Record ID: WAW-9A1CF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age: probably a contemporary copy of an uninscribed south-western (Durotriges) stater. Hobbs: Nos. 2691-2727. VA No. 1235-3.
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-47C0A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A farthing of Charles I.
Created on: Friday 11th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-4B7FA1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a vessel lid. It is sub circular in plan, with a sub-semi circular platform protruding from one edge. There are at least 5 very small angular protrusions which are probably decorative. The upper surface is slightly convex, the under surface is concave. Only the upper surface is decorated. The decoration is in the form of ‘ring and dots’ forming a border around the edge, and an inner circle which has trefoils of ‘ring and dot’ designs in the centre. There are also two fine concentric grooves between the inner and outer ‘ring and dot’ borders. The semi-circular …
Created on: Friday 11th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-C1EA3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: A copper-alloy sesterius dating to the first to mid third centuries. Unknown Reece period. The reverse type is illegible. Probably mint of Rome.
Created on: Sunday 18th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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Record ID: WAW-C240CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: a copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD306-337) dating to between AD 315 and 316 (Reece Period 15). SOL INVICTO COMITI reverse type depicting Sol standing left, right hand raised, left hand holding up a globe. Mint of Arles. RIC VII, p239, No 63.
Created on: Sunday 18th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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Record ID: WAW-C28FBC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: A copper alloy nummus of an unknown Emperor probably dating to the period AD 330 to 409 (Reece Period unknown). Illegible reverse type. The mint is not visible. The coin has a circular perforation in the centre. It has also been covered recently with a wax like coating.
Created on: Sunday 18th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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Record ID: WAW-C2A831
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (late 13th to early 15th century) bell: An incomplete, copper-alloy sheet spherical bell. It is missing its lower half and pea due to probable recent damage. The damage being the bell has been squashed. There is a flanged seam line where the two halves would have originally been joined together. At the top is a separately rectangular sheet which has been folded and soldered onto the bell to form a loop. The surface of the bell has a mottled dark green shiny patina. This bell measures 27.55mm long across the base, 16.55 wide across the base, 15.03mm in height, and 3.6g in weig…
Created on: Sunday 18th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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Record ID: WAW-C2C366
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (late 13th to 14th century) buckle: The copper alloy buckle frame was a double looped oval frame, but only one loop and the strap bar remains. The loop is undecorated and is an asymmetrical semi-circle in section. The reverse is undecorated and flat. The strap bar is not narrowed as they usually are, and is a rounded trapezoid in section. There is a trace of an iron pin on the strap bar. The buckle frame has a slightly abraded surface with a dark grey patina. The buckle measures 20.72mm long and 29.72mm wide. It weighs 3.94g. Egan and Pritchard (2002) date a similar shaped…
Created on: Sunday 18th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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Record ID: WAW-8D702B
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval jetton: Rose and orb jetton, appear to be most popular jettons of Hans Schultes I and Hans Krauwinckel II and probably date from 1490 and continues to 1585 (Mitchiner, 1988). This type of jetton are also seen into the 17th century, for example of Wolf Lauffer II which date to 1612 and 1651. Obverse: Illegible legend. Three Crowns, alternately with three lis, arranged centrifrugally around a central rose. Reverse: Illegible legend. Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a tressure with three main arches. Mitchiner, M. 1988 Jettons, Medalets and Tokens: The Me…
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2018
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Record ID: WAW-8480B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch, possibly a large south-western T-shaped type: The copper alloy brooch is fragmentary; it has traces of a large head plate with cylindrical wings. The wings have a vertical slot on the reverse to allow for the pin, which is fragmentary. The wings contain a copper alloy axis bar. The bow protrudes from the lower edge of the plate, on the outer face which is a slender trapezoid and is slightly crescentic in profile. The bow tapers to a broken edge. None of the breaks are recent. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete matte green patina. The brooch measures 18.92…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: WAW-8CFA63
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval jetton: The 'Lion of Saint Mark' jetton, anonymous issues minted between c. 1500 and 1570 AD. Mitchiner p. 359 ff.
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2017
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Record ID: WAW-8D5C81
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval jetton: Rose and orb jetton, appear to be most popular jettons of Hans Schultes I and Hans Krauwinckel II and probably date from 1490 and continues to 1585 (Mitchiner, 1988). This type of jetton are also seen into the 17th century, for example of Wolf Lauffer II which date to 1612 and 1651. Obverse: Illegible legend. Three Crowns, alternately with three lis, arranged centrifrugally around a central rose. Reverse: Illegible legend. Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a tressure with three main arches. Mitchiner, M. 1988 Jettons, Medalets and Tokens: The Me…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2017
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Record ID: WAW-8D9DA3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (mid 14th to early 15th century) buckle: The copper alloy buckle has an incomplete D-shaped frame with an integral spacer and separate plates. The upper surface of the frame is obliquely angled, whereas the reverse is flat. Integral to the strap bar is a forked spacer. The arms of the spacer have a rectangular copper alloy sheet plate on the upper and lower plate which has a small rivet hole at either end. The plates are held in place by a copper alloy rivet in each. The plates are undecorated and has a dark green patina. The buckle frame and spacer measures 34.18mm long a…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2017
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Record ID: WAW-09B163
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (11th century) stirrup strap mount: The copper-alloy mount is a sub-triangle in plan, with a flat base and slightly convex sides. Integral to the upper tip there is an integral loop with a circular perforation. The outer face is convex and is decorated with a debased version of the Urnes style and comprises a sinuous animal entwined with itself and whose head is at the apex of the mount. Along the base there is a rivet hole on the platform which is a solid flange on the reverse. The reverse is undecorated and is hollow. The surface of the mount is abraded and has a …
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2016
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