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Record ID: PUBLIC-7E3134
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper-alloy anthropomorphic knife terminal. A knife stop or end-cap from a scale-tang knife. The figurative three dimensional end-cap is an anthropomorphic head on an oval cross-section plinth. The head is wearing a large pointed hood, suggestive of a cowl or hooded cloak worn by monks.  The long, thin face with pointed chin is looking up at an angle of approximately 45 degrees and has crudely engraved facial features. A long vertical ridge forms a nose, separating the two round recesses for eyes, one of which is higher than…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-4237CB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A base and incomplete silver Roman denarius of Geta (198-212) as caesar under Septimius Severus, possibly a contemporary copy, dating to the period c.AD 200-202 (Reece period 10). PRINC IVVENTVTIS reverse type depicting Geta standing in military dress holding branch and sceptre, with a trophy behind. Mint of Rome. RIC IV.1, p. 316, no. 18.  Diameter 17.50mm; Weight 2.11g; Die Axis 7 o'clock
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-44EEEA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Constantius II, as Caeser (AD 317-340) dating to 326 AD (Reece period 16) PROVIDENTIAE CAESS reverse type depicting camp or town gateway with two towers. Mint mark -/-//PTR dot in crescent, mint of Trier. Reference RIC VII, Trier 480. Date: Roman Diameter: 19 mm Weight: 3.1 g Die axis: 5 o'clock
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-38AD02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VIII (1509 - 1547), second coinage.Dating to c.AD 1526 - 1532. Canterbury mint under Archbishop William Warham.                                                  Reference: As North (1991) Volume 2, p 112 no 1802 Diameter: 18.02 mm Weight: 1.35 g Die axis: 7                                           …
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-36CC9B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver sceat (710-740). Series H, Type 39 Cc1 Struck at Hamwic (Southampton). Reference: Abramson 2006: 16, 58 and 99; North 1994: 64, ref: 96, plate 1, no. 44 Diameter: 0.92 g Weight: 12.23 mm
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BB406F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A complete medieval silver short cross penny of Henry III (1216-72) dating to 1217-1222.  Class 7a. Minted by Samuel at Canterbury.  Reference: North Volume 1, No. 978 Diameter: 16.67mm Weight: 0.96g Die axis: 3
Created on: Wednesday 9th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4B99D5
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A particularly fine near complete flint leaf shaped arrowhead dating to the Neolithic c.4000-2400 cal BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of dark grey flint that has occasional light grey patch inclusions. It has a semi glossy patina. The arrowhead can be described as a willow leaf shaped arrowhead. The base has damaged by an irregular break that runs diagonally upwards and to one side of the body that has also removed the base. Both surfaces of the arrowhead have medium length, low angled, invasive sub-parallel, then scaled, retouch. The arrowhead i…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BA575D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An Irish silver sixpence of James I of England (AD1603-1625) dating to AD 1604-1607.  Measurements: diameter 20.5mm, thickness 0.5mm, weight 1.73g
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BA4945
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to 1564.  Mint mark: Pheon Obverse: crowned bust facing left, rose behind. ELIZABETH D G ANG [...]ET HIB REGINA. Very worn bust. Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms, all divided by a long cross, 1564 above POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BA0198
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A post medieval silver sixpence of William III (AD 1694-1702) dated to 1690, first bust, early harp and large crowns. Mint of London. Spink no.3520 Obverse: Laureate, draped bust facing right. With the inscription around the edge: GVLIELMVS III DEI GRA Reverse: Crowned shields of England, Scotland, France and Ireland arranged in a cruciform; lion of Nassau at centre. With the inscription around the edge: MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX 1690. Measurements: 25mm in diameter and 5.90g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3CAA3E
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A tertiary flake Neolithic blade struck from pale brown grey flint, dating to the Neolithic c. 4000 BC-2000 BC. The flake has a triangular cross section, with short sub-parallel low angle retouch along both sides of the flake. There is a high bulb of percussion and ripple marks along the length of the flake. Measurements; 57mm length, 17.5mm width, 11.5mm thickness, weight 13.28g.
