Record ID: WILT-8FD7D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver siliqua of Magnus Maximus dating to AD383-388 (Reece period 20). VIRTVS ROMANORVM reverse depicting Roma seated facing, head left, on throne, holding globe and reversed spear. Mint of Trier. RIC IX, p 29, no 84(b).
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-903692
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver siliqua of Julian II dating to AD355-363 (Reece period 18).VOTIS V MULTIS X reverse type with legend in a wreath. Mint of Lyons. RIC VIII Lugdunum 219.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-E02198
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian, dating to AD 364-378 (Reece Period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type, depicting victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-159705
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-medieval silver gilded finger-ring, dating to the period AD 1500-1550. It measures 23.21mm in diameter, 7.12mm in thickness and weighs 6.66g. The decoration is framed by two ridged rims, one either side, which run the entirety of the finger-ring. In between are triangular sections of raised dots, approximately 21 in each section. Again, these triangular sections are enclosed by a ridged rim, and alternate from top to bottom. There is no discernible decoration or writing in the inside band. Discussion and Date: This style of ring is typical for the very early Post-…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fontmell Magna', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-65EA14
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy strap-end, dating to the period AD 750-900. It is a Class B, Type 2 Trewhiddle style strap-end. The strap-end is constructed of a single sheet folded lengthways. The strap-end is long and thin and tapers to a point, at this pointed end there are the remains of corrosion on both faces of the strap-end. It is decorated with a pair of incised lines on the face. At the opposite (attachment) end are two small holes (one is broken) for the strap attachment.. The strap-end is 32.48mm in length, and is 9.34mm wide at its maximum tapering to 5.46mm, 2.…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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Record ID: WILT-6615AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age brooch of La Tene I type dating to 4th - 3rd c BC. It is missing some of the pin but is otherwise complete. The head, which is a a simple cylindrical piece at right angles to the bow has six coils wrapped around it. On one side, two coils are extensions of the bow and thus hold the bow to the head. On the other, the fourth coil extends downwards as the pin, about half of the pin missing. The coils and the pin are sub rectangular in section. The bow is trapezoid in section with rounded corners. It bellies out from the top, tapering again towards…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
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Record ID: WILT-6686EC
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy post medieval candle holder dating to the period c. AD 1530 - 1630. It consists of the cup and so is missing the stem and any other lower parts of the original item. The cup is straight sided, tapering away to a splayed foot where there is evidence, inside and out, of the iron corrosion caused by the rivet or other, which would have fixed the cup to the stem. It measures 48.20mm in length and has a diameter of 26.10mm at the rim, but 26.62mm at the base of the cup where there is a beaded collar and below which it tapers away. In addition to the beade…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: WILT-674702
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy bracelet or small armlet dating to the Roman period. It is 28.80mm in length, 6.25mm in width but tapering to 5.70mm. It is D shape in section and 3.16mm thick but 2.09mm at the narrower end which may be one side of a lap joint, broken apart at an early dates. The other end is more clearly a break. The surface of the bracelet is decorated with diagonal grooves. Crummy 1983 suggests that this grooving was probably meant to imitate in solid form the appearance of cable armlets (p41 ref fig44 no1693). The fragment has a pale green patina and weighs…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-677DF8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch dating to cAD 1250 - 1350. It is 18.91mm in diameter with an internal diameter of 11.90mm. it is rectangular in section and 1.41mm thick. There is a recessed section for the pin, which is a flat piece of metal folded over the pin bar, tapering at its far end to a sharp point. The upper surface of the brooch is decorated with a series of incised rings, twenty in all .It weighs 1.40g.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-67ADA6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval cast copper alloy D shape buckle dating to c AD1350 - 1450. It is missing the pin. It has a pointed and notched lip, with a moulded ridge at either end of the strap bar. There is also a notch in the recessed strap bar for the attachment of the pin. See Whitehead 2003 p20 no71 for similar. It is 19.61mm in width, 16.81mm from the strap bar to the outer edge of the hoop and weighs 1.44g.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-67AEE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-medieval silver stuiver of the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, dating to the period AD 1650-1699. The obverse depicts a lion rampant holding a bunch of arrows, approximately seven, in his left paw and brandishing a sword held in his right. The reverse reads GEL/RIA/16[...].
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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Record ID: WILT-67E4F2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval cast copper alloy D shape buckle, with narrowed,offset strap bar, dating to c AD1250 - 1400. It is missing the pin. There is a pointed notch for the pin and two sets of longitudinal ridges, one set either side of the notch. It is 22.40m in width, 18.64mm in length and weighs 1.89g.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: WILT-686B97
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut medieval halfpenny of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD 1247-1272. Solid long cross, uncertain mint and moneyer.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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Record ID: WILT-68A7F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy oval plate brooch of Hattatt's 'Centre-boss' type. The brooch is gilded, the centre piece is missing, as is the the pin. It is 26.40mm in length, 20.46mm in width. The gilding is still in place, the main plate decorated with a backward 'S' pattern. This plate is 2.35mm thick, the whole brooch, including the raised surround for the gemstone, is 3.91mm thick. On the underside, there is a sub rectangular lug with a circular perforation to hold the pin. Opposite this is the slightly bent catchplate. It weighs 5.99g. Plate brooches usually dat…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-69C326
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper-alloy and gilt harness pendant suspension mount or hanger, dating to c AD1200 - 1400. The suspension mount consists of a long bar, c.8.78mm wide and c 52.36mm in length, with end bosses, and a pair of pierced loops projecting from the centre to one side only (19.70mm wide here). There are signs of iron corrosion in the two piercings. The bar is D-shaped in cross-section The loops, 5.15mm long, would have held the axis bar for the pendant. Beyond the end two bosses is a stylized fleur-de-lis terminal with a central piercing c.3.75mm in diameter. …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
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Record ID: WILT-7BC478
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy D-shaped single loop buckle dating to the period c . AD 1250 - 1450. The frame displays two lobed knops flanking a row of transverse grooves on the front bar and a lobed knop either end of the offset strap bar. The pin and plates are missing. The buckle is 16.12 mm from front to back, 20.73 mm wide and weighs 1.96 g. The frame is skewed slightly to one side. Cf Whitehead (2003) Buckles, page 22, number 86.
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-494181
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy medieval buckle with integral forked spacer onto which separate front and back plates have been soldered and helf in place with a single rivet. The buckle hoop is circular, D shape in section, with a lip on the outer edge to take the point of the pin. The pin is in place, being a piece of circular section wire, wrapped around the narrowed pin bar. There is a rivet in place at the attachment end of the plates. The item is 39.51mm in length, 14.57mm in width (the diameter of the buckle hoop) and weighs 3.69g.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-4AFB54
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete section of Roman cast copper alloy bracelet, dating to 3rd - 4th c AD. It is a strip of metal, D shape in section, tapering towards both extant ends, 5.26mm in width in the centre, 3.65mm at one end and 3.22mm at the other. It is c 1.75mm thick. There is no decoration. It has a mottled green patina. Folded over, is 41.57mm in length and weighs 3.17g.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-F6BF82
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Commodus dating to the period AD 180-192 (Reece period 9), uncertain reverse type depicting a seated figure facing left. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-F6CC93
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman radiate of Tetricus II dating to the period AD 272-274 (Reece period 13), uncertain reverse type. Gallic mint.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2017
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