Record ID: CAM-FE0DAC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy farthing of Charles I, AD1625-1649. Obverse legend reads: CAR[OLV]/ D. [G.]/ MA. BR[...], depicting an unclear crown (possibly single arched) with crossed septres through the crown and extending into the legend. Initial mark is illegible. Reverse legend reads: [F]RA. ET.[H]I[.]REX, depicting rose surmounted by crown. Mint mark is a crescent. Die axis is 12 o'clock. Weight is 0.52g, diameter is 13.7mm, thickness is 0.8mm.
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire County Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FE0C12
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy farthing of Charles I, AD1625-1649. Obverse legend reads: [CA]ROLV/ D. G./ MA[G BR...], depicting an unclear crown (possibly single arched) with crossed septres through the crown and extending into the legend. Initial mark is illegible. Reverse legend reads: [FRA.. E]T.HI[.]REX, depicting rose surmounted by crown. Mint mark uncertain, possibly crescent. Die axis is 12 o'clock. Weight is 0.61g, diameter is 13.6mm, thickness is 0.9mm.
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire County Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FB6BB9
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to early Post-Medieval incomplete sword belt hook, dating to the 16th century AD. This asymmetrical hook has foliate moulded relief decoration, defined by curvilinear grooves, and two rivet holes, both circular. One rivet hole has a diameter of 2.0mm and the other, that by the break, has a diameter of 1.5mm. The hook has broken off before the recurve. Weight is 6.03g, incomplete length 37.1mm, Maximum width 21.5mm, thickness 2.0mm. Compare with Read, B. 2008, pp.212-233, decorated as no.793 but the shape better illustrated by no.794 and Read, B. 2001,&nb…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire County Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E07BA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base silver (billon) Douzain of Henry IV of France (1589-1610; King of Navarre from 1572), dated 1595 (Duplessy 1247), mint: uncertain. Obverse: + HENRICVS.IIII.DG.FRAN.ET.NAVA.REX; crowned shield (arms of France) flanked by H either side. Reverse: SIT NOMEN.DNI.BENEDICT 1[5]95 depicting large cross with fluer de lis and crown in opposite angles. Die axis is almost 12 o'clock. Weight is 1.93g, diameter is 23.7mm, thickness is 0.8mm.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-755047
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead, or lead alloy, button of 18th century AD date, of a type often made in silver or cut steel (see Bailey, G. 2004 p.65). Compare with PAS record CAM-7EE27C, which has almost identical decoration. This complete object weighs 21.03g. It has a circular shape with diameter of 26.5mm. In profile the button's head has a semi-circular form, convexly domed to the front with a flat reverse. The current maximum thickness over the button is 7.5mm. However, this was originally slightly greater due to damage to the central decorative boss.&n…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-74C9F8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and almost completely illegible copper-alloy Post-Medieval Nuremberg rose and orb jetton struck by an uncertain master. Obverse possibly shows an extremely unclear design of crowns and lis alternating around a central rose. Obverse legend is illegible. Reverse shows an unclear Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty within a tressure with three main arches. Reverse legend is illegible. The flan is bent and has an aperture at its centre. This aperture now has an irregular shape, due to the bent flan and crack extending out from the edge of the aperture. It seems …
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-47C59A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver half-groat of Elizabeth I, AD 1558-1603, dating to AD 1584-1586. Obverse legend reads: E.D.G. ROSA. SINE. SPIN[A]. Initial mark is illegible. Depicting a worn and unclear crowned bust left with two very visible pellets behind bust. Reverse legend reads: CI[VI/]TA[S/]LON/DON. Initial mark is an escallop. Depicting a long cross fourchee over shield bearing royal arms. Die axis is 7 or 8 o'clock. Weight is 0.96g, diameter is 16.8mm, thickness is 0.7mm.
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-4769A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver penny of the Commonwealth dating to AD1649-1660. The obverse depicts a sheild, bearing the St George cross, within wreath. Reverse depicts two shields, one bearing the St George cross the other an Irish harp, surmounted by: .I.  No legend on either side of the flan. Die axis is between 5 & 6 o'clock. Weight is 0.45g, diameter is 13.9mm, thickness 0.5mm.
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-E20F93
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pencil of Post-Medieval date c. AD 1500-1900. Weight is 15.08g, use of a flexible dress-maker’s tape-measure shows the length to be c.63mm. However, in its bent condition it occupies a bent length of 60.4mm. The approximately transverse blunt end has a circular cross-section of 5.8mm diameter and this continues along the length until c.6.2mm from the opposite end at which point the artefact tapers to a, now, blunt point. The flat end of the pencil has a depression, though it is uncertain whether this is intentional or due to later modification or unintentional damage. htt…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E1C765
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post-medieval cast copper-alloy crotal (rumbler) bell, dating to AD c.1500-1700. Weight is 26.8g. This spherical bell (diameter 28.2mm x height 27.5mm) is formed of two hemispheres with a circumferential moulding around the mid point (3.6mm on the height axis). Two circular sound hole apertures (diameter 4.2mm) are present in the upper hemisphere, one now damaged and miss-shapen (sub-oval 9.3mm x 4.8mm). Two circular sound holes (diameter 5.3mm) joined by a sound-slot (width 2.4mm) are present in the lower hemisphere. An integral suspension loop increases the total h…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-65C94E
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knife end-cap of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. Only one half of the cap survives and the remains of the iron blade's tang, the other half of the cap now missing. What does remain weighs 3.96g, has an incomplete length of 15.3mm, incomplete thickness of 5.9mm and width of 15.1mm. The cap accounts for 11.6mm of the total length, with some of the tang protruding out beyond the proximal end of the cap. The cap has an elongated semi-circular cross-section, the external surface convexly curved and the inner surface flat. When the other half was present, together the…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-00B220
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy sub-rectangular buckle of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1660-1720. Only one corner survives, with part of the leading edge and part of one side arm of the frame. No evidence for a surface coating is present. The two side arms would have expanded, from a flattened 'D' shaped cross-section at the frame's corners, in width (maximum 4.6mm) and thickness (maximum 3.6mm) to accommodate a drilled frame for a, now missing, separate spindle. The frame has an oval cross-section over the drilled aperture. The drilled frame has a circular aperture of c.…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-0007E5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A seventeenth centuary AD trade token of Joseph Heath of Cambridge dated 1666. This token is almost complete with just a small amount of the edge missing, c.5.0mm of the circumference by a maximum 1.5mm in from the edge of the flan. Obverse legend reads: IOSEPH.HE[ATH.]OF, depicting a shield bearing arms (Williamson, G.C. 1967, "The arms are per chevron, in chief two mullets, in base a heathcock"). Reverse legend reads: CAMBRIDGE.1666, depicting I.H.H. in the field. Mullet mint mark on both sides of the flan. Die axis is 12 o'clock. Weight is 0.59, diameter is 16:0mm, t…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CAF597
