Record ID: WILT-FB4878
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle pin, missing part of its loop. It is 38.25mm in length and weighs 3.09g. There is a tiny transverse rib below the loop, where the shank is 4.5mm in diameter. This narrows to 2.6mm at the end, which has some wear from the buckle frame. 1350-1450 in date.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-FAFFF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy tinned trapezoidal buckle frame and incomplete plate, weighing 9.84g. The buckle plate is turned around to the opposite ('wrong') side of the frame. Frame and plate measure 17.55mm in length. The frame is 26.88mm wide at the outside edge. The inside edge is 24.27mm wide. The internal length of the frame is 20.68mm. The internal width is not possible to measure because of the position of the plate. The outside edge of the buckle is 2.09mm thick and 6.07mm high. It has a V-shaped moulding for the pin, which drops in a V-shape down the side of the frame. The…
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-FAF174
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of probable Medieval copper alloy buckle frame, with traces of gilding. The fragment measures 20.23x6.44x1.69mm and weighs 1.03g. The fragment is C-shaped, rough on one side and smooth on the other. The smooth side has rocker arm decoration towards each end, carrying traces of gilding. 12th-15th century in date.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-FAAC36
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with composite plates, consisting of the oval buckle and pin (corroded in situ) and stumps of the projecting arms only. It measures 16.75mm in incomplete length, 17.07mm in width and weighs 2.11g. The internal dimensions of the oval frame are 5.98x11.71mm. The frame has a projecting lip for the pin. Cf Egan and Pritchard 1991 p.79, fig.48, nos.322-330. These date from 1350-1450.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-FA8636
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy double oval buckle frame, missing its pin. It measures 24.04x18.97mm and weighs 3.45g. The internal measurements of the loops are 6.52 and 7.14mm x c.12.25mm. The frame is D-shaped in section, being flat on the underside. Examples from London (Egan and Pritchard 1991 nos.331 to 342) date from the second half of the fourteenth to the second half of the fifteenth centry.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-F9A6C6
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval copper alloy hooked tag of Read's Class C Type 3 (2008, p.54). It is missing the pointed end of the hook and the backplate. It measures 29.55mm in length, stands 7.35mm high and weighs 3.90g. The hooked tag consists of a 1.63mm thick curving front plate (U-shaped in cross section) with a flange flanking both long edges. Bound on either short edge by a double-groove, the central curving zone is decorated with criss-cross grooves. The criss-cross grooves may once have been inlaid with niello (a black silver sulphide which was very fashiona…
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-7B31A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver Cut Halfpenny (short cross) of John or Henry III, 17mm in diameter and weighing 0.50g. Moneyer: WALTER Mint: London or Canterbury
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-7B0234
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver Cut Halfpenny (short cross) of John or Henry III, 18mm in diameter and weighing 0.52g. Moneyer: As the mint name for London is curtailed to LV, the moneyer’s name, ending in R must be quite long, possibly WALTER Mint: London
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-7AE306
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold Quarter Noble of Edward III, second coinage. It is 20mm in diameter and weighs 2.17g (33.6gn), with the reverse struck off-centre, slightly double struck and very slight wear. Date: 1344-6 Ref: North 1109
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2012
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Record ID: WILT-69FFD0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bar mount from a belt with central and terminal lobes, measuring 22.82x12.33mm and weighing 2.66g. The two terminal lobes are solid with a copper alloy rivet at the centre; the central lobe is domed and hollow to the reverse with a band of decoration c.5mm wide. The decoration comprises five horizontal and numerous vertical grooves crossing each other to give a pattern of tiny squares. Similarly decorated bar mounts with central and terminal lobes from London date to the second half of the 14th century (Egan & Pritchard 1991 nos.1160 and 1161).
