Record ID: DOR-42AE51
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver half penny of Henry VI (1422 - 1461) dating to 1430 - 1434. Pinecone-Mascle issue. Mint of Calais. Reference: North Volume 2, No. 1469, probably Withers type PM4d Diameter: 12.21 mm Weight: 0.42 g Die Axis: 9
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-DC2645
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle plate. A rectangular piece of sheet copper alloy, broken at the end which would have attached to the missing buckle frame. At the opposite end are two circular attachment holes set near the corners of the plate. The front of the plate is covered with incised line decoration comprising a framing line around three edges with a curving, finned sea creature inside it. This is possibly a fish or a dolphin (similar to that seen on some late medieval French jettons). The creature has a curving, finned tail, a dorsal fin, traces of a front fin and a large hea…
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-C99055
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver coin of William I (1066 - 1087) dating to 1070 - 1072. A Canopy type (type iii). Mint of Chester, uncertain moneyer, possible Aelfsie or Aelfweard. Reference: North Volume One, No. 853 Date: Eary Medieval Diameter: 18.52 mm Weight: 1.29 g Die axis: 2
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-C3E85A
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy jetton. A French jetton of the Shield of France type dating to c. 1415 - c. 1497 minted in Tournai. Obverse: Shield of France Reverse: Triple stranded cross fleuretty Date: Late Medieval Diameter: 28.49 mm Weight: 3.56 g
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-B59863
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle. The buckle frame is sub-triangular with a D-shaped cross section. The outer edge has a thickened, rounded point with a chamfered inner edge and is flanked by a small rounded knop on each side. At the back is a narrowed and off-set strap bar which has a circular cross-section with signs of wear. Attached to the bar is a copper alloy pin. The end that is hooked around the bar is flat and rectangular in cross section before a thin transverse moulded collar. After the collar it thickens into a D-shaped cross section and tapers to a rounded point. Date: Me…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Sunday 1st May 2022
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Record ID: DOR-B37234
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pendant bell. Sheet metal bell with integral cast long necked suspension loop. The neck of the loop is flat and the head expanded. The loop has a circular aperture.The opposite end terminates in a globular bell formed by folding in four triangular tabs of sheet metal. This leaves a narrow saltire cross shaped aperture at the base. The tabs have also been notched at the top so that they form oval apertures. Inside the bell is a possible copper alloy sub-spherical "pea" which moves to make the bell sound. Reference: Read, B, 2001, "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity", pages 50…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-B200D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy oval buckle forked spacers and composite rigid plate. The frame has a convex front and flat back. There is a knopped point in the centre of the outside edge. The frame has integral forked spacers to which two sheet metal plates are attached with solder and a single rivet at the distal end. The plates are rectangular with trilobed ends, the rivet passing through the larger, central lobe. The pin is incomplete and attached by hooking it through a notch or aperture in the back edge of the frame. There is no decoration visible on the plates, but the surfaces are quite corro…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-9E24E6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead ampulla. The ampulla is flask-shaped with a rounded lower chamber and a long, slightly flared neck. At the sides where the neck meets the body are traces of broken loops. The opening at the top of the neck is squashed and damaged. The faces of the chamber are both decorated. On one is a moulded crown. The crown is tall with a long central trefoiil and bi-lobed side fleurs. The band of the crown is decorated with an oval flanked by pellets. The other face is decorated with incised lines creating a scallop-shell design. There is a large crack at the base of the neck o…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-999164
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny of Henry V (1413 - 1422) dating to 1413 to c. 1420. Mint of London. Reference: Withers & Withers, Halfpennies and Farthings: Henry IV, V and VI, page 29, Type 11 & North Volume 2, No. 1411 Date: Medieval Diameter: 13.51 mm Weight: 0.43 g Die axis: 2
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-E9060E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval penny of Stephen (1135- 54), 'Watford type' (BMC i; North 873) dating to c.AD1136-45, moneyer: Ricard, mint: Shaftesbury (Mack 30). Reference: North 1994: 203; Mack 1966: 44. The coin is poorly struck on an irregular flan which has a small v-shaped section missing and a crack running from this into the coin. Diameter: 19.75 mm Weight: 1.10 g Die axis: 3
Created on: Monday 24th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Record ID: DOR-579061