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold posy finger-ring with black enamel inlay decoration. The finger-ring weighs 4.25g. The band that forms the circular hoop has a 'D' shaped cross-section being convexly curved on the outer surfaces. The width of the hoop is 4.2mm and the thickness of the band is 1.5mm. The hoop has an external diameter of 20.1mm. The internal surface of the hoop is inscribe by incised lettering that reads: Doucas Scott ob 16 Sep 1717 ae(ligated) 160(unclear punch-stamped mark). The 'ob 16 Sep 1717' is the date that someone passed away and 'Scott' is…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-FDD5F3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy discoidal trade weight, weighing 6.69g (0.24oz). This artefact is circular in shape with a diameter of 20.5mm at the base. The walls flare out slightly giving a diameter of 21.3mm at the top. Viewed in profile the artefact's cross-section appears initially to be rectangular rather than the actual subtle inverted isosceles trapezium. The walls give the object a maximum height or thickness of 3.7mm. The centre of the upper surface is recessed by 1.9mm, the edge of the artefact forming a 1.8mm wide undecorated rim. The inner edge of the rim slants diagonally from t…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-2AECCB
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and pierced Post-Medieval Nuremburg jetton, most probably of one of the Hans Schultes family (Hans Schultes I, master from c.AD 1553-1584, Hans Schultes II, master from 1586-1603, Hans Schultes III, master from c.AD 1608-1612). The unclear obverse possibly shows a design of crown and lis motifs arranged alternately around a central rose or possibly an unclear Lion of St Mark. Obverse initial mark is a rosette. Obverse legend is HNS.S[C]HVL[T]ES.[...] (possibly ending in an 'O' maybe even 'GO'). The stops might be lozenges or triangles the apexes of which pointin…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2022
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-2AD85D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing of Charles I, AD 1625-1649. Obverse shows two sceptres crossed through crown. Obverse legend reads: CAROLVS D. G. MAG. BRI[..]. Reverse shows a rose surmounted by a crown. Reverse legend reads: FRAN [ET]HIB REX crescent. Die axis is 12 o'clock. Weight is 0.82g, diameter is 13.6mm, thickness is 1.4mm.
Created on: Friday 21st October 2022
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-3F7D97
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, AD 1558-1603. Initial mark on both sides of the flan seems to be an unclear key, only the bow of the handle visible, dating to c.AD1595-1598. Obverse shows a crowned bust left, two pellets behind. Obverse legend reads: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA . Reverse shows Long cross fourchee over royal shield. Reverse legend reads: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON . Die axis is 10 or 11 o'clock. Weight is 0.71g, diameter is 16.7mm, thickness is 0.4mm.
Created on: Friday 29th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-C10023
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval buckle frame, pin missing, dating to c.AD 1620-1680. This is a form of buckle described by Whitehead, R. as a double loop trapezoidal buckle with moulded decoration on the loops. See Whitehead, R. 2003, p.84. This buckle frame weighs 6.28g, has a length of 26.9mm, maximum width of 38.7mm and thickness of 2.5mm. The frame's cross-section is trapezoidal being slightly greater in measurement on the reverse surface than the front. The central integral pin-bar measures 2.4mm on the length axis. The narrower end of the frame has four lobes on the external edge. Thes…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-C0CE89
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-oval veering to sub-rectangular shaped lead palm guard, probably of Post-Medieval date. This artefact weighs 131.10g. It has a length of 54.7mm and width of 46.0mm. It has a smoother convex surface and more irregular concave surface. The edge of the object varies in thickness from 2.4mm to 12.8mm. Over all, over the dished shape this guard occupies a depth, across the centre, of 11.4mm. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/textile-equipment/ .  Also see Bailey, G. 1993, pp.64-65.
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-BF29BB
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Post-Medieval to Modern lead alloy/pewter button. Weight is 5.83g. The body of the button is circular in shape with a diameter of 24.1mm. The body is primarily flat with just a hint of a convex curve to the front and concave curve to the reverse. The edge of the body has a thickness of 1.8mm. The moulded button's front has a beaded border of closely set pellets and inner concentric linear circular border all of which occupy the outer 2.9mm. At the centre of the front face are the capital letters, in relief, 'CAM'. These letters each have a …
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-BE9814
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval Irish copper-alloy 'gunmoney' halfcrown of James II (1685-1691), dating to September 1689 (Spink S6579D). Ref: Spink 2003: 168. The coin is corroded with damage to the surface of the flan obscuring some detail of the design and inscription. Obverse shows a laureate head facing left. Obverse legend: IACOBVS. II. – DEI GRATIA. Reverse shows a crown over crossed two sceptres (similar to the imagery used on farthings of his father Charles I), XXX above, ‘J’ to the left, ‘R’ to the right and [...] below partly obscured by a sub-rectang…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-C3BDAB
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver cufflink button of Lewis, M. form 1, type A (crown above two love-hearts). This artefact is complete but the edge of both discs have been bent. Two silver discs of sheet metal, almost identical, have been shaped and a loop soldered onto the reverse surface of each. A connecting loop, the link, then attaches the two 'button' components together. The artefact weighs 1.92g and the sheet metal has a thickness of 0.4mm. The central field of each 'button' has a diameter of 11.6mm after which the edge of the metal disc turns down and flar…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-C79987
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), 'Third Issue' dating 1583-1603 (North 2016), initial mark: anchor (probably), dating 1597-1600, mint: Tower. Ref: North 1991: 137. The coin is in poor condition, worn and damaged, with the c.40% of the outer circle missing. Obverse shows an unclear crowned bust left, two pellets behind. Obverse legend reads: [E D G ROSA] SIN[E SP]INA. Reverse shows long cross fourchee over Royal square shield. Reverse legend reads: CIVI/[TAS/]L[.../...]N . Die axis is 12 o'clock. Weight is 0.56g, diameter is 16…
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-1FEC06
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and squashed copper-alloy finger-ring of late Post-Medieval to Modern date. The band and bezel have a flattened 'D' shaped cross section, the inner suface being flat. The bezel is circular with an engrailed edge, more worn on one side than the other. The bezel has a maximum width of 11.8mm, thickness of 1.1mm and measures c.11.6mm in line with the band. Although the bezel is circular, in the squashed condition this appears more oval than it actually is due to the shoulders that taper to form a triangular shape. There is the remains of some probably …
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-1FD3D1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal. Disc one is the only part of this artefact to survive. As a result of this, it is impossible to determine whether this was originally a two or four disc type of cloth seal. The disc has a width of 31.9mm. The disc increases to give a length axis measurement of 35.8mm when including the remains of the connecting strip. The outer surface of disc one is covered in relief detail some of which has now completely worn away (unless this was ill-defined when first used). A border formed of closely set pellets, of c.1.0mm diamete…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-1E6DE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, bent and incomplete post-medieval silver penny of Charles I (1625-49), Group D (North 2267) dating to AD1632-3, mint: Tower, initial mark illegible. Ref: North 1991: 162. The coin is in poor condition, bent and badly chipped removing parts of the edge of the coin, now irregular in shape. This is exacerbated by evidence for clipping on other parts of the coin. The wear and abrasion of the surface has removed some details of the design. The C R either side of the oval shield on the reverse and the lack of inner circles places the coin in Group D. Obverse: Left-facing …
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-1D7266
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Groat of Henry VIII, AD 1509 - 1547. Third Coinage, minted at Bristol, AD 1546-1547. North 1846. Rose initial mark. hENRIC [..] D' G' AnG FRA Z [HIB RE]X. Obverse shows a Crowned bearded bust facing. Reverse shows a long cross fourchee over Royal shield, lis in forks. Small pellet below shield in lower left quarter. Reverse legend reads [...]CIVI/T[A]S[(rose)]/(lis)BRI[S]/TOLI[E]. Die axis is 9 o'clock. Weight is 2.19g, diameter is 25.7mm, thickness is 0.5mm. Compare with Portable Antiquities Scheme record: WILT-917A4D.
