Record ID: IOW-0C8B8B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy and gilded military button (1803-c. 1808). A button of the Newport Loyal Volunteers of the Isle of Wight. The button is circular in plan, convex at the front. At the front it has a crown over initial letters in copperplate style: N L V (Newport Loyal Volunteers). This button is reddish brown and traces of gilding can be seen at the front. Diameter: 15.0mm; overall thickness: 6.0mm. Weight: xxg. Compare with a similar button of the Newport Loyal Volunteers: IOW-850409.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-E635E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and very worn post-Medieval silver shilling of Charles I (1625-1649), minted at the Tower of London. Group D. Mintmarks: crown/[crown], 1635-1636 (North 1991: 159, refs: 2225 or 2226). No inner circles. Obverse: CAR[OLVS D G MAG BRI FRA ET HIB R]EX; Crowned bust left with XII (mark of value) behind the head. Reverse: CHR[ISTO AVSPICE REGNO] (I reign under the auspice of Christ); Garnished oval shield. Diameter: 29.2mm. Weight: 5.23g. DA=12:12. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-E6AA43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but bent post-Medieval silver cut threepence (sixpence) of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: 1/[1], 1601-1602 (North 1991: 137, ref: 2015). Obverse: ELIZAB.D.G.AN[G.FR.ET.HIB.REG]I; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: [POSVI/DEV.AD]/IVTORE/M. MEV. (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 16[ ] above shield. Diameter: 25.0mm. Weight: 1.61g. DA=12:1. The end of the coin was bent through 180° when found. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Co…
Created on: Friday 15th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-94676D
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval lead alloy shot (c. 1600-c. 1800). This ball is spherical with a smooth surface but is corroded in places. There is a shallow groove and there are no flattened or dished surfaces suggestive of impact. The weight suggests that it could have been used in a musket (Harding 2012). The ball is grey with some buff areas. Diameter: 17.5mm. Weight: 30.07g. Harding, D.F., 2012. Lead Shot of the English Civil War: A Radical Study. London. Foresight Books. London.
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7EC711
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-Medieval copper-alloy circular uniface coin-weight for an Angel (1604-1619). The front depicts a standing winged figure of St. Michael holding spear and spearing a dragon which he stands astride. The legs are unclear. The weight is a midi-green colour with patches of a darker green patina. The reverse is worn and plain. Diameter: 15.45mm; thickness: 3.2mm. Weight: 4.44g. (68.4 grains). ­­The Angel was a denomination first issued in 1464 and continued in use until the end of James I's reign in 1625. Weights were usually made for the minimum legal weigh…
Created on: Sunday 10th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-3E2CB0
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy closed one-piece thimble (c. 1650-c. 1750). This thimble has straight tapering sides, a rounded top and a slightly thickened rim. The sides and top are covered in regularly-spaced sub-circular pits. The rim is plain and has a small dent. The inside is smooth. The thimble is drab green with traces of a dark green patina. This thimble is similar to Holmes (1988) Dutch type 1 (AD 1620-1650). A similar example is also shown in McConnel (1999:11, no.8) which is a late 17th century John Lofting style thimble. McConnel, B. 1999. The C…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-2E521B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and fractured post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: [tun]/tun: 1591/2-1594 (North 1991: 137, ref: 2017). Obverse: [E D].G.ROSA.SINE].SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust facing left. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LO[N/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée. Diameter: 13.6mm. Weight: 0.30g. DA=12:3. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-2DF48D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: A/A, dated 1584 on coin (North 1991: 137, ref: 2015). Obverse: ELIZAB.D.G.ANG.FR.ET.HIB.REGI; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: POS[VI]/DEV.AD/IVTORE/M. MEV (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1584 above shield. Diameter: 24.5mm. Weight: 2.03g. DA=12:7. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-15C055
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal (c.1550-c. 1700). Disc 1 of a two part cloth seal. The disc depicts a portcullis (possibly crowned) with a worn and illegible inscription. The rivet stub is split. Length: 21.6mm; width: 19.6mm; overall thickness: 9.0mm. Weight: 6.55g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-14CB5F
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy Tombac (‘dandy’) two-piece button (c. 1700-c. 1800). The button is flat at the front with a down-turned edge and is concave at the back. The front is decorated with an engraved stylised flower head consisting of six petals interspersed with six sepals. There is a ‘star’ motif at the centre. A complete and separate iron attachment loop at the back is bent to one side. This button has a high white metal content and the loop is corroded. Diameter: 27.1mm; thickness: 2.4mm; thickness including loop: 9.1mm. Weight: 6.05g. …
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Saturday 16th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-02065A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy openwork buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790). This fragment is one corner of the frame. It is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The corner has a pair of conjoined ear-like features flanked by circular openings. Traces of a white metal coating can be seen in the crevices at the front. Length: 19.7mm; width: 15.0mm; thickness: 3.1mm. Weight: 2.77g. For openwork buckles, see Whitehead 2003: 107. Whitehead, R .2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-01A8B2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy unidentified object (c. 1500-c. 1800). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section, flat at the front and rear. The top part is rectangular and rounded in side view. Below this part a similar indentation on both edges is filled with a small deposit of iron. The lower portion, with two steps at each edge, narrows in width towards a worn break. Height: 16.6mm; width: 11.8mm; thickness: 6.8mm. Weight: 5.78g. It is possible that the object is a spacer and that the indentations were pierced to accommodate wire.
