Record ID: KENT-AD069C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and abraded possible base silver contemporary copy of a Maille Blanche of Phillip IV of France (1285-1314). Dating to the period 1296-1314. Duplessy (1988) no.215. Measurements: 2.1mm in diameter and 2.2g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: KENT-D8F9B5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Medieval to Post-Medieval cast pewter or high tin copper-alloy double-looped buckle with serrated outer edge dating to the period 1450-1600 Description: The buckle frame is missing one of its loops, the surviving loop is oval and bevelled and has a decroative outer edges, desribed as serated, the reverse is flat. The pin for the buckle remains folded aroudn the central strap bar. The entire buckle is a mottled dark grey colour. Measurements: 12.27mm length, 13.05mm wide, 3.18mm thick and Weight: 0.48g. Discussion: This form of buckle is a a vriant of the mo…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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Record ID: KENT-044CF5
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and warped cast copper-alloy object, possibly a harness fitting of Medieval date (See discussion). Description: The object is fragmentary surviving as a shank roughly D-shaped in cross-section. at one complete end is a large rectangular loop (now highly warped and squashed). At the other end of the shank is a squashed round mounting point, although it is broken across its width. The object is patinated mid-brown and light green and the breaks are worn. Measurements: 35.8mm long, 26.36mm wide (due to warping), 14.22mm thick and 4.39g in weight. Discussion: A smal…
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2018
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Record ID: KENT-009EA9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and slightly worn/abraded flat lead non-heraldic personal seal matrix of Medieval date c.AD 1200-1350. Description: The matrix is flat and circular in plan and with. The matrix doesn't have the usual pierced lug at the top of a reserve raised ridge on the reverse or similar as seen on most matrices. Instead likely having a loop at the top of the matrix. On the front is an engraved central six petalledflower (sexafoil), evenly sized pointed oval petals. This is surrounded by a legend which starts at twelve o'clock and runs retrograde (anti-clockwise) around the matri…
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
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Record ID: KENT-006799
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and slightly worn medieval groat of Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), light coinage (1465-1470) Minted at London with Sun/Sun initial marks, type VI. North 1991, 86, no.1569. Measurements: 24.23mm in diameter, 0.84mm thick and 2.61g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th June 2019
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Record ID: KENT-EAE2BB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and abraded late medieval silver penny of uncertain ruler likely Edward III (1327 - 1377) or Richard II (1377-1399). datting to the period 1344-1399. The coin is heavily worn and abraded with little detail discernable Measurements: 12.56mm in diameter (remaining), 0.55mm thick and 0.27g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: KENT-EAA0D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and clipped Medieval Irish penny of Edward IV (AD 1461 - 1483), Light 'Cross and Pellets' coinage dating from AD1473 - 1478. Spink (2003) no. 6361. Mint of Dublin. The coin has been heavily clipped resulting in the loss of most of the legends. Measurements: 14.23mm in diameter, 0.52mm thick and 0.36g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: KENT-E3CA5E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic handle form uncertain large vessel with brown glaze likely of late Medieval or early Post-Medieval. Description: The handle is cylindrical and is likely part of the upper section where it attached to the upper body or neck of the vessel. The fabric is a light brown colour with a slightly more oxidised inner fabric. The inclusions are mixed small to medium grog poorly sorted rounded to sub-angular throughout, some iron oxide specs throughout, some sparse varied small flint inclusion present throughout. The glaze is brown with a slight metallic sheen. Measurements: 52.25…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: KENT-E34834
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment (?) of a cast copper-alloy 16th century object resembling part of a purse bar. Description: The object has a long shank with a spiral grooved knop at one end and a flat sexafoil along its' length. The sexafoil has a central X incised at its centre and each lobe picked out by an incised line. The end without a knop is heavily platinated and is unclear whether it has been broken. The entire object is platinated an even dark green colour Measurements: 43.64mm long, 18.44mm high, 11.5mm thick (if including terminal knop, 4.66mm thick without) and 10.67g in weight. Disc…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Record ID: KENT-E169D5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd/fragment of probable wheel thrown Medieval Grimston Ware. Description: The sherd consists of a dark blue-grey, medium sandy fabric, with a slightly oxidised orangey core. There is thumb print decoration on the upper edge of the rim and some patches of green poorly applied glaze. The sherd has occasional coarse ferrous inclusions. The full original diameter of the vessel's rim be can be inferred at about 24.5cm. What remains of the neck/body of the sherd would suggest a vessel with steep sloping sides combined with the wide rim a storage jar of some description is most l…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: KENT-E0CE93