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-E05964
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy farthing of Charles II, AD 1660-1685. Obverse shows an unclear laureate and cuirassed bust left. Obverse legend reads: CAROLVS . A. – [CAROL]O. Reverse shows an unclear Britannia seated left. Reverse legend is illegible. Exergue is illegible. Die axis is 6 o’clock. Weight is 4.39g, diameter is 22.4mm, thickness is 1.7mm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-DFEC1D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a copper-alloy farthing of Charles II, AD 1660-1685. Obverse shows an unclear probable laureate and cuirassed bust left. Obverse legend reads: [CAROLV]S [. A. – ]CAROLO. Reverse and reverse legend are illegible. Exergue is illegible. Die axis is unknown. Weight is 4.72g, diameter is 22.3mm, thickness is 1.9mm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-DFD09D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a copper-alloy farthing of Charles II, AD 1660-1685. Obverse shows an unclear laureate and cuirassed bust left. Obverse legend is illegible. Reverse shows an unclear Britannia seated left (the angle of Britannia’s arm held up vertically, close to her face and the angle of her leading leg compliment the suggested identification of a farthing of Charles II compared to a farthing of George II for example). Reverse legend is illegible. Exergue is illegible. Die axis is 6 o’clock. Weight is 4.80g, diameter is 22.7mm, thickness is 1.8mm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-DFB478
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy farthing of Charles II, AD 1660-1685. Obverse shows an unclear laureate and cuirassed bust left. Obverse legend reads: CAROLVS . A. – CAROL[O]. Reverse shows an unclear Britannia seated left. Reverse legend reads: B[RIT]AN – NIA. Exergue is illegible. Die axis is 6 o’clock. Weight is 5.71g, diameter is 22.9mm, thickness is 2.0mm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-DF8DC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a half-penny of George I, AD 1714-1727. The obverse shows an unclear laureate and cuirassed bust right (the base of the bust is concavely curved, possibly more so that the busts of George I? The tie at the nap of the neck looks slightly wrong?). Obverse legend probably reads: GE[…] REX. The letters ‘R S’ are punch-stamped or incised over the bust. These letters have a height of 9.2mm and occupy a combined width, including the gap between them, of 11.7mm. The reverse is extremely worn, probably showing a worn Britannia seated left. The reverse legend and exergue are comp…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-DF7044
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn copper-alloy Post-Medieval coin, probably a farthing. This coin is probably an extremely worn farthing of Charles II, AD 1660-1685 or possibly Anne, AD 1702-1714 (due to the shape of the bust). Obverse shows an unclear laureate and cuirassed bust left. Obverse legend reads: [CAROL]VS[ . A. – CAROLO]. Reverse shows an unclear Britannia seated left. Reverse legend is illegible. Exergue is illegible. Die axis is 6 o’clock. Weight is 5.25g, diameter is 22.8mm, thickness is 2.2mm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-DF5752
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy farthing of Charles II, AD 1660-1685. Obverse shows an unclear laureate and cuirassed bust left. Obverse legend reads: [C]ARO[LVS . A.] – CAROLO. Reverse shows an unclear Britannia seated left. Reverse legend reads: [B]RIT[AN – NIA]. Exergue is illegible. Die axis is 6 o’clock. Weight is 4.61g, diameter is 22.3mm, thickness is 1.7mm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-DF4357
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy farthing of William III sole reign, AD 1694-1702. Obverse shows an unclear laureate and cuirassed bust right. Obverse legend reads: GVILEMVS. – [TERTIVS.]. Reverse shows an unclear Britannia seated left. Reverse legend reads: BR[IT]A[N – NIA.]. Exergue is illegible. Die axis is 6 o’clock. Weight is 4.73g, diameter is 22.8mm, thickness is 1.6mm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-CBB482
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Irish copper-alloy gunmoney shilling of James II (1685-1691), dating to August 1689 (Spink S6581C). Ref: Spink 2003: 169-70. Obverse shows a laureate head facing left. Obverse legend reads: IACOBVS. II. – DEI GRATIA. Reverse shows a crown over crossed two sceptres (similar to the imagery used on farthings of his father Charles I), XII above, ‘J’ to the left, ‘R’ to the right and ‘AUG’ below. Reverse legend reads: 1689 (at the 12 o’clock position).MAG.BR.FRA.ET.HIB.REX. Die axis is 12 o’clock. Weight is 6.21g, diameter is 25…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-02CF2E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Groat of Elizabeth, AD 1558-1603. The obverse is illegible apart from the tiniest amount of neck ruff. The obverse legend reads [E]LIZABETH [D] G AN FR ET. H[I] REGINA. Reverse shows a long cross fourchee over Royal shield. Reverse legend reads [POSVI]/DEV AD/IV[T]ORE/[M] MEV. Die axis is 7 o'clock. Weight is 1.40g, diameter is 23.0mm, thickness is 0.3mm.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-02937D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Sixpence of Elizabeth, AD 1558-1603. Obverse shows a crowned bust left with rose behind. Obverse initial mark is illegible. Obverse legend reads ELIZAB' D.' G.' ANG' FR ET HIB' REG'. Reverse shows a long cross fourchee over Royal shield surmounted by [1]594. Reverse initial mark is a woolpack. Reverse legend reads POSVI/DEV'AD/IVTORE/M [MEV]. Die axis is 7 o'clock. Weight is 2.38g, diameter is 25.7mm, thickness is 0.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-01A83E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly damaged silver Sixpence of Elizabeth I, AD 1558-1603, dating to AD 1584. Obverse is extremely unclear, showing just part of a crown in profile. Obverse legend reads [E]LIZAB.D.G.[AN]G FR' ET HIB REGI. Reverse shows a long cross fourchee over an unclear Royal shield surmounted by 1584. Reverse initial mark is an A. Reverse legend reads .POSVI/DEV. AD/IVTORE/[M.MEVM]. Die axis is 11 o'clock. Weight is 2.02g, diameter is 25.5mm, thickness is 0.6mm.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-04C340
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy early Post-Medieval clasp eye. This artefact is the ‘female’ or eye half of a clasp that would originally have been used with a blunt-hooked ‘male’ half of the clasp. The body is oval in shape with a sub-rectangular shaped eye projecting out from one of the longer edges of the body. On the opposite edge of the body, set centrally, a small circular attachment aperture projects outwards. An additional two circular attachment apertures are present, one set to either side of the external corner of the eye loop as the eye joins to the body. All of these parts of…
