Record ID: CAM-6CAB15
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Medieval-Post Medieval buckle frame. Weight : 2.26g. As it is only a fragment of a buckle it is difficult to specify the type of frame but it is probably a rectangular flat frame. It is comprised of part of the side of the frame and an extended outer edge. The incomplete side of the frame is 11.7mm in length and 4.6mm wide. It has a worn break. A centrally placed grooved line runs along the length of the upper surface, resulting in a kidney-shaped cross section. On the outer corner opposite the break there is a cusp where the side of the frame me…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: CAM-330474
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver hammered voided long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III, probably class 5g minted by Henri of London and dating to AD 1258-1270. Obverse shows a forward facing crowned bust (from c.1 o'clock to c.7 o'clock is present). Obverse legend reads [hEN]RICVS REX. Reverse shows a voided long cross with three pellets per quarter. Reverse legend reads hEN/RI O/[...] (the EN of henri are ligated), and would have read hEN/RI O/[N.../...]. Die axis is probably c.6 o'clock. Weight is 0.70g, diameter is 18.4mm, thickness is 0.7mm.
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: CAM-32D5CD
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post-Medieval lead seal matrix. This artefact weighs 12.41g and is sub-circular in shape with diameters of 22.1mm (and 20.8mm on the assumed width axis). The face of the matrix is flat and appears to be undecorated. It may be that this was a blank matrix which was never completed with a design and legend. Alternatively it is possible that a design and or legend may once have been present and has become so extremely worn, through use, intentional damage or post-depositionally, that it is now completely illegible. Viewed in profile the matrix body is wedge shaped. The…
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
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Record ID: CAM-327F5F
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post-Medieval copper-alloy heraldic badge in the shape of a shield. The shield has a double concave top edge that results in three pointed cusps, one at each of the top corners and one at the centre of the top (chief) edge. The shield has a maximum length of 21.5mm, measured with a flexible dress-maker's tape measure, but has been bent forward on a diagonal line. This bend has reduced the once flat shield to a length of 19.2mm. The top of the artefact has a maximum width of 16.8mm. The sides taper downwards to a pointed central base. The front surface shows a lion passan…
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2022
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Record ID: CAM-325517
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval solid long cross halfpenny of Edward III, AD 1327-1377. Third 'florin' coinage, type 7, London Mint dating to AD 1344-1351. Obverse shows a forward facing bifoliate crowned bust, without sceptre. Obverse legend reads +EDWARDVS REX. Reverse shows a solid long cross with three pellets per quarter. Reverse legend reads CIVI/TAS/LON/DON. Die axis is 9 o'clock. Weight is 0.65g, diameter is 15.9mm, thickness is 0.6mm.
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2022
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Record ID: CAM-321B6F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered Medieval voided long cross penny of Henry III, AD 1216-1272. Class 3b dating to AD 1249. Minted in London, Moneyer = Henri. Obverse shows a forward facing crowned bust, no sceptre. Obverse initial mark is a six-pointed star. Obverse legend reads hENRICVS REX (the NR of henricvs is ligated). Reverse shows a voided long cross with three pellets per quarter. Reverse legend reads hEN/RI O/N LV/NIC (the EN of henri is ligated). Die axis is 9 o'clock. Weight is 1.34g, diameter is 18.3mm, thickness is 0.8mm.
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2022
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Record ID: CAM-B29488
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Medieval-Post Medieval lozenge-shaped artefact, which is probably a horse harness mount. It is comprised of three integral sections; the lozenge shape, an elongated collar and a shank. Using a dressmaker's flexible tape the overall length of the artefact is 80.0mm. Weight:20.20g. The sides of the lozenge are approximately 21.3mm in length with a thickness of 2.9mm. The maximum width from point to point is 31.4mm. The centre of the front of the lozenge is decorated. The surface of the decoration remains on the same plane as the edge of the lozenge where there is …
Created on: Friday 25th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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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-A76A23
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy cauldron foot. The artefact is comprised of a straight section of the leg, terminating in a protruding rounded foot. The artefact is broken at an angle, which appears to have been caused by the remains of an air bubble in what should have been a solid casting. This gives a variation in height. The longer side is 34mm and the shorter is 27mm. The air bubble occupies the majority of the cross-section of the leg. The straight section has a flat front and reverse. It has a trapezoidal cross-section which gives a variation in width.…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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Record ID: CAM-7AAF2D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver-gilt finger-ring of late Medieval date c. AD1400-1500. This artefact appears to be complete, although has been squashed out of shape, and weighs 1.00g. In the finger-ring's current condition it has an oval to sub-semicircular shaped hoop with maximum width of 18.1mm and height of 12.9mm. At the base of the loop the band has an oval to sub-rectangular cross-section with a width of 1.4mm and thickness of 1.1mm. The base of the loop has been squashed into a relatively flat line. As the band curves upwards, to resume the original curved line of the hoop, the band becomes inc…
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
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Record ID: CAM-6AAC53