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C11AA7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval to Modern lead or lead alloy circular double-sided token (c. 1500-c. 1850). Powell Type 7. The token has cross-hatching on both sides. The surfaces are coarse and grey. Diameter: 13.4mm. Weight: 1.73g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be post-Medieval in date (1500-1850), those which seem to mimic Medieval penny designs are deemed to …
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-BE8C95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval sheet copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1700). The object has an incomplete fleur-de-lis terminal with a transverse break at the opposite end. There is also a break along one edge. At the centre of the fleur a circular rivet hole has a diameter of 1.9mm. The hole is burred at the rear. The front is decorated with a ‘V’-shaped panel defined by two inscribed parallel grooves. The panel is filled with a pair of parallel lines of contiguous stamped annulets. This mount has a green patina. Length: 41.4mm; width: 38.4mm; thickness: 0.8mm. Wei…
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-AFC32E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790). This openwork fragment is from the centre of one of the sides and incorporates a hole for a separate spindle. At the front, above the hole, are two opposed shell-like motifs. This buckle is greenish brown and was white metal coated. Length: 21.5mm; width: 9.9mm; thickness: 4.0mm. Weight: 2.55g. For openwork buckles of this date see Whitehead 2003: 107. Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-AF1054
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: ermine/ermine, 1572-1573 (North 1991: 135, ref: 2001). The ermine initial mark is not listed for pennies of this date in North! Could the initial mark be an escallop? Obverse: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust left. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 14.4mm. Weight: 0.43g. DA=12:2. North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. …
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-ADB925
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval copper-alloy and glass ‘fob’ seal matrix (c. 1700-c. 1800). This seal matrix is composed of a copper-alloy frame holding a glass die and a copper-alloy handle. The die is blank and has not been engraved. The die is made of white glass which is chipped and discoloured to a buff colour. It is secured in the rectangular frame. The base of the frame has a raised design consisting of buds and tendrils. The frame is bevelled at the top and has regularly spaced radiating grooves on the bevelled part. From the frame rises a decorated handle…
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-9A0195
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-hooked object, possibly a havette (c. 1500-c. 1650). This object is broadly 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat on the underside. One end has a complete down-turned hook and the other end has a break. On the upper face three knobs are evenly spaced and the break has occurred through a knob. The object has a dull green patina. Length: 44.0mm; width: 5.0mm; overall thickness: 9.9mm. Weight: 2.73g. Assuming that the object had three knobs, it can be estimated that the original length would have been about 57.0mm. Thi…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-98AC56
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy component from a hooked sword belt fitting or hanger (c. 1500-c. 1700). The tip of the hook is missing. The fitting is an inverted shield-shaped plate in plan and has a forward projecting hook. The plate is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The hook is sub-oval in cross-section. The front face has a moulded foliate decoration that is mainly unclear due to corrosion. There are the remains of three iron rivets in the plate, two in the corners of the hook end and one which is centrally placed at the opposite en…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-84EC04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval silver penny of Henry VIII (1509-1447), minted at London. Initial mark: lis, 1529-1532 (North 1991: 112, ref: 1808). Obverse: [h] D G ROSA SI[E S]PIA (saltire stops); King enthroned holding orb and sceptre. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LOn/[DOn]; Royal shield over long cross which divides the legend. Diameter: 16.0mm. Weight: 0.56g. DA=12:4-5. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-567A68
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy shoe buckle frame (c. 1720-c. 1790). This openwork frame is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The openings are sub-circular as well as elongated sub-rectangular. At the centre of the surviving outside edge there is a rosette motif which is flanked by grooves in low relief (It can be assumed that there would have been a similar motif on the missing outside edge). Other decoration on the upper surface is unclear. Two holes on the underside accommodated a separate spindle to secure the missing pin and bar (chape). Each hole is surrou…
Created on: Sunday 26th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-ED8B4B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). The mount is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear except for two spikes. It is pointed at one end and has an elongated knop at the opposite end. At the rear are two integral tapering spikes, one at each end, which are circular in cross-section. This mount is drab green. There is no decoration or surface treatment. Height: 25.65mm; width: 8.73mm; thickness: 5.60mm. Weight: 1.40g. A similar mount has been illustrated by Read 2001: 29, fig. 22, ref: 330 …
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7127FF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount resembling an acorn (c. 1600-c. 1700). Most of each spike is missing. The mount is convex at the front and concave at the rear. The cupola is cross-hatched at the front and the nut has inscribed curving lines. At the rear are the stubs of two spikes, one at each end. These are circular in cross-section. The 'stalk' is intact at the bottom. This mount is reddish brown and at the front there are traces of a green patina and gilding. Height: 43.05mm; width: 25.09mm; overall thickness: 6.20mm. Weight: 9.02g. Mounts in…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-06CF27
Object type: CANDLE SNUFFER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
REPORT AND PHOTOGRAPHY TO BE COMPLETED ON RECEIPT OF FIND. IOW2020-2-39 An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy probable candle snuffer (c. 1700-c. 1900). This snuffer is made of sheet copper-alloy and is conical in form, pointed at the top. It has a vertical joining seem extending its full length. Parallel circumferential grooves form decoration at the top and bottom Length: c. 68.0mm.