Created on: Friday 8th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-03F0D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Half Penny of George I, AD 1714-1727. Obverse shows a worn laureate and cuirassed bust right. Obverse legend reads GEORGIVS.REX. Reverse shows Britannia seated left. Reverse legend reads BRITAN-NIA – illegible date in exergue [17..]. There are linear striations (scratches) across the area of the exergue, suggesting that an attempt has been made to make this purposefully illegible. Die axis is 6 o’clock. Weight is 8.76g, diameter is 27.9mm and thickness is 2.1mm.
Created on: Friday 8th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-85B42F
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Post-Medieval hooked tag. Read's class E, type 3 - single sharp-hooked clasps with circular body. Only the attachment loop and circular body survive, the hook having broken away close to the body. The remains of this artefact weigh 2.31g and have an incomplete length of 23.4mm. The circular body has a diameter of 17.4mm, which gives the object its maximum width, and engrailed edge. The centre of the body is decorated with a "moulded equal-armed cross with a central pellet within a linear circle" with four open-work apertures per quarter c.f. Read, B. 2008, p.99. no…
Created on: Saturday 2nd April 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-820528
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and bent silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, AD 1558-1603. Martlet initial mark, AD 1560-1561, second issue. Obverse shows a crowned bust left. Obverse legend reads: E. D. G. ROS[A SINA SP]INA. Reverse shows a long cross fourchee over royal shield. Reverse legend reads: [CIVI/TA]S/[…]N/[…]ON. Die axis is 3 o’clock. Weight is 0.46g, diameter is 14.0mm and thickness is 0.5mm.
Created on: Saturday 2nd April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-7171E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, AD 1558-1603. Bell initial mark, AD 1582-1583, sixth issue. Obverse shows a crowned bust left, two pellets behind bust. Obverse legend reads: [E D G] ROSA SINA [SP]INA. Reverse shows a long cross fourchee over royal shield. Reverse legend reads: CIVI/[TAS]/LON/DON. Die axis is 6 o’clock. Weight is 0.94g, diameter is 16.8mm and thickness is 0.6mm.
Created on: Friday 1st April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-231159
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy pin of Post-Medieval date. This pin is complete and weighs 3.60g. The head is circular with a diameter of 10.7mm. In profile that head is a hollow oval hemisphere of 6.9mm height, formed of sheet metal. Attached to the centre of the lower half of the head, is a drawn wire shank. The shank has a diameter of 1.6mm directly below the head and is straight for a length of 24.6mm before it starts to change angle. The shank then bends upwards towards the head forming an angle of approximately 60 degrees. At the change in angle the shank has a diameter of 1.5mm. After the bend,…
Created on: Friday 4th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire district area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7FF3F3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy thimble, probably cast, of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1350-1780. This artefact weighs 9.7g and has a height of 19.8mm. Originally, probably circular in shape this thimble has been squashed out of shape. The base of the thimble now has a sub-triangular shape that measures 22.2mm x 14.8mm. The walls taper from this larger base, inwards, up to an approximate circular diameter of 15.9mm above which the once domed top would have come to its apex. This apex has also been squashed, depressed into an irregular concave depression. At the base of the object the rim has…
Created on: Saturday 12th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-7FEA82
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy thimble, probably cast, of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1350-1780. This artefact weighs 6.41g and has a height of 17.0mm. Originally it would have been circular but the object has been squashed slightly out of shape, mostly at its base. The thimble has a basal diameter of, now slightly oval shape, measuring 18.8mm x 17.1mm. The walls taper from this larger base, inwards, up to a diameter of 15.8mm above which the domed top comes to its apex. At the base of the object the rim has a thickness varying between 1.3mm and 0.6mm. On the external surface, 1.0mm of…
Created on: Saturday 12th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7FDEEB
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy thimble, probably cast, of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1350-1780. This artefact weighs 3.56g and has a height of 11.9mm. Due to its short height it was probably made quite early within the date range suggested, see Holmes, E. 1988 p.1. The base of this circular thimble has a diameter of 16.0mm. The relatively vertical walls taper slightly so that at a height of c. 7.4mm above the base the diameter has decreased to 13.7mm. Above this, the walls taper in at an increased angle forming a somewhat pointed domed top. At the centre of the apex is a flat topped plain …
Created on: Saturday 12th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire district area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7FCF5A
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy thimble, probably cast, of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1350-1780. This artefact weighs 7.16g and has a height of 20.9mm. It is circular with a basal diameter of 18.6mm. The walls taper from this larger base, inwards, up to a diameter of 13.9mm above which the domed top comes to its apex. At the base of the object the rim has a thickness of 1.1mm and 3.6mm of the total height is a plain undecorated band around the full circumference of the thimble. Above the plain band are circular to oval shaped indentation holes of c.1.8mm diameter. These spiral from the base…
Created on: Saturday 12th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire district area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7FC521
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy thimble, complete but slightly squashed out of its original circular shape. It is probable that this artefact was formed by casting (see Holmes, E. 1988) and dates to some time between the Medieval to Post-Medieval period, c. AD 1350-1780. This artefact weighs 10.0g and has a height of 20.3mm. The squashed base measures 23.2mm x 18.0mm. The walls taper inwards from the larger base up to a diameter of c.17.5mm above which the domed top comes to its apex. At the apex of the thimble there is a plain smooth and undecorated circular centre of 7.5mm diameter. Around this are …
Created on: Saturday 12th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire district area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7FBA58
