Record ID: DOR-C457AC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A milled silver penny of James II (1685 - 1688) dating to 1686. Date: Post Medieval Diameter: 12.13 mm Weight: 0.43 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Highcliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B4A957
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper domed thimble. The sides are very slightly flared to the base. The dome is shallow. The rim is bare of indentations and does not have a circumferential groove. The circular indentations have been hand applied in an anti-clockwise spiral from the base to the top. The top is covered in indentations with no "tonsure". Date: Post medieval - 16th century Dimensions: 18.69 mm x 17.41 mm x 0.65 mm Weight:3.97 g Reference: Read, B 2018, Metal Sewing Thimbles Found in Britain, page 35, similar to number 129
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-B44194
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy toy cannon. The toy cannon is comprised of a circular barrel which tapers slightly in diameter towards the muzzle. At the butt is a rounded, necked knob (cascabel button). Beyond this are two convex collars (the first deeper than the second) with a narrowed section between in which is the circular touch hole (for igniting the explosive charge to fire the piece). Beyond the second collar the barrel tapers to the flared muzzel. Part way along is a separate flat copper alloy band with remnants of two circular sectioned arms (trunnions which allowed the canon to be mounted …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-B336B4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap fitting or belt mount . An elongated heart shaped mount with a bilobed top and tapering to a break at the base. The front is slightly convex and white-metal coated. The back is slightly flat with two incomplete integral attachment spikes set along the long axis at the rear, both have been bent outwards towards opposite ends. Date: Post Medieval - 1600 - 1700 Dimensions: 22.23 mm x 10.53 mm x 5.93 mm Weight: 2.96 g Similar mounts are recorded in Read, B 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity,as 17th century (see no. 328).
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-B1C71B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) dating to 1582. Sword initial mark. Mint of London. The reverse is double struck. Reference: North Volume 2 No. 1998 Date: Post Medieval Diameter: 20.10 mm Weight: 1.33 g Die axis: 4
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-9E7897
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting. A belt mount. The plate is shield-shaped with scalloped side edges, The upper edge is bilobed and the opposite end is pointed. At the rear are two circular cross sectioned integral rivets set on the midline, both bent inwards. The front of the plate is decorated with an elaborated moulded design of symmetrical curvilinear grooves. Many of these retain traces of gilding. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1600 - 1700 (probably) Dimensions: 26.56 mm x 18.05 mm x 5.17 mm Weight: 3.83 g
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-9DFEC9
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead two-part cloth seal. One disc only survives with an integral rivet on the rear. The front of the disc bears a moulded design of a sexfoil beside a group of pellets over a T-shaped object. At the rear the remaining head of the integral rivet retains part of the design of disc two. This appears to be parts of two letters, possibly IS or SI. Date: Medieval to Post Medieval - c. 1400 - 1700 Dimensions: 17.99 mm x 3.29 mm Weight: 3.52 g
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-9DDCA1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sword belt fitting. The fitting has a central oval plate with a small pierced lobe at the one end and a transverse lobe and incomplete projecting hook at the other. The central oval element has a convex front and hollow rear. There is a circular hole through it on the midline towards the hooked end. The pierced lobe retains iron corrosion product which may be the remnant of a rivet and has a transverse ridge where it joins the oval central element. Opposite on the long axis is a rectangular transverse ridged lobe or collar below which extends the remnant of …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-9DB12A
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but bent copper-alloy Post-Medieval Nuremburg jetton of anonymous issue dating to the period AD 1500 - 1570. Uncertain type, but possible Rose/Orb. Mint of Nuremburg. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1500 - 1585 Diameter: 24.16 mm Weight: 0.81 g
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-8A9CD4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver fourpence of Charles II (1660 - 1685) dating to 1679. Four interlinked Cs quatered with emblems on the reverse. Reference: Spink 2015 No. 3384 Date: Post Medieval Diameter: 18.21 mm Weight: 1.83 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-8A7251
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver shilling of Charles I (1625 - 1649) dating to 1639 - 1640. Triangle initial mark. Mint of London. Reference: North Volume 2 No. 2230/1 Date: Post Medieval Diameter: 31.13 mm Weight: 5.92 g Die axis: 8