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy single looped buckle with integral forked spacer. A stub of the frame and one arm of the forked spacer only remaining. The frame was D-shaped in cross section, bevelled with an off-set integral bar with a constriction to accommodate the missing pin. There is a ridge at the rear of the stub of the frame. The remaining arm of the fork is bent in the middle and is stepped inward on the inner edge. Date: Medieval -c. 1350 - 1450 Dimensions: 54.26 mm x 17.70 mm x 5.52 mm Weight: 6.59 g See Egan, G and Pritchard, F "Dress Accessories", 1991, pages 80-81, No 330
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2022
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Record ID: DOR-568207
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A penny of Henry VII (1485 - 1509) dating to1494 - 1501 "Sovereign" type showing the king enthroned holding an orb and sceptre. Mint of Durham under Archbishop Richard Fox (1494 - 1501). A mitre above the reverse shield which is flanked by the initials DR. The edges of the coin have been clipped. Reference: North Volume 2, no. 1731 Date: Post Medieval Dimensions: 15.26 mm Weight: 0.68 g Die axis: 10
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2022
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Record ID: DOR-02C82D
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unfinished copper alloy seal matrix. A pedestal style matrix with and oval base. The top of the pedestal handle has a rounded suspension loop with a circular hole. Below this is a quatrefoil moulding with four blind apertures which were probably intended to be openwork. Below the terminal is a transverse collar of three ridges (two low ridges flanking a central, higher ridge), hexagonal in cross section. Below this the handle is narrowed and hexagonally faceted, flaring out at the base. The base is circular and the face is undecorated. Date: Late Medieval - c. 1350 - 1500 Dimen…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: DOR-019279
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver farthing of Edward I (1272 -1307) or Edward II (1307- 1327) dating to c. 1300 - 1344. Withers type 28 to 32 (Classes 10 to 13). Minted in London. Date: Medieval Diameter: 11.76 mm Weight: 0.24 g Die axis: 3
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: DOR-015807
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy English jetton. Berry type 5c. An almost complete Medieval copper-alloy English jetton. The obverse has a central circular punch mark which has penetrated through.. Obverse: Two lions passant facing left, one above the other within a beaded circle, border of pellets Reverse: Cross fleury with pellets in each angle within a beaded circle, border of pellets Date: Medieval - c. 1280-c. 1343. Diameter: 19.23 mm Weight: 1.23 g Reference: Mitchiner, M. 1988. The Medieval Period And Nuremberg, Jetons Medalets & Tokens, Volume 1. Seaby: London. P. 109, No. 183 S…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: DOR-014491
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy French jetton. Crown type obverse depicting a crown with three rosettes on the band. On the the reverse is a triple-stranded cross fleury with a quatrefoil at the centre, within a double-stranded four arched tressure with large floral cusps. Reference: Mitchiner Vol. One, cf. no. 470 Date: Medieval - c.1385 - 1461 Diameter: 24.91 mm Weight: 3.14 g
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: DOR-0071E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy finger ring. A D-sectioned, round hoop with a raised oval bezel. The shoulders expand into the bezel and are both decorated with a tau cross (a T-shaped cross with all three ends expanded). The face of the bezel is flat and undecorated. Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval c. 1450 - 1550 Dimensions: 23.99 mm x 22.74 mm x 3.73 mm Weight: 5.18 g The tau cross is associated with Saint Anthony of Egypt and Saint Francis of Assisi See PAS database record LIN-D1EFDA - 2014T491 for discussion about the use of the tau motif shape and dating which shows popula…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
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Record ID: DOR-005F2E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy single looped buckle. The pin is missing. A kidney-shaped buckle with a flattened outer edge and chamfered inner edges to the sides. The bar is sub-rectangular in cross section. The outer corners are rounded and the outside egde is in-curved. Date: Medieval - c. 1450 - 1550 Dimensions: 38.88 mm x 20.17 mm x 3.40 mm Weight: 5.88 g Reference: Whitehead, R, 1996 Buckles 1250 - 1800 page. 24, No 115 Similar buckles are recorded in database records SOM-BA34D2, NLM-EB9BEG, SUSS-91A136 and HAMP-DF5A01 In SOM-BA34D2 Vicky Lemmens comments: Marges…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
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Record ID: DOR-758BA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Richard III dating to 1483 - 1485. Minted in London. Initial mark SR1. Reference: North Volume 2, No. 1679 Date: Late Medieval Diameter: 25 mm Weight: 2.82 g Die axis: 10
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: DOR-E0943E
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy French jetton. 'Moor's head' type inscribed AVE MARIA GRACIA P on the obverse. The reverse legend appears blundered and reads MA VE RI [-]. The reverse design is a double stranded arcuate cross fleury with a fleur de lis at the centre and a florette in each angle. Probably minted at Tournai.It appears that the blank was not big enough to accommodate the full designs on the dies. Date: Late Medieval c. 1350 - 1425 Reference: Mitchiner (1988, 158) no. 371 & 372. Diameter: 20.51 mm Weight: 1.53 g Similar jettons are recorded in PAS database records SUR-DF6ADC …
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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