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A squashed but complete silver thimble, of later Post-Medieval to Modern date, formed by the deep drawing method of construction. This process started to be used in Birmingham from approximately the end of the 18th century AD (see Holmes, E. 1988, p.2.). This thimble weighs 3.71g (including some dried mud that remains trapped inside the artefact). It has a height of 21.1mm. The base of the thimble has been squashed into a flat line but would probably have once had a circular shape. The top of the thimble still retain's its circular shape. The walls taper inwards from…
Created on: Saturday 12th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire district area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7EE27C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead or lead alloy artefact of uncertain function and date. Probably an incomplete button of 18th century AD date, of a type often made in silver or cut steel (see Bailey, G. 2004 p.65), or possibly an incomplete late Early-Medieval brooch, such as those recorded in records CAM-BDAF53, KENT-651D7A, LIN-640C24, LVPL-DE8EF6 & CAM-4E4C44 etc. See further discussion below. This incomplete object weighs 7.13g. It seems to have had a circular or sub-circular shape, though extensive areas of the edge have broken away. In its current condition it has a maximum diameter …
Created on: Saturday 12th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-0F2917
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver rivet of Post-Medieval to Modern date. This rivet weighs 0.93g and has a total length of 6.6mm. The rivet head has a sub-circular shape, fairly flat reverse and domed external surface that has been decorated. The decoration was probably formed through the process of punch stamping or moulding. Some of the domed head is depressed leaving other areas appearing as if in relief. It is possible, if not probable, that this decoration is a small part of a larger area of decoration. If so, the decoration could have been stamped, after the rivet was in place through the rest …
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-0F1449
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval hollow silver button dating to c.18th century AD. The button is complete but slightly dented. It weighs 1.13g. The body (or head) has a circular shape of 12.8mm diameter. Both the front and rear half of the body is domed, so when viewed in profile the body has an oval shape. This button has a similar profile shape to the example in Bailey, G. 2004, p.78, figs.9.335 & 9.346. The body accounts for 8.0mm of the button's 13.8mm total length. The front surface of the body is decorated with incised lines. A sub-square, formed of two parallel lines per …
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-0DCDD8
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cuff link of Post-Medieval to Modern date. The three elements to this cufflink survive and would have been one half of a matching pair. These three elements have a combined weight of 4.2g. There are two circular, slightly dished, plates. These have a diameter of 15.4mm. At the rim the discs have a thickness of 0.8mm and the discs have a dished depth of 1.8mm. The convex side of the disc is the external (or upper surface) side of the cufflink. Both are undecorated however, tiny shallow scratches cover both. At the centre of the undecorated concave side of both discs a…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-D524AF
Object type: ROVE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorative rove or mount of Post-Medieval date, c.18th century AD. This artefact is a flat cinquefoil shaped sheet plate of silver that weighs 0.74g and has a thickness of 0.8mm. The maximum diameter is 13.5mm. At the centre is a circular aperture of 5.4mm diameter. The reverse surface is undecorated. The front surface has incised linear and curvilinear decoration. This decoration is present in each of the five lobed areas, approximately equidistant between the outer edge and central aperture. A longer curvilinear line stretches out across each lobe on its' width axis.…
Created on: Friday 4th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-827FF4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold inscribed posy finger-ring with traces of enamel on the external surface. This finger-ring weighs 2.07g. It has a circular hoop of 20.0mm external diameter, 3.2mm width and D shaped cross-section being convexly curved on the external surface.  The band that forms the hoop has a thickness of 1.2mm. The internal surface is inscribed with incised lettering: To remember thee is io ye to mee - punch stamped rectangular makers mark the background recessed so that the two initials remaining on the surface of the band appear to be in relief 'RW…
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-20A7FC
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper alloy tubular tail-piece or end-piece from a ramrod holder for securing the end of a ramrod below the stock of a musket. It is bent but almost complete, with just a small amount having broken away. One end of this artefact is formed of sheet metal rolled round into a tube. The sheet has a thickness of 0.7mm and the tube that it forms accounts for 33.0mm of the object's total length. At the end, the tube has an external height of 11.9mm and external width of 8.7mm. This part of the tube is slightly squashed but the measurements are not too distorted from their…
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 4th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-10DA23
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Post-Medieval halfpenny of Henry VII (AD 1485-1509) or VIII (AD 1509-1547). Obverse legend is completely illegible most having been clipped or broken away. Obverse shows a forward facing crowned bust probably bi-foliate. Reverse shows a solid long cross with three pellets in each quarter. Reverse legend reads: [...].[...]/EBO/[...]. Minted at York. Die axis is possibly 12 o'clock. Weight is 0.25g, diameter is 13.4mm, thickness is 0.5mm.
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-FBC4DC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper-alloy token of Peeter Pearcce. The obverse legend reads: PEETER.PEARCCE. The obverse shows a standing shepard left, with dog. Reverse legend reads: IN BRAINTREE. Reverse field reads: .P .P and a single flower motif above and below. Initial marks on both sides of the flan are mullets. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 0.80g, diameter is 15.4mm and thickness is 0.8mm. See Williamson, G. Vol.I., p.212, (Essex) no.40.
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FB8FC7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper-alloy halfpenny token of Nathaniell Boosey. The obverse legend reads: NATHANIELL.BOOSEY with the obverse field: N H, with *B* above and * below. Reverse legend reads: OF.BOCKING.IN.ESSEX with the reverse field: HIS/HALF/PENY. Initial marks on both sides of the flan are mullets. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 1.10g, diameter is 18.0mm and thickness is 0.9mm. See Williamson, G. Vol.I., p.211, (Essex) no.26.
