Record ID: CAM-8890BA
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval French Jetton dating from the 14th to 15th centuries AD, possibly c. AD 1418-1437. Obverse shows a crown with unclear decoration across the body and cross-hatched or stippled effect interior at base. Obverse legend reads: + AVE [MA]RIA GRASIA:PLENA . Reverse shows a single stranded arcuate cross fleuretty with single six-petalled rosette at centre and in each angle, no surrounding tressure or border. The legend is unclear but reads O rosette V rosette, repeated four times. Die axis is uncertain. Weight is 3.55g, diameter is 26.2mm, thickness is 1.1mm. See Mitchiner, M., …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
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Record ID: CAM-9E73AE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post -Medieval cast copper alloy cauldron foot. The surviving part of the artefact is comprised of a straight section of leg terminating at a animal paw which is sub-triangular in shape. Above the paw is a transverse collar design. The leg has a transverse break 48.0mm up from the base of the foot.The cross-section of the leg as a whole is sub-triangular. The front section section has a decorative front it is also sub-rectangular shape with rounded corners and the back is flat. At the break the leg has a width of 17.0mm and depth of 11.5mm. This break appears…
Created on: Friday 19th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-FC8852
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold inscribed finger-ring of Medieval date. This finger-ring has a rectangular cross-section of 3.2mm width and 0.9mm thickness. The band forms an approximate circle, slightly squashed into a subtle oval, the external diameter measurement 21.8mm across the widest axis and 20.3mm across the axis 90 degrees from the widest axis. An inscription is present both on the inner and external surface of the band. The inscription lettering height is almost the full width of the band and the lettering size and spacing is such that the inscription fills the full circumference of both the inner …
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Central Bedfordshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FEBDF7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy shield shaped harness pendant dating c. AD 1100-1400. Weight is 3.34g, height is 26.17mm and maximum width is 14.22mm. An integral suspension loop projects upwards from the centre of the upper edge of the body of the pendant. The rear surface of the suspension loop remains in the same plane as the reverse surface of the body of the artefact and the suspension loop expands forwards to form a thickness great enough to accomodate a small circular perforation set at 90 degrees from the body of the pendant. The front of the pendant is decoarated with three bea…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Monday 29th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mid Bedfordshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.