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-8A3331
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) dating to 1573 - 1577. Eglantine initial mark. Mint of London. Reference: North Volume 2 No. 1997 Date: Post Medieval Diameter: 24.32 mm Weight: 0.73 g Die axis: 2
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-860905
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double looped buckle frame. The pin is missing. The buckle is symmetrical with two D-shaped loops. The frame has a D-shaped cross section. The centre bar is narrowed from the frame with a pointed knop at either end and has a trapezoidal cross section. The outer edges of both loops are expanded into fleur de lys knops, each with two circular apertures. Opposite the knops , the inner edge s of the frame are scalloped. The rear is undecorated. There is a break in one of the loops by the centre bar. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1550 - 1650 Dimensions: 55.23 mm x 29.69 mm x…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-859988
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmented but complete copper alloy strap fitting. A purse hanger. The object comprises a large hook extending into a sub-rectangular loop . The hook terminates in a straight arm with a rearward projecting zoomorphic terminal (pointed nose, mouth and eyes indicated). The outer face of the arm has incised cross hatched decoration. It has a sub-rectangular cross section. The curve of the hook is expanded from the arm with a rounder, more D-shaped cross section. It has been bent out of shape. There is an internal pointed projection on the inner face at the base of the arm. On the exte…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-0AB34D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy cent coin from Penang, Pulu (Prince of Wales Island), issued by the United East India Company and dating to AD 1787. Minted in Calcutta Obverse: Dutch East Indian bale mark consisting of an X within a heart and letters in the angles of the X reading VEIC (V at the top, E on the left, I on the right and C at the bottom).A large 4 above the heart and indistinct characters to left and right. Reverse: Malaya Arabic inscription which translates as Prince of Wales Island Date: Post Medieval Dimensions: 19.23 mm Weight: 4.53 g Similar coins are recorded on th…
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-07345C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Venetian coin. A Soldino of Doge Leonardo Loredan (1436 - 1521) dating to AD 1501-1521. Venice mint. Obverse: LEO LAV DVX SMV -; depicting the Doge, as standard bearer of Venice, kneeling left, receiving the a banner from St Mark (patron saint of Venice) Reverse: LAVS TIBI SOLI - (Thee alone be praised); Standing figure of Christ with halo, holding a cross. There are illegible letters in the exergue. Date: Early Post Medieval Diameter: 12.11 mm Weight: 0.25 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-57A7B8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight dating to c.1625 - 1685 with stamped crown over the letter C, a sword and a possible coffee ewer. The front of the weight has a raised rim at the outer edge and an indentation at the centre. The rear of the weight is undecorated. The weight is a little below one quarter of an ounce which could be due to surface corrosion. Date: Post Medieval Dimensions: 23.09 mm x 2.96 mm Weight: 6.21 g The coffee ewer mark was a symbol of the Worshipful Company of Founders and a crowned C would date the weight to the reign of Charles I (16…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2022
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Record ID: DOR-565F97
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tin halfpenny of William and Mary (1689 - 1694) dating to c. 1689 - 1690. There is no date visible on in the exergue and the marks on the edge are unclear. A disc of tin with a square plug of copper at the centre. Reference: Spink catalogue numbers 3447 & 3448 Date: Post Medieval Dimensions: 28.51 mm Weight: 10.10 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2022
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Record ID: DOR-55C2FC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy, drop handle from a chafing dish. A handle and an incomplete attachment lug that still freely articulates around the handle. The handle is a broadly a trapeziodal ; wider at the base with rounded lower corners and an in-curved lower edge and narrowed at the top with a short straight upper edge.It is rectangular in cross section along the sides and base with a more rounded cross section. The thick lug is attached to the shorter top edge. The lug has a drop-shaped, sub-oval body which is rectangular in cross section. It is attached to the ha…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-16B94E
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Nuremberg jetton of uncertain issuer. Rose / Orb type, showing a rose surrounded by three fleur-de-lis alternating with three crowns on the obverse and the imperial orb within a three arched tressure on the reverse. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1580 - 1670 Diameter: 20.47 mm Weight: 0.65 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Friday 14th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2022
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