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-BBFE27
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hemispherical silver gilt Post-Medieval dress-hook, with engrailed flange around the edge. This is a composite dress-hook with single sharp hook. The artefact weighs 4.24g. The artefact has an overall maximum depth from tip of the body’s apex pellet to recurved pin shaft of 14.6mm. The dress-hook has a maximum length of 21.4mm. The dress-hook body: The hemisphere has a diameter of 14.1mm and the flange increases this to 16.4mm. The engrailed shaping forms twelve sub-rectangular lobes of 0.6 thickness. The notches between the lobes have sub-u to sub-v shapes and maximum widths…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-55AAF7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold sovereign of George III, AD 1760-1820. Minted in AD 1817. This coin is part of the coinage referred to as the last or new coinage that was minted between AD 1816-1820. The obverse shows a laureate head right. Obverse legend reads: GEORGIUS III D:G:BRITANNIAR:REX F:D: The exergue reads: 1817. The reverse shows St George mounted on a rearing horse right, spearing a dragon beneath. Reverse legend reads HONI . SOIT . QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE. The reverse legend translated from Latin is: Evil to him who evil thinks, which is the motto of the Order of the Garter. Die axis is 6 o 
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-C143E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver sixpence of Charles I (1625-49), Group D (North 2240) dating 1632-33, mint: Tower under Charles I, initial mark: harp. Ref: North 1991: 161. Obverse: crowned bust left, VI behind neck; CAROLVS D.G. MAG. BRI. FR.[ET] HIB.REX. Reverse: oval garnished shield bearing royal arms, C / R to the side; CHRISTO [A]VSPIC[E ] REG[N]O. Die axis is 10 o'clock. Weight is 2.73g, diameter is 26.0mm and thickness is 0.5mm.
Created on: Friday 29th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-2DBF09
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, AD 1558-1603, sixth issue dating to AD 1582-1600. The obverse shows a Crowned bust left, two pellets behind neck. Obverse initial mark is probably an 'A' which further defines the date of this coin to AD 1582-1584. Obverse legend reads: E:D:G:ROSA.SINE.SPIN[A]. The reverse shows a Long cross fourchee over flat topped royal shield, no date. Reverse legend reads: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON. Die axis is 2 o'clock. Weight is 0.71g, diameter is 17.2mm and thickness is 0.6mm.
Created on: Friday 22nd October 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-2C6065
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver 3 Groschen of Albert, Duke of Prussia (1525-69), mint: Königsberg (Kaliningrad, Russia) dating to 1543. The coin has been pierced on the top left (obverse) of the coin, removing part of the inscription and a small part of the portrait of Albert. This circular perforation is circular and set in from the edge of the flan by 1.4mm. It has a diameter of 2.5mm and is positioned over where the 'A' of ALBER (on the reverse) was initially present. The upper left fold across the flan skims the inner lower side of the perforation. The proximity of the fold and adher…
Created on: Friday 22nd October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-64982C
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval silver cuff-link button of Lewis form 1, type A (crown above two love-hearts). A silver disc of sheet metal that has been shaped and a loop soldered onto the reverse surface. This incomplete artefact weighs 0.63g and the sheet metal has a thickness of 0.6mm. The central field has a diameter of 12.8mm after which the edge of the metal disc turns down and flares outwards to form a skirt, of approximately 2.4mm length, that ends in an out-turned lip. This gives the artefact an incomplete diameter of 14.9mm. The centre 11.0mm diameter is depresse…
Created on: Thursday 19th November 2020
Last updated: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peterborough Unitary Authority Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-5E4296
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold mourning finger-ring. The finger-ring is a circular loop with 'D' shaped cross-section the inner surface being flat and the external surface convexly curved. The loop has an internal diameter of c.15.7mm and external diameter of c.17.8mm. The band has a width of 3.0mm and thickness of c.2.0mm as evidenced by the variation of internal and external loop diameter. The internal surface is smooth and undecorated with the exception of an incised inscription and maker's mark. The punch-stamped maker's mark consists of a depressed (or sunken) rectangular fi…
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pinchbeck parish area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-61CB67
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Post-Medieval (Tudor) silver-gilt ball-headed dress pin. The head of the pin is spherical with a maximum diameter of 14.9mm. Around the circumference is a horizontal double line of applied filigree that divides the head into an upper and lower hemisphere. Each strand of wire has a width of c.0.9mm. At the centre of the upper hemisphere there is an applied pellet of 4.2mm diameter. This is surrounded by a circlet of filigree wire. The wire that forms the circlet has a width of 0.4mm and a gap of c.0.4mm is present between the pellet and circlet. The centr…
Created on: Monday 7th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-BE8B3C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger-ring dating to 17th to 18th centuries AD. The artefact has a circular hoop and D-shaped cross-section, being convexly curved on the outer surface and almost flat (just subtly convex) on the inner surface. The band has a thickness of 1.8mm and width of 5.0mm. The external diameter is 23.2mm and the finger-ring weighs 7.37g. The external surface is undecorated, though now appears dull with minute scratches and pits, visible under magnification, compared to the inner surface that is shinier. The inner surface is inscribed: A VERTUOUS WIFE PRESERUETH. All letters except for …
Created on: Thursday 6th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-C99418
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A composite early Post-Medieval gold hat-hook (cap-hook) pin; bent, squashed and slightly incomplete, the end of the hook having broken away. This is a Read Early Post-Medieval Class A, Type 1 circular hat-hook. Compare with Read, B. 2008 p.191, no.708. Weight is 0.76g, maximum diameter is 12.2mm, maximum thickness (depth) is 6.0mm. At the centre of the hat-hook pin there is a collet, now squashed in on one side, that has a diameter of 4.3mm and height of 2.7mm. This collet is filled with the remains of a dark substance. This unidentified substance r…
Created on: Monday 13th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4CF2AC
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pencil of probable Post-Medieval date. The pencil is a parallel-sided cylinder of slightly oval cross-section that measures 5.6mm x 4.9mm at the middle, but has a more circular cross-section to either end. It tapers over a length of 2.9mm with irregular width facets to a rounded of point. The opposite end is a flattened convex transverse terminal. The artefact weighs 10.66g and has a maximum length of 50.1mm. See: https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/styli-pencils-and-parchment-prickers/ .
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 2nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-4CA4FA
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of silver pressed metal sheet, probably of Post-Medieval to Modern date, and probably a fragment of cuff-link or button body. This piece of metal weighs 0.10g, is irregularly shaped with breaks at all edges extending to 10.0mm x 6.4mm with a maximum thickness of 1.0mm. This fragment may show the head of a cherub or part of the Arms of the Worshipful company of Mercers (see LANCUM-1F7545 & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Mercers ). The background is stippled with multiple raised pellets as seen on the front surface. Much, but not all of the surviving desi…
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4C6278
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unclear silver Post-Medieval halfgroat of Charles I, AD 1625-1649. Obverse shows an extremely unclear crowned bust left, II behind. Obverse legend reads: [CAR]OLVS.D.G.M.B.[F].ET.H.R[EX]. Reverse shows the royal arms in an oval shield. Reverse legend reads: [I]VSTITI[A.]THRONVM[.F]IRMAT. Die axis is 3 or 4 o'clock. Weight is 0.90g, diameter is 15.7mm and thickness is 0.5mm.