Created on: Friday 10th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-DBB4EB
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible post-Medieval copper-alloy and gilded unidentified object (c. 1500-c. 1900). This object is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. It is roughly lozenge-shaped in plan with four projections, one at each side, one at the bottom and one at the top. Three projections seem to be complete and the top one is in form of a transverse break. The front has a single ring-and-dot motif. The ring is pierced for an iron pin/rivet which is present but incomplete. This object is green and corroded. Traces of gilding can be seen at the front. Length: 16.0mm; w…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C7DF2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649), minted at London under Parliament. Group D. Initial marks: P within brackets (P)/[(P)], 1643-1644 (North 1991: 162, ref: 2258). Obverse: CAROLVS·D·G [M B F ET] H·REX; Crowned bust facing left with II (mark of value) behind the head. Reverse: [IVSTITIA THRONVM FIR]MAT (Justice strengthens the throne); Oval garnished shield. Diameter: 18.3mm. Weight: 0.71g. This coin is double struck on both sides, is very thin and has an unusually large diameter! North, J.J. 1991. English Hamme…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-B4FE42
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and pierced post-Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg rose/orb jetton with illegible inscriptions (c. 1500-c. 1650). Obverse: [ ]; Central rose surrounded by three crowns and three fleurs arranged centrifugally and alternately. Reverse: [ ]; Orb surmounted by a cross pattée in a double tressure of three arches with external points between the lobes. Diameter: 23.0mm. Weight: 1.51g. This jetton has been pierced at about 12 o’ clock on the reverse with a circular hole, 0.9mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 6th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-9B3764
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: cross-crosslet/cross-crosslet, 1560-1561 (North 1991: 133, ref: 1988). Obverse: E·D·G·ROSA·SINE·SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust left. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 14.4mm. Weight: 0.43g. DA=12:6. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 5th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-994059
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg rose/orb jetton issued by Hans Krauwinckel II (fl. 1586-1635). Compare with Mitchiner 1988: 441, ref: 1542. Obverse: HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR; Central rose surrounded by three crowns and three fleurs arranged centrifugally and alternately. Initial mark: rosette. Reverse: GOTES REICH BLIBT EWICK ('God's Kingdom endures for ever'); Orb surmounted by a cross pattée in a double tressure of three arches with external points between the lobes. Initial Mark: rosette. Diameter: 21.5mm. Weight: 1.26g. DA=12:12. Mitchiner, M. …
Created on: Sunday 5th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-4E4A28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval silver German State coin, a 1/16th thaler (1 Doppel schilling) of the City of Lüneburg, dated 1629 on coin. Obverse: MONET NOVA CIV LUNÆBURG; City arms, date of 1629 above. Reverse: DAPACEM DOM INDILB NOST; Standing nimbate figure holding open book with lamb on top, denomination (16) between legs. Diameter: 26.5mm. Weight: 2.02g. DA=12:2.
Created on: Wednesday 1st April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-3B097D
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy handle (finger-loop) from a saucer-type candle holder or chamber stick (c. 1700-c. 1900). This object is in the form of a loop which is sub-rectangular in cross-section, a thumb-rest and a bracket. With the forefinger through the loop (outer diameter: 23.7mm) and the thumb resting on the oval flat plate (16.3mm x 9.1mm), the short projection comfortably rests against the second finger. A second projection is integral with an oval bracket (25.0mm x 10.4mm) which secured the handle to the saucer. The bracket is curved enabling it to fit against th…
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-1D66A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval silver 1-stuiver piece of Friesland of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, dated 1629 on coin. Obverse: Bundle of seven arrows, 1 S at sides, all within a wreath. Reverse: [F]RI/SIA/1629, all within a wreath. Diameter: 18.0mm. Weight: 0.55g. DA=12:9.
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-A12BB6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but damaged post-Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: A/A, dated 1584 on coin (North 1991: 137, ref: 2015). Obverse: [E]LIZAB.D.G.ANG.FR.ET.HIB.REGI; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: POSVI/DEV.AD/IVTORE/M MEV (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1584 above shield. Diameter: 25.3mm. Weight: 2.68g. DA=12:9. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-905822
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy pencil sharpener of 19th century date (c. 1850-c. 1900). Most of the iron cutting blade is missing. The lower part is hollow and roughly cone-shaped to house a pencil. It has a plain rim at the base and a vertical slot at the side. On the opposite side of the slot there are two raised circular panels. One is plain and the other contains an unclear monogram. The handle is flat and has a roughly semi-circular perforation. One side of the handle is plain and the other is decorated with raised linear lines and two small areas of cross-hatch…
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-661387
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval lead alloy weight adapted from a copper-alloy animal 'crotal' bell (1600-1800). The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is 8.0mm high, 11.8mm wide, 4.1mm thick and has a circular perforation. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided equally by a horizontal circumferential joining rib. At either side of the suspension loop, about half way down the side of the upper hemisphere, is a circular sound hole. In the lower hemisphere there are two larger sound holes integral with a sound slit. The upper hemisphere is decorated with eight in…
Created on: Saturday 21st March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-FF9B41
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval lead alloy ?uniface token (1500-1850). Powell Type 20. This token has a raised design, similar in style to a merchant's mark or monogram. It consists of ligated letters, possibly 'I S' or 'S I'. The rear face appears to be plain but may have had a design before becoming worn. The token is buff. Diameter: 15.0mm. Weight: 2.87g. Compare with: IOW-BECF5C. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precis…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-FAC3C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval or post-Medieval copper alloy mount or stud (c. 1400-c. 1700). The lozenge-shaped mount is moulded at the front and flat at the rear except for the stub of an integral spike. At each corner there is a rounded knop. The object is corroded with specks of iron staining. Length: 25.7mm; width: 17.8mm; thickness: 3.0mm. Weight: 2.50g. A similar mount excavated in London is decorated with pellets and has been dated c. 1350-1400 (Egan & Pritchard 1991: 200, fig. 125, ref: 1078). Read (2001, 27, fig. 17, ref: 352) dates a similar mount with pellets f…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-FA1899