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd/fragment of probable wheel thrown late medieval coarsware. Description: The sherd consists of a light-grey exterior surface, with a med pink /brown colour on the interior, it has a thin light oxidised orangey core. The sherd has no decoration on the surface and only has a short stub of body remaining., there is too little of the object remaining to suggest an accurate original size or vessel type. The fabric has moderately evenly sorted sandy speck inclusions, as well as median amounts of round to sub-angular small flint poorly sorted and some very sparse mixed flecks o…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: KENT-E09FE8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable base sherd/fragment of a wheelthrown medieval coarsware. Description: The sherd consists of a light-brown exterior surface, with a light grey/brown colour on the interior, it has a light grey unoxidised core. The sherd has no decoration on the surface and only has a short stub of body remaining., there is too little of the object remaining to suggest an accurate original size or vessel type. The fabric has extensive evenly sorted sandy speck inclusions, as well as extensive rounded to sub-angular small to medium flint poorly sorted and some very sparse mixed small poorly…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: KENT-4F07C2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount or possibly strap end of likely late medieval or early post-medieval date. The mount is very small and roughly rectangular in plan albeit with a pointed bottom temrinal. There are two primary rivet holes which does not respect the decoration on its front face. The decoration consits (top to bottom) of a row of raisded dots, followed by a three pairs of thin lines. The lines a remostly obsucred by either production fialure or some post-depositional mdofication. The reverse is blank but has a recent scratch and the bottom rives hole has partial splayed out the back…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2016
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Record ID: KENT-E45E63
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A partially glazed medieval incomplete ceramic whistle in the shape of mount and rider, dating to roughly the 14th century AD and originating in eastern France, Germany or Belgium. Description: The whistle takes the form of a horse/donkey and rider, the latter formed from a separate pieces of clay. It remains only as the body of the mount with all but its front right leg either missing or highly damaged, its ears missing, part of the left side of its body/neck due the break of its front left leg and its tail which, when complete would have contained the whistle. The rider remains o…
Created on: Monday 25th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 23rd December 2018
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Record ID: KENT-DFF22D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval or post-medieval wooden knife or other implement handle. The handle survives as two pieces of wood sandwiching the corroded remains of an iron tang between them. Each wooden handle section has three lines of small iron rivets evenly spread along there length, each parcelled on the other half. The central line of rivets likely holds the tang between the two sections of handle. The tang is highly corroded, with oxidisations beginning to spread over the handle around where the blade or implement exited the handle and has begun to fragment. The wood of the handle is a pale grey…
Created on: Monday 25th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2016
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Record ID: KENT-8A4D03
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete late Medieval (Late AD 14th-15th Century) wooden knife handle with copper alloy fittings and traces of the iron scale tang. Description: The knife handle was secured to the tang by three copper alloy rivets that pass through each part of the handle, sandwiching the Iron tang between a wooden grip. There is a large trefoil pommel and the hilt itself has trefoil leaves in copper alloy positioned between the three rivets. There is a copper allow shoulder at the blade end of the handlle which helps frame the handle. The internal iron has corroded and is now fragmented and or…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: KENT-22B2DB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three complete copper-alloy pins of uncertain date. Pin 1 is a single piece pin with straight thin shank (1.23mm thick) and a twisted loop head (8.19mm wide). Pin 2 has a drawn shank (1.1mm thick) and seperately attatched domed pentagonal head (3.72mm thick). Pin 3 has a thick drawn shank (1.72mm thick) and a seperately attatched barrel shaped head (6.04mm diameter) decorated with crisscrossed lines forming a interlinked diamond or 'harlequin' pattern. Pin 3 is also slightly bent halfway down its length. It is likely these pins are all late medieval - to modern in date. All are dark g…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2016
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Record ID: KENT-2221FC
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval - early Post Medieval copper alloy pin, dating 15th - 16th century. The pin is constructed from drawn wire, creating a shank 1.41mm thick and has a separate wound wire head (4.33mm wide). The pin is slightly bent halfway down but appears complete. It is noted in Egan & Forsyth (1997, 222) that: "Pins are recovered in abundance from almost all sites yielding 15th and 16th century material. They were indispensable and vast quantities were used in England for fastening clothing and paper and for sewing." Measurements: 53.73mm long, 4.33mm wide (at the head) and 0.96…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
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Record ID: KENT-21FD37
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval - early Post Medieval copper alloy pin, dating 15th - 16th century. The pin is constructed from drawn wire producing a shank (1.45mm thick) and has a separate head (4.55mm thick). The pin is an off gold in colouration. This is the result of tin sulphide discoloration from the Thames, also known as "nature's gilding". It is noted in Egan & Forsyth (1997, 222) that: "Pins are recovered in abundance from almost all sites yielding 15th and 16th century material. They were indispensable and vast quantities were used in England for fastening clothing and paper and for se…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
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