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-1CC9D1
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead/ pewter spoon of Later Medieval/ Early Post Medieval date (AD 1300 – AD 1650). It measures 97.71mm in incomplete length, 46.25mm in max.width, is 2.15mm thick (bowl) and weighs 43.2g. The bowl is fig-shaped with a little (recent) damage at the wider end. The stem is incomplete and hexagonal in cross-section, measuring 5.75x5.52mm at the (old) break. The stem narrows to a point on the reverse of the bowl. Cf. LIN-9A2DA2, WAW-06E0C0
Created on: Friday 24th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-682F00
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver Scottish short-cross cut halfpenny of William I, Alexander II or Alexander III. It is very worn and measures 18mm in diameter. Mint: probably Edinburgh Date: 1195-1249
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-28BAF7
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three coins reported found on the same site as the previous coin find, Swindon 2006 T369. The new coins are all official English silver coins of the 14th and 15th centuries and will thus be of the sterling standard, c. 92.5% fine metal. Their details are as follows. 1. Penny, Edward III, Third Coinage (1344-51), London N1127, rev 6 0.75g 2. Penny, Henry VI, Leaf Pellet A (1445-54), York 0.77g 3. Halfgroat, Henry VI, Cross Pellet (1454-60), London 1.93g In terms of their issue and condition, they are generally in line with the contents of the earlier find and can be regarded as…
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
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Record ID: WILT-5D64A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Later Medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with ornate outside edge, complete with plate. Measures 52.25mm in length and weighs 7.79g. The buckle frame has two projecting knops, between which are four transverse ribs (on both sides), and an offset, narrowed bar. It measures 16.40x21.57mm (internal 9.53x18.08mm). The pin is rectangular in section and narrows from 1.82 to 1.32mm thick. The buckle plate curls around the axis bar and both 'top' and 'bottom' plates have similar dimensions. It narrows from 16.88mm wide behind the axis bar to 14.15mm at the open end, where there are …
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-4B4401
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and probably Medieval lead seal matrix, probably originally circular, with a c.5mm diameter hole pierced close to one edge. It weighs 45.77g and measures 41.57x33.21x5.24mm. Its original diameter would have been circa 42mm. One side is smooth and plain while the other has the inscription [...]IMPER[...]L around the edge, with possibly a double-stranded cross at the centre (although only a very small part remains). Laura Burnett, FLO for Sussex, comments: Simper is, I'm guessing, a mis-spelling of semper (always). Two known seal matrices using 'simper' are Oculi mei sim…
Created on: Monday 19th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-4AEDC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible contemporary copy in base metal of a Medieval short cross penny of (probably) John, 18mm in diameter and weighing 1.09g. Moneyer: Roberd for prototype Mint: Canterbury for prototype, perhaps class 5 Date: Late 12th - early 13th century.
Created on: Monday 19th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-D5DC51
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval halfpenny of Edward IV, 14mm in diameter. It is worn and has been clipped and poorly struck, and is possibly a plated ?forgery. Mint: Perhaps Bristol for prototype Date: 1464-70+ Reference: cf. North 1609 Mint: York, episcopal Date: 1471-77 (Archbishop George Neville)
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-09BA00
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy pointed oval non-heraldic personal seal matrix, measuring 31.4x19.8x3.3mm and weighing 12.09g. The loop on the reverse has a piercing 2.3mm in diameter. The matrix depicts a pelican in her piety (feeding her young with the blood dripping from her own breast) with the (lombardic) legend *SVM PELICANVS DEI: around (the bar of the N is backwards) - 'I am the Pelican of God'. The pelican in her piety was a symbol of Christ’s sacrifice; it is one of the religious motifs which were popular during the 14th century. The reverse has a raised, flat central rib wi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-DE7053
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Medieval copper alloy lock with raised front and seperate backplate. It measures 24.5x25.6mm and weighs 5.26g. The raised front projects 5mm. The edge, which is c.3.5mm wide and 1mm thick, is quite damaged and missing large sections. Just over half survives and feature three rivet holes - two at one corner and one at another (the two other corners are missing). The raised central area measures 27.6x27.5mm and has an opening for the key in the centre at the bottom. Above is a crude, grooved X and either side are two D-shaped in section mounts (3.2mm wide, 2.1mm thi…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-DB8C06
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper alloy circular composite mount with separate rivet holding a stamped quatrefoil to the front and a sheet strip to the rear. It measures 16.7x11.7mm and weighs 2.33g. The circular part of the mount measures 11.7mm in diameter. The quatrefoil is lozenge-shaped. The sheet strip is 4.3mm wide and 1.3mm thick. The rivet is 2mm in diameter. Cf. Griffiths, Philpott and Egan 2007, pp.112 & 115, no.981. They date to the mid-late 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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