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped post-Medieval silver penny of Henry VIII (1509-1447), minted at Durham under Bishop Thomas Wolsey. Initial mark: crescent, 1526-1529 (North 1991: 112, ref: 1811). Obverse: h D G ROSA SIE SPIA (saltire stops); King enthroned holding orb and sceptre. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/DVR/RAm; Royal shield over long cross which divides the legend, T W at side of shield, hat below. Diameter: 15.0mm. Weight: 0.67g. DA=12:6. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 16th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-F94A5A
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval silver needle, bodkin or lace-tag, Treasure case no. 2020 T266. One end is rectangular in cross-section with rounded corners. The shaft becomes wider and flatter at the other end to accommodate the oval eye, with a groove above and below the eye on both wider faces. 38.7mm (length); 3.0mm (width); 1.6mm (thickness). Weight: 1.33g. It can be compared with 2013 T377 (NMS-AE0D46), although this is longer and has an expanded tip. Closer parallels include 2013 T509 (SUSS-FBCB75), SUR-CEBD09, HAMP-57FE56 and WI…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: IOW-BBB60D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame (c. 1350-c. 1650). The pin is missing. The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. Each loop is ‘D’-shaped in plan and similar in size. The loops are angled upwards from the bar. One is at about 10° and the other at about 20°. At the front, one outside edge has three grooves as decoration. The transverse central groove is flanked on each side by a similar groove at an oblique angle. The other outside edge may have had the same design prior to corrosion. The central narrowed bar …
Created on: Friday 13th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-BA5194
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval silver sixpence of William III (1694-1702), minted at London. Date partially illegible but probably 1696 or 1697. Obverse: GVLIELMVS III DEI GRA; Laureate and draped bust facing right. Reverse: MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX 16[ ]; Four shields within which are a harp, one lion rampant, three lions passant and three fleurs-de-lis, all around a central a lion rampant, creating a cruciform shape, nothing in angles. Diameter: 21.0mm. Weight: 3.09g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Friday 13th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-AA3E94
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval or post-Medieval lead alloy two-disc alnage/subsidy cloth seal for faulty cloth (c. 1464-c. 1600). Disc 1: Illegible; Crown over ornate shield with Arms of England, rose and sun to sides. Disc 2: [ ]II PAnnOR[ ]; Large Lombardic letter F with sun and rose to sides, within a beaded circle. Each disc is incomplete and the joining strip is also incomplete. This cloth seal is buff. Length: 28.8mm; width: 25.0mm; thickness: 5.4mm. Weight: 8.59g. (the weight includes a small amount of soil between the discs). Geoffrey Egan argues the F de…
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-A631D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy duit of the Province of Zeeland (Sealand) of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Date unclear on coin but possibly 1769. Obverse: Lion rampant above waves within shield, crown above shield. Reverse: ZEE/LAN/DIA/1769. Diameter: 21.0mm. Weight: 2.36g. DA=12:12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland (accessed 12/3/2020).
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-A56CAF
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy military button (1803-c. 1808). A button of the Newport Loyal Volunteers of the Isle of Wight. The attachment loop is missing due to a break. The button is circular in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. At the front it has a royal crown over initial capital letters: N L V (Newport Loyal Volunteers). This button is white metal coated at the front and reddish brown at the rear. Diameter: 18.7mm; thickness: 2.9mm. Weight: 3.02g. Compare with a complete button of the Newport Loyal Volunteers: IOW-850409.
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-A53692
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two post-Medieval copper-alloy rings joined together (c. 1800-c. 1900). One ring is misshapen, smaller than the other and is oval in cross-section. The larger ring is pointed-oval in cross-section and is inscribed: SWORD MAKER with crossed swords: (crossed swords) SWORD (crossed swords) MAKER. The words and swords are on both faces. Both rings have the remains of black lacquer or enamel. Outer diameter of large ring: 9.2mm; thickness of large ring: 1.1mm; length of smaller ring: 3.0mm; width of smaller ring: 6.6mm; thickness of smaller ring: 1.0mm. Overall weight: 0.47g. …
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Sunday 15th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-A4F005
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval silver pressed cufflink element or button (c. 1725-c. 1800). This single element is octagonal in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. The edge is down-turned. It has a soldered silver wire attachment loop at the rear which is intact broken. At the front, engraved decoration consists of a scalloped and grooved octagonal border close to the edge. In the centre is a flower head (possibly a rose) with four main petals alternately with four smaller petals or calyx. The front is very worn. Length: 16.0mm; width: 16.0mm; height: 2.7mm; h…
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-A34161
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy halfpenny of William III (1694-1702), minted at London and dated 1699 on coin. Obverse: GVLIELMVS-TERTIVS; Bust right. Reverse: BRITAN-NIA; Britannia seated left. Diameter: 27.8mm. Weight: 8.91g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-904738
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: ermine/ermine, dated 1572 on coin (North 1991, 135, ref: 1998). Obverse: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1572 above shield. Diameter: 18.8mm. Weight: 1.22g. DA=12:12. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & …
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-8FA821
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly clipped post-Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: [crescent]/crescent, dated 1588 on coin (North 1991: 137, ref: 2015). Obverse: [ELIZAB].D.G.ANG'FR.ET [HIB REGI]; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: POSVI/DEV.AD/IVTORE/[M MEV] (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1588 above shield. Diameter: 25.8mm. Weight: 3.02g. DA=12:12. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Sp…
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-0FB0BD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg Lion of St Mark jetton (c. 1500-c. 1570). Obverse: Unclear; Lion of St Mark standing left, nimbate and winged, holding the Book of Gospels in his raised right paw, all within an inner circle. Halo touches circle. Reverse: Unclear; Imperial orb surmounted by cross within a three-arched tressure, nothing in outer angles, all within an inner circle. Diameter: 27.0mm. Weight: 1.79g. Mitchiner, M. 1988. The Medieval Period And Nuremberg, Jetons Medalets & Tokens, Volume 1. Seaby: London.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-0E9A70