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy seal matix which weighs 4.34g. The matrix has a total height of 18.3mm. The face of the matrix is circular with a diameter of 15.2mm. A beaded border surrounds the matrix legend above and below. The initial mark at the start of the legend is a star formed of three lines crossing at the centre, resulting in six arms. The legend reads: * CREDE MIChI. The inscription translates as Believe in me. Compare with PAS record KENT-F31BF6. The central field depicts a forward facing zoomorphic head. The beast being represented seems most likely to be a lion. The mouth is either …
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-6A9FC8
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy crotal bell of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. Only a small amount, less than a quarter, of the bell survives and none of the suspension loop is present. The fragment weighs 3.49g, has a length of 26.4mm and width of 16.6mm. It has a concave inner surface and convexly curved outer surface. The fragment has a thickness of 2.1mm at one edge and 1.1mm at the opposite edge. The thicker edge is relatively smooth and straight with concave curves at either end. It is probable that this is the edge to, one side of, the crotal bell's sound slot, which would have be…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-6A7E52
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval to Post-Medieval rowel from a rowel spur. The rowel is complete and is formed of six arms radiating out from a central attachment aperture. The rowel weighs 7.52g, has a maximum diameter of 36.3mm and maximum thickness of 4.4mm. The sub-circular aperture at the centre of the artefact has a diameter 4.9mm. Across the central aperture, between the arms of the rowel, the artefact has a diameter of 1.5mm. The arms of the rowel are partially facetted, giving them a sub-oval to sub-hexagonal cross-section. The arms have a width varying between 4.2mm - 5.5mm and all t…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-6A3626
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval buckle plate. This incomplete plate weighs 3.52g, is sub-rectangular in shape with a length of 21.3mm and width of 19.5mm. Although the plate appears to have straight sides at first glance, closer inspection reveals that the edges are actually slightly concavely curved. The sheet metal has a thickness of 1.2mm. Protruding from one of the width edges are the integral remains of two broken and very worn tabs. These indicate that the plate originally had a bifid notch consisting a central pin slot with sub-angular cut-away corners to either side. The w…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-6A2877
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilt copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The plate has been made from sheet metal, cut out to a shape that is rectangular at one end and sub-triangular (tear-drop shaped having rounded corners at the wider end which is adjacent to the integral rectangular half) at the other. The rectangular end has a width of 12.3mm and the widest part of the tear-drop end has a width measurement of 18.3mm, although this is slightly bent and, if flat, would be a touch wider. A rectangular slot for a buckle pin has been cut through the plate. This slot is mostly positioned…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
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Record ID: CAM-6A19DE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval finger-ring, complete with the exception of a missing setting from the bezel. This finger-ring weighs 2.26g. The ring has a sub-circular loop, possibly the result of having been slightly squashed out of shape. The interior dimensions of the loop are: height 20.5mm and width 19.3mm. The band has a width of 2.9mm and thickness of 1.4mm at the base. Further around the loop the band has a narrower width of 2.7mm. It is not clear whether this narrowing is by design, the result of wear or damage, although it is less likely to be by design. The band gradually widens a…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-69BDA1
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval flat-topped shield shaped mount. This mount weighs 1.93g, has a height of 12.8mm, width of 11.2mm and thickness of 2.3mm. The front of the shield shows no obvious decoration. However, this surface feels lumpy to the touch which may be the worn remains of moulded decoration. Indeed a diagonal shallow recess of c.2.8mm width crosses the shield. This may originally have been filled with enamel to match a true heraldic design or to suggest at such a motif. The reverse surface of the shield is flat and undecorated. An integral rivet shank projects out from the appro…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: CAM-67E694
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval annular brooch dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The brooch is complete with the pin intact, attached around the brooch frame. However, corrosion product and small thin patches of dried mud are present on the object. The artefact weighs 1.79g. The frame has an external diameter of 20.8mm, internal diameter of 14.5mm and thickness of 2.0mm. The frame has a sub-oval cross-section, convexly curved on the reverse surface. The upper surface of the frame is decorated with a, probably moulded, now subtle, shallow concave scalloped surface around the inner edge. The rest o…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-66D30B
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper-alloy French Jetton dating to c. AD 1497-1521. The obverse shows a Rose shield of Tournai. Obverse legend is fictitious. Reverse shows a simple cross patty with broad ends, in each angle a floral ornament. Reverse legend is fictitious. Die axis is uncertain. See Mitchiner p.236-237, nos.718-719.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-805E61
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval folding strap clasp. It is comprised of three sections; a sub-rectangular frame, a folding strap bar and a folded sheet plate. The overall length is 32.5mm with the frame accounting for 11.8mm of it. The widest part of the frame is 10.9mm with the narrowest width being 8.7mm. It has a rectangular cross- section with a thickness of 3.3mm. There is a single ridge near each corner of the frame on the external surface. The folded sheet plate is attached to the narrower end of the frame. This plate is recessed, in the corners, for the frame and tapers from 6.18mm to…
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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