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-246336
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn Post-Medieval coin of an uncertain English monarch. The obverse and obverse legend are illegible. The reverse shows an unclear long-cross fourchee over a Tudor royal shield (lower left quadrant is the clearest part of the shield showing three lions passant guardant). The reverse legend is almost completely illegible. The flan size suggests that this is probably a halfgroat. The coin has a date range from Henry VII, AD 1485-1509, profile issue through to Elizabeth I, AD 1558-1603. This flan has been slightly bent.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-0F293E
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Post-Medieval dress fastener of Read's class A, type 8, oval single blunt-hooked and eye clasps with three attachment knops and two decorative knops. This is the complete 'female' eye part of the clasp, the hook part of the pair is missing. This artefact weighs 5.41g, has a length of 37.5mm, width of 21.6mm and maximum thickness of 2.4mm. The reverse surface is flat with a subtle concave central dip. A rectangular loop acts as the 'eye' which would have held the hook of the now missing 'male' part of the pair of artefacts that jointly worked as a d…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-0EED86
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval buckle frame dating to c. AD 1575-1700. This artefact weighs 1.37g, has a maximum length of 23.6mm, maximum width of 15.2mm and maximum thickness of 1.8mm. The frame is a double loop asymmetrical buckle with moulded decoration. The frame has a width across the central bar of 12.9mm. The upper surface of the frame has a subtle narrow decorative ridge. The original cross-section shape of the central bar is uncertain due to corrosion and slight surface damage but currently has a maximum width of c.1.5mm. To one side of the central bar the frame is trapezoidal, the arms of…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-0E7917
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Post-Medieval clipped and incomplete silver penny of Henry VII, AD1485-1509. Sovereign type. Obverse shows an unclear king enthroned forward facing at least one pillar to throne surmounted by trefoil. Obverse legend is illegible. Reverse shows a royal shield, key below the shield on the surviving lower left quarter indicating a penny minted at York for Archbishop Rotherham. Reverse legend is illegible. Die axis is 5 o'clock.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-6A272A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy farthing of Charles I, 1625-1649. Obverse shows a crown with two sceptres crossed through it. Obverse legend reads CARO. D.G. [MA]G. BRI[...]. Reverse shows a crowned harp. Reverse legend reads FRA. E[T HI]B R[EX]. Die axis is 6 o'clock.
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-6A1424
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of James I AD 1603-1625. Obverse shows a crowned rose. Obverse initial mark is a fluer de Lis - AD 1604-1605. Obverse legend reads: I.D.[G.] ROSA. SINE. SPINA. Reverse shows a crowned thistle. Reverse legend reads: TVEAT[VR]. VNITA. DEVS. Die axis is 8 o'clock.
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-69E974
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sevententh century AD copper-alloy trade token of John Badcock in Fordham. The Obverse legend reads: IOH[N] BADCO[CK]. Obverse initial mark is a mullet. Obverse shows an unclear Grocers' Arms. The reverse legend reads: [IN F]O[R]DHAM 1667. Reverse initial mark is an illegible mullet. Reverse shows I.B. within a circle of pellets. Die axis is 6 o'clock.
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-574155
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy farthing of Charles I, AD 1625-1649. Obverse shows an unclear two sceptres crossed through a crown. Obverse legend reads CARO[LVS D:G MAG BRI]. Initial mark is probably a crescent. Reverse shows an unclear crowned rose. Reverse legend reads FRA ET HIB REX. Reverse initial mark is a crescent. Die axis is 12 o'clock.
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-45F172
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval to Post-Medieval crotal bell. Only approximately half of the incomplete spherical bell survives. It has a diameter of 36.0mm and weighs 23.06g. The bell is formed by an upper and lower hemisphere which are connected by a circumferential mid rib. This mid rib gives the bell a maximum diameter of 36.0mm. The bell has a height of 34.4m, that would originally have been increased by the, now missing, suspension loop. The mid rib accounts for 3.5mm of the total height. The remains of two sound holes connected by a sound slot are present at the c…
Created on: Monday 24th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-D5BCA2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Post-Medieval artefact of a type normally described as part of naval uniform or a sword belt fitting. The decoration on this artefact should be compared to that seen on the rapier knuckle guard recorded in PAS record CAM-F5F949 that has been dated to the 18th century AD. However, this type of strap-fitting is often assigned a 17th to 18th century AD date. This artefact weighs 9.10g and in its current condition has a length of 48.6mm. One terminal is rounded with a 'D' shaped cross-section. This terminal has a width of 4.7mm and thickness of 3.8mm. The reverse surfa…
Created on: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Last updated: Sunday 8th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4095E3
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Post-Medieval Class D, Type 6 trefoil shaped single sharp-hooked silver-gilt dress hook. The body of the artefact is triangular in shape with slightly indented middles to each edge. The remains of a hook projects out from behind the apex of the body. Applied to the upper surface, in each corner of the body, is a flattened pellet of c.3.9mm diameter. These three pellets have either been worn flatter than initially constructed or were intended to have relatively shallow domes in proportion to their diameters. Between all three, at the centre of th…
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire district area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-2B4E03
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Medieval to early Post-Medieval seal finger-ring. This finger-ring is complete and in extremely good condition. It weighs 9.16g, has a height of 22.2mm and maximum width of 23.4mm. The band forms a sub-circular hoop whose maximum width is approximately one-third of the way up the height from the base of the hoop. From the maximum width the hoop tapers in to the bezel giving a slight sub-triangular appearance to the sub-circular shape. The hoop's maximum internal dimensions are: height 18.0mm and width 19.3mm. The inner surface of the hoop is flat, smooth and undecorated or …
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-1AEF18
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but squashed, cracked and bent white metal thimble of Post-Medieval date. It is assumed to be made of silver, however XRF analysis has not been carried out to date. The thimble has possibly been formed in one-piece, no obvious seams are visible. However, a subtle line between the top and sides of the thimble could equally be the resulting fine crack caused by the artefact having been squashed or a well formed seam. Holes are present over this subtle feature but this could have been an attempt to further disguise a join. The artefact weighs 2.43g. In its current co…
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1AA770
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete composite copper-alloy knife handle with remains of an incomplete iron blade. This knife is probably of Post-Medieval date, c.18th century AD. This knife handle is formed in two parts that sandwich between them the remains of the iron knife-blade's tang. The remains weigh 12.25g. Each half of the handle has a 'C' shaped cross-section at the butt end, convexly curved on the outer surface and concavely curved on the inner surface with flattened longitudinal edges that provide a solid surface for the two halves to rest against. The longer surviving half has an inc…
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Last updated: Sunday 8th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-F2511E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Post-Medieval trade token dating to the 17th century AD. This is a token for the Kings Head tavern which once stood on the corner of Chancery Lane, London.  Obverse shows a forward facing bust of Henry VIII. Obverse legend reads [THE.KING]S.[HE]AD.TAVERN. The reverse field reads: T.A. below K. Reverse legend reads: A[T].CHA[NCERY.LANE.END]. Die axis is 12 o'clock. Weight is 0.80g, diameter is 16.2mm, thickness is 0.6mm. See Williamson, G.C. 1967, Vol.II, p.554, no.510. Also see https://c17thlondontokens.com/2013/06/29/the-kings-head-at-chancery-l…
Created on: Monday 27th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-086B16
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Elizabeth I, AD 1558-1603, dating to AD 1558-1560. Obverse shows a crowned bust left. Obverse mint mark is a Lis, AD 1558-1560. Obverse legend reads ELIZABETH.D.'G.'ANG.'FRA.'Z:HIB[ ]REGI.' Reverse shows a long cross fourchee over a Royal shield. Reverse mint Mark is also a Lis. Reverse legend reads: POSVI/DEV.'AD/IVTORE/M MEV'. Die axis is 7 o'clock. Weight is 2.03g, diameter is 23.9mm, thickness is 0.8mm.