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5A0E22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) probable small-long brooch (AD 400-600) The pin is missing and the bottom part of the brooch is missing. The cruciform head plate is flat and formed of a central lozenge-shaped plate from which extend three.flat, roughly lozenge shaped arms, each with a waist between it and the central plate. The central plate is decorated with five punched ring and dot elements, one within each of the upper and side projections, and two arranged vertically on the central plate. Protruding from the lower edge of the head there is…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd February 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B231BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A silver Post Medieval penny of the Commonwealth period (1649-1660). As North (1991), page 206, number 2729. Obverse: shield of St. George within wreath formed of palm and laurel branch. Reverse: conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland. Value mark of I above. Folded and cracked about ΒΌ of diameter through the top left corner of the Cross of St. George.
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-68ECDB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A heavily clipped silver Roman siliqua of the House of Theodosius, possibly Arcadius, probably dating to the period c.AD 395-402 (Reece period 21). VIRTVS ROMANORVM reverse type depicting Roma seated left on cuirass holding Victory on globe and spear. Unclear mint, probably Milan. cf. RIC X no. 1227; Hoxne no. 705ff. The coin measures 17mm in diameter, 1.18 g in weight, and with a die axis of 12 o'clock.
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F47330
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete, lead alloy pilgrim's ampulla of Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1530. The remaining portion consists of the lower half of the circular body, which has been cut or broken in half horizontally, perhaps to release the contents. The neck and suspension loops are missing. Both sides of the body carry decoration. One side is probably intended to represent a crown and consists of a small central element, flanked by two inward-facing crescents and two uprights which curve inwards at the top, above a pair of upwards curving ridges and an area of cross-hatching. The other side has…
Created on: Sunday 21st June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 24th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne Whitechurch', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-25BFCB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An Early- Medieval Anglo Saxon silver sceat (710-740) of Wodan series H. Peacock.Type 4. Reverse variety 1(rosette below neck). Mint of Hamwic (Southampton). Obverse: Moustached face centrally with a beaded outline of ten roundels within a beaded border. Reverse: Crested peacock displaying right, roundel above rosette below Reference: Abramson 2012, p. 134-135 & North Vol. 1 No. 64 Diameter: 12.19 mm Weight: 0.83 g
Created on: Friday 8th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-1012E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A post-medieval rose farthing of Charles I (1625-49) dating to 1636-44. Type 2. Privy marks are crescents. Reference: North Volume 2, no. 2291 Diameter: 14 mm Weight: 0.60 g The coin contains a wedge of brass which was introduced to prevent counterfeiting.
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0F7A62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period c.AD 314 (Reece period 15). SOLI INVICTO COMITI reverse type depicting Sol standing left raising right hand and holding globe in left. Mint of London. As RIC VII, p. 98, no. 10; Cloke and Toone, 2015: pp. 212-213, no. 8.02.015.
