right angles. It has two lines of hatched decoration running parallel along its surface, which appears to carry on. This may be part of a girdle hanger or part of a swastica brooch.
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-F79EA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy openwork disc brooch, 42mm in diameter. The brooch is circular and has four T-shaped perforations arranged in a circle with the stems of the Ts pointing towards the centre. The material remaining thus takes on the form of a swastika. There are two lines of small dots running across the centre of the brooch. The openwork is bordered by a line of circular punch marks which run just inside the edge of the brooch. The brooch has its catchplate and lug present, and both are 12mm in height. The lug has the iron pin coil intact and around this is a large patch …
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2004
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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