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-07C1DC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy halfpenny of William III, sole reign, AD 1694-1702, dating to AD 1701. The obverse shows a laureate and cuirassed bust right. The obverse legend reads GVLIELMVS - TERTIVS. Reverse shows Britannia seated left. Reverse legend reads BRITAN-NIA. 1701 in exergue. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 8.45g, diameter is 28.5mm, thickness is 2.0mm.
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-BB0E40
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle chape dating to c. AD 1660-1800. This would have been a stud chape from a two-piece buckle, however, the stud is now missing from the distal end of the chape. The chape weighs 3.03g and has a total length of 33.1mm. The proximal end is the widest part of the chape measuring 17.1mm over the bifid cylindrical hinge. The hinge cylinder has an external diameter of 3.2mm and internal diameter of 1.8mm. The bifid notch accounts for 5.0mm of the maximum width dimension and its depth accounts for 3.6mm of the chape's total length. A separate, now missing, s…
Created on: Thursday 19th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B6B481
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pierced Post-Medieval copper-alloy rose and orb Nurenberg Jetton. Obverse shows an unclear three crowns, alternately with three Fleurs de Lis, arranged centrifugally around a five petalled rose. Obverse legend reads: * HAN[...]. Reverse shows an unclear Imperial orb surmounted by a cross, within an ornamental tressure that has three main arches. Reverse legend reads: [...]MBT[R or D]V[...]. Die axis is 12 o'clock. A circular perforation is present, set 2.8mm in from the edge of the flan. The aperture has a diameter of 2.9mm. This is likely to be a Jetton of either Hans Schultes…
Created on: Thursday 19th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B6947D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete mount of early Post-Medieval date. This mount is symmetrical in shape, weighs 5.86g and has a length of 39.2mm. The artefact's maximum width is 11.0mm and the object has an overall maximum depth (thickness) of 12.0mm. The central part of the body of the mount had an oval bulbous form, convexly domed on the external upper side and concavely hollow on the reverse. The hollow on the reverse is a gradually curved hollow with a smooth undecorated surface that has a length of c.17.4mm and width of 9.0mm. The upper surface has decorative moulded transverse lines. Two sets of gr…
Created on: Thursday 19th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-8CA858
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy dress-hook, of Post-Medieval date, complete with the exception of the extreme tip of the hook. This is a Read Early Post-Medieval Class E, Type 3 dress-hook (see Read, B. 2008 p.87). The artefact weighs 2.14g and in its current condition has a length of 32.6mm. Use of a flexible dress-maker's tape-measure shows that the artefact has a total incomplete length of 38.0mm. The integral attachment loop is sub-triangular or trapezoidal in shape. The straight bar at the far end has a width of 14.4mm from which the arms angle inwards tapering towards the sub-circular body.…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3AA228
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn golden guinea of James II, AD 1685-1688, dating to AD 1685. The flan has a milled edge. Obverse shows a laureate head left. Obverse legend reads IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA. Reverse shows a cruciform, which consists of four crowned shields with sceptres in the angles. Reverse legend reads 16-85. MAG-ER. FRA- ET. HIB- REX. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight: 8.16g, Diameter: 25.23mm, Thickness: 1.03mm.
Created on: Friday 13th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-120693
Object type: STYLUS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of stone stylus. While these two fragments do not cross-fit they may have originally come from a single artefact, however it is not possible to determine whether this was the case. Both are made from a dark grey stone (similar to, or being slate). The shorter fragment weighs 1.02g and has an incomplete length of 25.6mm. It has a sub-cylindrical cross-section of 5.2mm diameter. Two opposing sides of the cylindrical length are flattened (reducing the diameter to a width of 4.7mm). These flattened zones have diagonal parallel grooved marks that resemble the ridges and groov…
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-57A678
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A silver early Post-Medieval vervel. This artefact weighs 1.67g. It is formed from a rectangular length of silver that has been curved round to form a circular loop, that has since been squashed slightly into a sub-circular loop. The strip has a sub-rectangular cross-section, having flat interior and external surfaces and slightly convexly curved edges. Use of a flexible dress-makers tape-measure indicates that the white metal strip has a length of c.47.0mm. The strip has a width of 5.8mm and thickness of 0.8mm. The loop has an external diameter of 15.0mm. The ends of the strip are blu…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2019
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E9D2A3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold finger-ring. The hoop is circular with a 'D' shaped cross-section being flat on the inner surface and convexly curved on the outer. The finger-ring weigh 5.85g, has an external diameter of 22.4mm. The band that forms the hoop has a width of 3.6mm and thickness of 1.9mm. The external surface is undecorated but dulled by shallow scratches and pits the result of wear while in use and post-depositional damage. A couple of shallow dents and associated burrs are present on the edge between the internal and external surfaces. The inner surface has a shinier appearance an…
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.