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EA5FDC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy single-loop pointed buckle with integral forked spacer plate. Medieval in date, c. 1350 - 1450. The frame is oval in shape and curves to a point on the outer edge where the (missing) pin would rest. There is also a slight taper on the front face from the inside edge of the loop down to the point around the whole circumference of the loop except where the spacer legs are attached. Both soldered buckle plates are also missing. The forked spacer is roughly filed and recessed each side to locate the plates. The frame is also recessed between the spacer legs on the …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E5B411
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An iron key (locking) of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The key has a 'D' shaped' bow at the end of the circular cross-sectioned stem. There is a circular collar just behind the bit nearest the bow. The bit would have comprised two irregular projections, but the furthest one from the bow is broken away at the shaft. Type 8 of the Goodall Classification used at Winchester and Salisbury (Salisbury Medieval Catalogue Volume 4), having a solid shaft projecting beyond the bit. These keys probably date from 1150 through to 1700. The projecting stem is an innovation of the 15th century a…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E4B05C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A base silver stater of the British Iron Age or possibly a silver plated contemporary copy. South western uniscribed (Durotrigian type). Dating to c. 20 BC to AD 10 Reference: Part of the mainstream series, probably Cranborne Chase type. ABC 2157, VA 1235-1, BMC 2525-46, 2691-2727, S 365 Diameter: 7 mm Weight: 2.5 g
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-11AC8F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward II (1307-1327), Class 10cf4 (1309) with bifoliate crown, waisted 'N', 'h' with outcurving tail and colon after 'B' (Withers, 2006, pp.36-37), London mint.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-34BDAD
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Damaged remains of a flint tool, probably a knife of Neolithic to Bronze age date. The piece is leaf shaped but much larger than an arrowhead. The outline appears mainly complete but breaks on both faces mean the extent of original retouch and exact form of the edges is unclear. A small amount of cortext (c.10% of the face) remains near the point on one face which may indicate it is unfinished and broke during production. The piece appears to have been formed on a large flake with pistal end now formed into the point. Some of the bulb of percussion may remain at the proximal end b…
Created on: Monday 9th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A55BFB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch. A symmetrical continental plate brooch with zoomorphic decoration dating to the 1st to 2nd Century AD . There are faint traces of red enamel remaining. The brooch is cruciform in shape with a large central sub- circular plate. The plate is framed by a raised reserve of metal along both edges, creating a recess for enamel and has a central circular aperture.There are two opposing zoomorphic heads with recesses in the eyes and two opposing two circular projections also recessed for enamel.At the rear of the brooch behind the opposing zoomor…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Launceston', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-083EFA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue (1560-1561), mint mark cross crosslet (1560-1561), with beaded inner circle and no rose behind the bust (which is too worn to identify the variety) on the obverse or date above the shield on the reverse, Spink 2558.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-06C327
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Cast copper alloy mount, hexagonal and flat, with a large off-centre rivet hole 3.7 mm in diameter. The hexagon is not regular; two parallel and opposite sides are longer than the others, making it 19.64mm long but only 12.41mm wide. At the shorter ends, one angled corner is longer then the other, making the angle more acute; the rivet hole is placed where the centre would be if the hexagon was regular and both angles less acute. The central hole is surrounded by incised oblique lines which slant outwards from the hole. They are relatively regular around the less acutely angled hal…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-068523
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy buckle with forked spacer. Oval, lipped and notched frame. Copper alloy wire pin. The forked spacer consists of two 'prongs' which extend from the back of the frame and are roughly filed to provide a key when soldered to the composite double sheet copper alloy plates which are now missing. Most of the tinning still survives on the surface of the buckle frame. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 36, no.214, which is dated from c.1350-1450.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-05F60B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy composite buckle with a D-shaped frame, that has been drilled for a separate pin bar, and an integral folded sheet copper alloy plate with one rivet. The copper alloy pin bar was inserted into the frame through two holes at the open end of the frame and then the ends were hammered into place. The bar is worn where it touches the inside edge of the plate in the area cut away from the plate to allow the pin to loop around the spindle. The pin is now missing but would have been made of copper alloy wire. There are the remains of the leather strap still held within…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E13782
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron age or Roman copper alloy T-shaped applied hook brooch, probably dating to c. AD 25-100. The surviving fragment comprises of the head of the bow, wings and partial pin, the lower bow being lost. The cylindrical wings expand transversely from the head of the brooch, these retaining a copper alloy axis bar in situ and with a slot cut into the reverse to accomodate a hinged pin, the latter, also of copper alloy, partially survives. The bow expands out from the head terminating in a patinated break. The bow is undecorated, but with an incised groove running down…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-590B73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), Reece period 16, dating from AD 324-330. VIRTUS AVGG reverse type depicting camp gate with open doors, four turrets and star above, mint of Arles or Arelatum. Cf. RIC VII p. 269, pl.6, no.321
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-566794
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy single loop clasp, missing its strap bar and plate at one end, with a moulded zoomorphic decoration at the other end, the head of a mystical beast, possibly a griffin. The head is in high relief and has fine detailing, with pointed ears, holes for eyes which may once have had a decorative infill, a protruding snout, a band of diagonal grooves above the eyes and grooves radiating from either side of the snout, which probably represents the animal's pelt. In plan the clasp is rectangular, and in profile the animal's head is curved over as if to fit over anot…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0535FC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), dating to AD 1594-96. Third coinage, woolpack initial mark. London mint. North (1991: 137) No. 2017.
