Record ID: DOR-0D9833
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117) dating to AD 103-111 (Reece period 5). SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI reverse depicting Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae, foot on Dacian captive. Reference: RIC vol.2, no.190. Date: Roman Diameter: 18.79 mm Weight: 2.66 g Die axis: 8
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-0C62D4
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy lozenge shaped seal box lid dating c. AD 100-300. The lid has a recessed panel on the front with two concentric circles. The central ring contains pale green enamel. A collared lobe, which would have formed the hinge which attached the lid to the box, projects from the top of the lid.  At the bottom of the lozenge is a roughly horizontal break. The lid has a dark brown patina. Reference: A similar example can be found on the database: LIN-EE9F08 Date: Roman Dimensions: 25.16 mm x 23.90 mm x 2 21mm. Weight: 2.51 g.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-0C3C7B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy double looped buckle dating to c.1550-1650. The frame consists of two oval loops divided by a central bar. The loops are D-shaped and convex on the front and flat on the rear. The outer edge of the loop is decorated with moulded transverse line decoration. A section of the top of one loop is missing. The bar is narrowed from the frame and trapeziodal in cross section. The rear is undecorated. Attached to the centre bar is a copper alloy pin. Date: Post Medieval Reference: Whitehead (1996) p 61 no 358 Length: 30.25 mm Width: 30.62 …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-0BE61E
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nutcracker fragment. The object comprises the upper end of one arm of a pair of nutcrackers. The single point hinge at the head remains in the form of a rounded lug. The head is semi-hexagonal in plan on the obverse and is decorated with a floral pattern. The reverse is a flat surface bearing indentations to grip the shell of a nut.  The handle, which is broken, has a circular cross-section and is decorated with two transverse bands containing diagonal markings.  Date: Post Medieval to early modern era. Dimensions: 52.61 mm x 10.45 mm x 5.62…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-0B794B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Trumpet style bow brooch. The trumpet shaped head is smooth and tapers towards the bow. The reverse of the trumpet-shaped head houses the cylindrical wings which are separated in the centre by a pin slot. The pin bar is housed inside the wings and the pin is still present. The pin is almost complete and tapers to a broken point. The bow has a flattened lenticular cross section and is curved, with a central moulded acanthus boss composed of three transverse ribs, set between collars comprising another three transverse ribs. At the foot is a lo…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-F6CFB4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy seal matrix. A pedestal type with a hexagonal faceted handle. The handle has a low collar at the top and a lozengiform suspension loop with a quatrefoil aperture. The handle flares into a circular die. The die is incised with a frame of an eight pointed star (formed by two overlapping and off set squares) around a central raised hexagonal frame around a motif of a tree with rounded top and broad trunk. Date: Medieval - c. 1300 - 1500 Dimensions: 23.69 mm x 19.41 mm Weight: 7.16 g
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-E82519
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval/modern zinc and copper-alloy tombac (Dandy) button dating from c. 1700-1800. The discoidal button has a flat upper surface, bevelled edge and is slightly concave on the reverse. In the front centre of the button is a five petalled Tudor rose and between each petal is a triangular leaf. In the centre of the rose is five stamen emanating from a small central circle. The reverse is undecorated, but retains a shallow central boss, which has broken stubs from the embedded copper alloy attchment loop, nearly all of which is missing. Date: Post Medieval / Modern D…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-E7EFF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy gilded disc brooch dating to c. AD 100 - 300. The brooch is circular and would originally have had a separately applied spoked boss (now missing). The front of the brooch has an outer raised concentric rim, inside of which the surface is gilded and decorated with a band of stamped crescents and a band of circular dots above. There is a second raised concentric rim around a shallow central recess, in which the spoked boss would have been set. At the rear of the brooch is an incomplete catchplate and opposite, a single pierced lug, through which the cor…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 11th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-E7BB52
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap fitting probably part of a composite sword belt mount. It comprises a flat geometric plate with an incomplete rearward hook at one end. At the opposite end to the hook, the plate is a rectangular transverse bar with a scalloped upper edge and an indentation at either side. From this extends a lozengiform section of the plate and this then extends into a scallop-shell shaped section. From the end of this lower section, the object constricts into a rectangular cross-sectioned rearward hook which tapers slightly to the break. There are two circular attachmen…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 11th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-E76C14
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy spoon handle. The terminal only of a spoon stem is present and dates to the late Post Medieval period c. 1670 - 1720. It is flat and rectangular in section with a widened three-lobed trefid terminal. The object has a green/brown patina. Date: Post Medieval Length: 21.60 mm Width: 24.06mm Thickness: 1.26mm Weight: 2.89g Similar examples can also be seen at: DOR-DB66B8 & BERK-705DFE
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 11th February 2024
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