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double looped asymmetrical buckle (c. 1575 - c. 1700). The pin is missing. The frame is asymmetrical in plan, convex at the front and flat at the rear. The upper face is bevelled internally and externally. One loop is rectangular and the other is 'D'-shaped. The outside edge of the rectangular loop has transverse grooves on the upper face. At each outer corner of the 'D'-shaped loop there is a knop. The bar is triangular in cross-section and has a small knop at each end. This buckle frame is drab green and brown with traces of a …
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-0E0387
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: A/[A], 1583-1585 (North 1991: 137, ref: 2016). Obverse: E D G ROSA SINE [SPINA] (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust facing left. Reverse: CIVI/[TAS]/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 16.5mm. Weight: 0.84g. DA=12:9. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-FD3E66
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy possible token, possibly of Dutch/Netherlands origin (c. 1600-c. 1700). The token is decorated on both sides. One side has a raised crowned shield. A lion rampant within the shield is brandishing a sword. A design on the other side is unclear due to wear. The object has a light buff patina and the breaks are old. Length: 31.3mm; width: 25.1mm; thickness: 3.5mm. Weight: 17.53g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-FCF237
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, worn and damaged post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial mark: key (no initial mark on reverse), 1595/6-1597/8 (North 1991: 137, ref: 2017). Obverse: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust facing left. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 14.0mm. Weight: 0.39g. DA=12:9. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-EC5D9B
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy hooked dress fastener with the arms of the Commonwealth (1649-1660). This fastener is one of a pair, the corresponding fastener would have had a loop into which the hook attached. The fastener consists of a sub-oval plate with three perforated lugs for attachment. Two of these lugs are at one end, flanking the remains of a hook which has a transverse break. The third lug at the opposite end has a break across its centre. The front of the plate is decorated, in cast low relief, with a central recessed oval field containing tw…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: IOW-813C93
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount or stud (c. 1500-c. 1700). The head of this multifoil (octofoil) mount is decorated with eight evenly spaced petals with a pellet at the outer end of each petal. There is a larger pellet at the centre. The rear face is flat except for the central tapering spike which is square in cross-section. The stud is drab green and corroded overall. Maximum diameter: 18.0mm; thickness: 2.0mm; thickness including spike: 12.8mm. Weight: 2.73g. Compare with: NMS-D6F3E3 and SUR-14BDDD. A similar mount has been published (Read 20…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-8081BD
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but squashed post-Medieval copper-alloy closed thimble (c. 1600-c. 1700). The thimble has straight sides and a domed top. The rim is very slightly thickened and there is a plain zone above the rim. Decoration is divided between two circumferential ‘ropework’ bands. The upper band divides the top from the sides. The decoration is formed by two octafoils with spreading leaves or foliage. The octafoils are opposite each other and the remaining space is filled with stylised leaves. The top has eleven parallel lines of punched circular indentations. There is no indicat…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7F46F7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). The mount is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan. It is flat at the front and rear. In plan, it is pointed at one end and has a knop at the opposite end. Close to the pointed end there is a small pointed knop at each side. At the rear there are two integral tapering spikes which are circular in cross-section. One is complete and the tip of the other is missing. This mount is reddish brown with flecks of black lacquer at the rear. Height: 28.7mm; width: 8.0mm; thickness: 1.9mm; thickness including sp…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7E1D83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, clipped, worn and pierced post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649). Struck at the Tower mint under the King. No inner circles. Group D. Initial mark: [ ]/harp, 1632-1633 (North 1991: 162, ref: 2254). Obverse: ·CAROLVS D·G [MB F] ET H [RE]XI; Crowned bust facing left with II (mark of value) behind the head. Reverse: IV[STITI]A THRONVM FIRMAT (Justice strengthens the throne); Oval garnished shield, C R at sides. Diameter: 15.5mm. Weight: 0.54g. DA=12:3. The coin has a sub-rectangular hole at about 9 o’ clock on the obverse which has …
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7C208C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Joseph Whithead (Whitehead) of Newport, Isle of Wight, dated 1664 on token (Champion 1995: 58, ref: 118). Obverse: IOSEPH . WHITHEAD . IN; 1664. Reverse: NEWPORT . ILE . OF . WITE; W over I . K (arranged in a triad). Diameter: 15.2mm. Weight: 0.59g. DA=12:12. Champion, A. F., 1995. Trade Tokens of the Isle of Wight. Privately Published.
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 27th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-697B46
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy rowel spur (c. 1600-c. 1700). This spur comprises a fragment of rowel box and part of the sides. Between the box and sides is a thin neck. The terminal on each of the sides is missing due to breaks. The rowel box is particularly short and each part of the box is ‘D’-shaped in cross-section with a vertical ridge on each outer face. Close to the rounded end of the box there are the remains of an iron axis bar on which the rowel revolved. It is possible that some of the iron rowel remains within the box. The neck is in the form of a …
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-3F4456
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but damaged post-Medieval or Modern copper-alloy button (c. 1820-c. 1912). The front has a raised representation of a bearded male figure facing. The rear face has a bent attachment loop and the maker's name, Charles Jennens of London: [CHARLE]S JENN[ENS] LONDON This button is white metal coated at the front. Diameter: 26.0mm; thickness: 3.4mm. Weight: 5.34g. Compare with IOW-2A33D3. The design, a Capuchin friar couped, is the crest (component of coat of arms) of the Barrington family whose seat was in Essex and were associated with Swainston Manor…
Created on: Monday 24th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-2AE964
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy unidentified object, possibly post-Medieval or Modern (c. 1700- c. 1950) This object is in the form of a ring now misshapen. The outer face has contiguous annulets forming a 'zigzag' pattern. The inner face is slightly concave. The object is drab green with gilding on the outer face. Overall length: 24.7mm; overall width: 22.3mm; width of hoop: 4.0mm; thickness of hoop: 2.2mm. Weight: 3.49g.