Created on: Monday 6th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9CEAF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Licinius I (AD 308-324) dating from c. AD 310, Reece period 15, GENIO POP ROM reverse type depicting Genius standing left, draped, holding patera and cornucopiae, with 'T' to left of figure and 'F' to right, mint of Londinium with reverse mint mark T/F//PLN. Cf. RIC VI, p.132, no.117b
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Last updated: Saturday 4th November 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4AA477
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A medieval copper-alloy English jetton. Sterling bust type depicting facing bust of Edward I (Class 10), Berry type 1, Mernick reference 2c.12.34*, dating to c. 1300-c. 1310. Mint uncertain. Its dimensions are diameter 20.32 mm, thickness 0.7 mm, weight 1.64 g As Mernick reverse 34 (Series 2c) is novel (created following discussions regarding this jetton) this example has been marked as a find of note. Furthermore, large key reverses (Berry reverse type 8) have, to date, been noted by Mernick in his online catalogue on jettons attributable to the reign of Edward II (see also Ber…
Created on: Saturday 28th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CC654D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A complete medieval copper-alloy bar mount with symmetrical hemispherical lobes: at either end a small one with squared off terminal, flanking a larger central one. There are drilled holes for separate rivets in each small lobes, both in situ. The mount is undecorated and generally flat on the reverse; the small lobes are hollow backed. The metal is a dark-grey colour and there are possible file marks on the reverse. Length: 16.7 mm; Width: 8.7 mm; Thickness: 3.6 mm; Weight: 1.3 g See Egan and Pritchard (1991, 213-214; nos 1160, 1161) for similar mounts illustrated from London's…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CBD6A8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A copper-alloy fragment from the front sheet plate of a medieval composite strap-end (c. 13th-14th century). The plate is sub-rectangular; it has broken perhaps halfway along the object, based on its engraved design, with a ragged, old break. The terminal has bevelled corners, with angled cuts. Along one long edge there is evidence on an engraved border, on the front. The field is filled with the rear half of a beast; beyond the break there is a bent leg with toes engraved, the rear of the back and a long tail which travels along the centre of the field. The end of the creature's …
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CB81C8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A medieval single-looped copper-alloy buckle frame of c. 14th- to 16th-century date; the frame itself is complete but the pin is missing. It is broadly trapezoidal, tending towards kidney shaped, with rounded corners on the outer edge. The outer edge expands gradually towards its centre internally; externally it tapers from the corners to the ends of the bar. The front is bevelled shallowly externally, mirrored internally on the reverse of the outer edge. There are multiple oblique (diagonal) grooves on the sides and outer edge, covering each and rendered neatly. The bar is slightly n…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 19th July 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CAB516
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A worn and corroded copper-alloy Roman radiate of Gallienus (AD 253-268), sole reign, dating to the period AD 260-268 (Reece period 13). The reverse type is unclear due to the preservation of the coin, but possibly depicts a quadruped (deer/antelope/goat?) left. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CA37EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A worn copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, probably a contemporary copy, dating to the period AD 335-341 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting Two soldiers standing either side of one standard. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BD0BB0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A copper-alloy Iron Age stater of the South Western Region / Durotriges, dating to the period c.50 BC - AD 40, 'Hod Hill' type. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents. Reverse: Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, vertical legs, many pellets above. As ABC, p. 111, no. 2175; BMC (Hobbs), nos. 2790-2859.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2017
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