Record ID: GLO-D07A96
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded copper alloy Post Medieval trade token that dates to the 17th century. Obverse: no detail remains […]OD[…] Reverse: no details remain […]H[…]
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forest of Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-7CAD2A
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spoon fragment that consists of a bowl that had an oval shaped bowl.  Unfortunately, only the rear third of the bowl remains, this has curving shoulders and raised decoration on the reverse, unfortunately not enough remains of the decoration to identify it. There is a slight raised ridge at the back of the bowl which is a supporting ridge that leads to the rectangular cross-section stem, that is truncated about halfway down its length.  
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-690D8D
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gilt dress hook with a trefoil shaped plate that supports three hemispherical domes. Decoration comprises of curvilinear vines on each dome and a central six petaled flower in the middle of the plate.  On the reverse is a rectangular loop at the top and a rearwards facing hook below. Similar examples in silver can be found from Gloucestershire GLO-54E460 (2017T192), Essex (ESS-9B9893, 2013 T397) and Worcestershire (WAW-59A283, 2013 T883).
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-67B052
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double looped buckle with asymmetrical frame, one rectangular loop and one semi-circular all decorated with a row of pellets running around the top of the frame, the strap bar is narrowed.
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-2E1F73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Charles I (AD 1625-1649) Obverse: bust facing left, I behind CAROL[VS D G M BR] F ET H: REX Reverse: oval shield with royal coat of arms [I]USTITIA [THRONUM FIRMAT] The coin has two rectangular piercings where it may have been converted into an item such as a pendant.  See Altered Coins as Treasure (finds.org.uk) for a further discussion on these items.  
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
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Record ID: GLO-2D8E85
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half groat of Elizabeth I Dated to 1583-1603 Obverse: crowned bust facing left, two pellets behind E D G ROSA SINE SPINA Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross CIVITAS LONDON
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
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Record ID: GLO-2D019E
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hooked strap fitting/sword belt fitting. The plate is an openwork triangular frame that has a hollow trefoil interior. The top edge has a pierced annular loop for attachment which retains some of the original iron rivet. Opposite, at the pointed end is a flanged bar that also has a piercing in the centre and retains the iron rivet. At the end of this plate is a penannular loop, this is still attached to the hanging plate via a single annular loop at its base. Only the edge of the openwork hanging plate remains, with a decorative penannular in the centre that form the edge …
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
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Record ID: GLO-1D7E37
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spoon fragment. The object is a 'seal top' type spoon handle that has a flat undecorated circular disc (seal) as the terminal, but is missing the bowl of the spoon. The moulded ball decoration below the seal leads onto an oval cross-section stem. This type of seal top spoon dates to the 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: GLO-B3C081
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half groat of Elizabeth I Dated to 1583-1603 Obverse: crowned bust facing left, two pellets behind [E D G ROSA SINE] SPINA Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross [CIVITAS] L[ONDON]
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-B01964
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gilt dress hook with a trefoil shaped plate that supports three hemispherical domes. Decoration comprises of curvilinear vines on each dome and a central six petaled flower in the middle of the plate.  On the reverse is a rectangular loop at the top and remains of a rearwards facing hook below. Similar examples in silver can be found from Gloucestershire GLO-54E460 (2017T192), Essex (ESS-9B9893, 2013 T397) and Worcestershire (WAW-59A283, 2013 T883).
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-9F0726
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Elizabeth I Dated to 1558-1603 mint mark bell 1582-1583 Obverse: crowned bust facing left E D G ROSA SINE SPINA Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross CIVITAS LONDON
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-9E49D0
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy 'male' tag from a pair hooked tags. The tag has a sub-oval plate with a large rectangular hook at one end (now truncated). Either side of the plate are two pierced lugs for attachment with a two further at the rear that clank a scallop shaped projection. The centre of the plate is decorated with a human face flanked by crescent shaped drapery design. This artefact dates to the 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-9DF49C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Charles I (AD 1625-1649) Obverse: bust facing left, I behind [C]AROLVS D G M BR F ET H: REX Reverse: oval shield with royal coat of arms [IUS]TITIA [THRONUM FIRMAT]
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-9D091C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single disc of a lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1660 - 1727. The seal would have originally had two or four alnage type discs joined by an integral central strip. This disc depicts a crowned harp with a number 1/4 to the left indicating the alnage subsidy of 1 farthing for the cloth. The opposite disc would have displayed the head of the monarch. See BUC-BE798B for a complete Queen Anne example. Geoff Egan (1994, 60) discusses this large series of alnage seals with the monarchs head and various heraldic devices flanked by the subsidy rate in pence, stating that…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-4FCDC5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring with a D-shape cross-section hoop. The flat inside is engraved with the inscription reading “God for me apointed thee” followed by the makers mark arranged over two lines IG/S set within a recessed heart, then the second stamp G within a recessed circle. The outside of the ring is undecorated. A posy ring with the exact same inscription has been recorded at NMGW-6495BC and dated to the 1740’s, although caution should be noted that no reference was supplied for this date. However, and example held by the British Museum AF.1248, displays the same i…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
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Record ID: GLO-4ECCE0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring with a D-shape cross-section hoop. The flat inside is engraved with the inscription reading “Love and be happy” followed by the makers mark RC set within a recessed rectangle. The outside of the ring is undecorated. A similar RC makers mark has been identified on a gold posy ring recorded at HESH-84D6C5. In this record Judy Rudoe of the British Museum comments that looking “through obvious sources such as Grimwade, and this could be one of several RC marks in a rectangle for smallworkers, but they are all 18th century, the earliest being 1720s or 3…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tortworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-4CF18B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt dress pin with hollow cast spherical head, applied filigree and granulated ornament in the form of circlets punctuated by knops. A raised horizontal band divides the head in two equal hemispheres. The stem which emanates from the base of the sphere is complete and slightly bent. Similar items can be found on the PAS database (2012 T919, SUSS-6A00B4; 2012 T233, BUC-97FF54; 2012 T66, NMS-020525; 2012 T417, SUSS-60E964). Notes: In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
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Record ID: GLO-375692
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver cufflink or button with an impressed design in relief of two hearts surmounted by a large crown against a stippled field. The item has a downturned rim and a hollow reverse that mounts a complete loop in the centre. This cufflink element falls within Lewis's 'Crown and Heart' Form 1, Type A , crown above two hearts (Lewis 2013, 6). Buttons and cufflinks featuring similar designs are thought to have originally been produced to commemorate the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662, but the design continued to be used as a gene…
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
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Record ID: GLO-520A84
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded copper alloy jetton of Nuremburg Date 1586 - 1635 Obverse: Three crowns, alternately with three lis, arranged around a central rose [...] Reverse: Imperial orb within a tressure of three arches and three angles : [...] 
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forest of Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-50DA8A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pot/ cauldron foot that has a sub-circular leg with three moulded ridges running down the outside edge. The top of the leg is truncated. Date 1350-1850.
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forest of Dean', grid reference and parish protected.