Created on: Sunday 23rd February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 27th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-2ABB9A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Edward Knight of Newport, Isle of Wight, c. 1664 (Champion 1995: 47, ref: 108). Obverse: EDWARD . KNIGHT . IN; A castle. Reverse: NEWPORT . ISLE . OF . WITE; E : K. Diameter: 15.0mm. Weight: 0.61g. DA=12:12. Champion, A. F., 1995. Trade Tokens of the Isle of Wight. Privately Published. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alte…
Created on: Sunday 23rd February 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-2A86B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing of James I (1603-1625) or Charles I (1625-1649), minted at London. (North 1991: 148-149; 163-165). Obverse: Illegible; Crown with sceptres in saltire through it. Reverse: Illegible. Diameter: 13.0mm. Weight: 0.55g. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 23rd February 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-FF0149
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy rose farthing of Charles I (1625-1649), minted at the Tower of London under Charles I. Type 2, 1636-1644. Initial marks: crescent/crescent (North 1991: 165, ref: 2291). Obverse: CAROLV D G MA BRI; Single arched crown with sceptres in saltire through it. Reverse: FRA ET HI REX; Single rose surmounted by a single arched crown. Diameter: 13.6mm. Weight: 0.77g. DA=12:12. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Friday 21st February 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-D69728
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (1550-1650). One loop is missing. The surviving frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. The narrowed bar is roughly oval in cross-section. At the centre of the outside edge there is moulded knop decorated at the front with a multifoil. There is a similar knop at each end of the bar. The tapering copper-alloy pin is ‘D’-shaped in cross-section, flat on the underside and has an open loop. This buckle is corroded and the breaks are old. It has patches of a green patina and traces of black …
Created on: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C3F23C
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy fly terret or rein guide (c. 1700-c. 1900). This object is in the form of a column with a crown at the top and a screw-thread at the bottom. The arched crown, 21.8mm in diameter, is surmounted by a rounded knop with a maximum diameter of 8.7mm. The column, circular in cross-section, has a baluster-like collar at the top which is 26.6mm in diameter. This collar has an integral guide which projects downwards from the edge. Beneath the collar the column tapers and then expands to a diameter of 17.9mm. Just beneath the expansion it is square in c…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-97ADDB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin, possibly of post-Medieval date (c. 1500-c. 1800). The tip of the shaft is missing. The spherical head has a diameter of 4.9mm and the shaft is circular in cross-section and has a maximum diameter of 0.9mm. A circular recess at the top is due to loss of material. This pin is reddish brown. White substance below the head may be decayed solder or similar. Length: 17.0mm. Weight: 0.52g.
Created on: Sunday 16th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-2A33D3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
IOW2020-1-48 An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy button (c. 1700-c. 1800). The attachment loop at the back is missing but a stub remains. The front has a raised representation of a bearded male figure facing. This button is white metal coated at the front. Diameter: 16.0mm; thickness: 2.6mm. Weight: 2.39g. Compare with IOW-2D2C12. The design, a Capuchin friar couped, is the crest (component of coat of arms) of the Barrington family whose seat was in Essex and were associated with Swainston Manor in the Isle of Wight. http://www.histparl.ac.u…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-29A0C7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
IOW2020-1-47 An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy button (c. 1700-c. 1800). The attachment loop at the back is missing but a stub remains. The front has a raised representation of a bearded male figure facing. This button is white metal coated at the front. The button was made in London but the maker’s name is unclear: [ ] LONDON Diameter: 26.0mm; thickness: 2.9mm. Weight: 5.60g. Compare with IOW-2D2C12. The design, a Capuchin friar couped, is the crest (component of coat of arms) of the Barrington family whose seat was in Essex and were…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Sunday 16th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-295FD6
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
IOW2020-1-46 A complete but damaged post-Medieval copper-alloy button (c. 1700-c. 1800). The front has a raised representation of a bearded male figure facing. The attachment loop at the back is bent flat. This button is white metal coated at the front. The button was manufactured by George Bousfield at London: GEOe BOUSFIELD[ ] LONDON Diameter: 26.3mm; thickness: 2.3mm; thickness including loop: 4.0mm. Weight: 7.22g. Compare with IOW-2D2C12. The design, a Capuchin friar couped, is the crest (component of coat of arms) of the Barrington family whose…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-D75BE5
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy rowel spur (c. 1600-c. 1700). This fragment is a portion of one side with an integral terminal. The side curves in plan and is pointed-oval in cross-section. Both faces of the terminal are flat. The terminal is a figure-8 type and the perforations, measuring about 4.0mm in diameter, are oblique to the adjacent side. The outer face is decorated with transverse and oblique incised grooves. The inner face is plain. The fragment has a dark green patina with traces of iron staining on both faces. Length: 47.1mm; width: 7.9mm; thickn…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C49D7B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy object of uncertain function and of possible post-Medieval date (c. 1500-c. 1800). This object tapers in width and thickness from a break across a hole to a blunt point. From the pointed end to about halfway along its length the upper face is ‘D’-shaped in cross-section. The remaining part of the upper face is bevelled along the edges. Close to the hole the bevels are ‘notched’ at either side. The object is drab brown and the breaks are old. Length: 58.5mm; width: 8.3mm; thickness: 3.2mm. Weight: 4.77g.
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C2E941
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing token issued by James Smith of Castlehold, Newport, Isle of Wight, c. 1664 (Champion 1995: 22, ref: 50). Obverse: (star) IEAMES . SMITH . IN; A three turreted castle. Reverse: CASTLE . HOLD . NEWIO; S over I E (arranged in a triad). Diameter: 15.0mm. Weight: 1.04g. DA=12:3. Champion, A. F., 1995. Trade Tokens of the Isle of Wight. Privately Published. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and b…
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C2CEFD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1550-c. 1650). One half of the frame and the pin are missing. The loop is oval and the front is convex and bevelled internally. The rear is flat. The outside edge has a central ornate moulding with two ridges forming a pin-rest which is flanked by a roundel at either side. The bar is triangular in cross-section and has a deposit of iron mid-way along its length. This buckle frame has a dull green patina with traces of a white metal coating at the front and rear. Length: 21.0mm; width: 22.2mm; thickne…
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C2BDAC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1800). This mount is heart-shaped in plan and is slightly convex at the front. The stub of a separate spike can be seen at each corner on the reverse. The mount is corroded overall with a thick off-white deposit on the reverse. Height: 17.4mm; width: 19.0mm; thickness: 5.3mm. Weight: 2.53g.
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C2555B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), minted at London between 1672 and 1673 (Spink: 3394). Date in exergue illegible. Obverse: CAROLVS A COROLO; Laureate bust left. Reverse: BRITANNIA 16[ ]; Britannia seated left. Diameter: 22.0mm. Weight: 4.36g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C0BBB6
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but slightly damaged set of post-Medieval gold cufflinks (c. 1750-c. 1800). Each cast element is similar and octafoil in plan with downturned edges. The front of each element depicts Cupid resembling a Putti holding a lyre in the right hand and a dart in the left hand. An accoutrement close to the left knee may be a sheath of darts. The background is finely stippled. On the plain reverse each element has a central circular loop which is joined by a single elongated ornate link. The loops and link are ‘D’-shaped in cross-section, flat on their inner faces. …
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-43425E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy hooked strap-fitting for a sword-belt (c. 1600-c. 1700). The main body of the fitting is sub-circular in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. The front of the main body has three vertical facets. At one end a rounded knop is pierced and contains the remains of a separate iron rivet. Between the knop and main body there is a single transverse ridge. The rearwards projecting hook is 'D'-shaped in cross-section. Between the hook and main body is a pair of transverse ridges. There is an integral copper-alloy rivet on the rear face s…
Created on: Friday 31st January 2020
Last updated: Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-34E557
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy powder holder cap which contained a measure of gunpowder (1600-1700). The loops are largely missing and the closed end is dented. The top is roughly circular in plan. In side view, it is trapezoidal and the sides flare from the top to the squashed bottom. There are the stubs of two attachment loops, one at each side which are opposite each other. A single vertical casting seam can be seen. This cap is corroded, coarse and grey with off-white lead corrosion. Height: 18.0mm; width: 30.0mm; thickness: 20.8mm. Weight: 14.93g. …
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-30A1FE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1700). This mount is broadly heart-shaped with a fleur-de-lis at one end and a rounded knop at the other. Raised decoration at the front consists of addorsed scrolls adjacent to a lozenge. Pellets form a border. The rear face is slightly concave and there is the remains of a spike at each end. Fibres of a wool-like textile adhere to each spike. The spike is reddish brown and drab green and flecks of gilding can be seen at the front. Length: 33.4mm; width: 20.8mm; thickness: 4.1mm; thickness including stubs: 7.8m…
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-05DA07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), minted at London between 1672 and 1673 (Spink: 3394). Date in exergue illegible. Obverse: CAROLVS A C[O]ROLO; Laureate bust left. Reverse: BRITAN [NIA] 16[ ]; Britannia seated left. Diameter: 21.7mm. Weight: 4.48g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-B0B3EE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Commonwealth (1649-1660) penny, minted at London (North 1991: 206, ref: 2729). Obverse: Shield of St. George within wreath formed of a palm and laurel branch. Reverse: Conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland with I (mark of value) above. Diameter: 14.0mm. Weight: 0.45g. DA=12:5. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London. The coin has been pierced with a circular hole, 2.7mm in diameter, at about 12 o’ clock on the obverse. It has been pierced from the obverse through to …
Created on: Friday 24th January 2020
Last updated: Sunday 26th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-9B658A
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and slightly worn post-Medieval copper-alloy spherical animal "crotal" bell (1770-1813). The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is about 10.8mm high, 15.6mm wide, 4.7mm thick and has a roughly square perforation. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential joining rib. About half way down the side of the upper hemisphere, at either side and opposite each other, there is a circular sound hole. One is smaller than the other. Two sound holes in the lower hemisphere are integral with a sound "slit". The upper hemisphere is …
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-18A37E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy rose farthing of Charles I (1625-1649). Type 2, 1636-1644. Initial mark: illegible (North 1991: 165, ref: 2291). Obverse: [CAROLV D G MA BRI] (or similar); [Single arched crown with sceptres in saltire through it]. Reverse: [FRAN ET HI REX] (or similar); Single rose surmounted by a single arched crown (crown unclear). Diameter: 11.3mm. Weight: 0.25g. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-F7D504
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: long cross/long cross, 1580-1581 (North 1991: 135, ref: 2001). Obverse: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust left. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Length: 14.4mm; width: 12.6mm. Weight: 0.41g. DA=12:2. North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-F33350
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval silver penny of James I (1603-1625), minted at London. Initial marks: rose/rose, 1605-1606. Second Coinage, 1604-1619 (North 1991: 146, ref: 2106/1). Obverse: ·I·D·G·ROSA·SINE·SPINA· (A rose without thorns); Rose. Reverse: [TVEATVR]·VNITA·DEVS· (May God guard these united, i.e. kingdoms); Thistle. Diameter: 13.5mm. Weight: 0.47g. DA=12:2. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-F2C2F1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: pheon/pheon, dated 1561 on coin (North 1991: 134, ref: 1997). Obverse: ELIZABETH.D.G.ANG.FR.ET.HI.REG]INA, Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: POSVI/DEV.[AD/IVTORE/M.M]EV (I have made God my Helper), Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1561 above shield. Diameter: 25.8mm. Weight: 1.45g. DA=12:11. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink…
Created on: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C66008
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: hand/hand, 1589/90-1591/2 (North 1991: 137, ref: 2016). Obverse: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust facing left with two pellets (mark of value) behind the head. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 16.0mm. Weight: 0.75g. DA=12:5. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C5E9F5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but damaged post-Medieval to Modern copper-alloy white metal coated military button (1859-1921). A button of the Isle of Wight Artillery and Infantry Volunteer Corps. The Carisbrooke Company. The button is circular in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. At the front it has a raised design consisting of a medieval drum tower with I*W*V in serifed capitals below (Isle of Wight Volunteers). It has a six-pointed 'star' at each side of the letter W. At the rear there is an integral loop which is bent. The front is white metal coated. Diameter: 20.5m…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-B84805
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy duit of Zeeland, a province of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Issued by the Dutch East India Company. Date illegible on coin. Obverse: LUCTOR ET EMERGO] (Struggle and arise); Arms of Zeeland: a crowned lion rampant emerging from the sea, within wreath. Reverse: *A*/ZELAN/DIA/[ ]. Diameter: 20.6mm. Weight: 2.59g. DA=12:12. These copper duits were struck from 1714 till 1797.
Created on: Sunday 12th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-64255E
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy scale knife stop/end-cap (1500-1600). The end-cap is broadly pentagonal in plan and has two broad slightly convex faces. At the top there are three lobes and on each broad face each lobe has a circular 'blind' hole. On the underside a transverse slot contains the remains of an iron tang. This object is drab reddish brown. Height: 16.6mm; width: 15.0mm; thickness: 6.7mm. Weight: 7.91g. A similar knife end-cap has been published (Read 2001: 88, ref: 658). Similar knife end-caps have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities …
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-5D545F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval silver sixpence of William III (1694-1702). Obverse: [GVLIELMVS III DEI GRA]; Laureate and draped bust facing right. Reverse: [MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX (date)]; [Four shields within which are a harp, one lion rampant, three lions passant and three fleurs-de-lis, all around a central circle with the lion of Nassau within, creating a cruciform shape]. Diameter: 21.0mm. Weight: 2.37g.
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-5C2CA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval silver groat of Mary (1553-1554), minted at London. Privy mark: pomegranate (North 1991: 126, ref: 1960). Obverse: mARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB RE[GI] (annulet stops); Crowned bust left. Reverse: VERITA/S T[Em/PO]RIS/FILIA (Truth, the daughter of Time); Long cross fourchée over royal shield. Diameter: 24.0mm. Weight: 1.74g. DA=12:6. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-5BCF01
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but broken and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy token halfpenny of John Warlaws of the Royal Exchange at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, dated 1668 on token (Champion 1995: 28, ref. 59.var). Obverse: IOHN . WARLAWS . AT . ROYA; A building. Reverse: EXCHANG . IN . WEST . COWES; HIS/HALF/PENY/1668. Diameter: 17.7mm. Weight: 1.42g. DA=12:6. Champion, A. F., 1995. Trade Tokens of the Isle of Wight. Privately Published. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a re…
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-4970F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: tun/tun, 1591/2-1594 (North 1991: 137, ref: 2016). Obverse: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust facing left with two pellets (mark of value) behind the head. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 16.3mm. Weight: 0.87g. DA=12:11-12. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-48DDA6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly clipped post-Medieval silver half thistle-merk of James VI of Scotland (1567-1625), as part of the Eighth Coinage, minted at Edinburgh and dated 1601 on coin. (Spink 5498). Obverse: [IA]COBVS.6.D.G.R.SCOTORVM; Crowned shield containing a lion rampant left. Reverse: [R]EGEM [IOVA PROT]EGIT.1601 (Jehovah protects the king); Crowned thistle. Diameter: 24.3mm. Weight: 2.98g. DA=12:9.
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-47ECA8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but squashed post-Medieval copper-alloy closed thimble (c. 1500-c. 1550). This thimble has an unthickened rim and straight sides that taper to the dented top. The indentations spiral to the right from the rim and continue on to the top. The outer face of this thimble is reddish brown green copper-alloy corrosion products and traces of a green patina. The inside is smooth with corrosion products. There are no manufacturing marks or features. Height: 21.4mm; width: 26.7mm; thickness at top: 12.9mm; thickness of walls: 0.5mm. Weight: 6.05g. Compare with a s…
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: IOW-46FD66
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), minted at London between 1672 and 1673 (Spink: 3394). Date in exergue illegible. Obverse: [CAROLVS·A·CAROLO]; Laureate bust left. Reverse: [BRITAN·NIA]; [Britannia seated left]. Diameter: 21.6mm. Weight: 5.28g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.