Record ID: SUR-F9596C
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment, probably part of a late Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) cast copper-alloy cheek piece from a harness fitting dating to the 11th century AD (cf. Williams (2007) Type 1). The fragment comprises a curled loop with teardrop shaped aperture at the centre, part of a second aperture on one side (which the object has broken across) and four or more incomplete decorative projections running around the exterior edge. One side of the fragment has crudely incised geometric decoration in the form of two bands, possible devolved interlace or zoomorphic forms.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-566360
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy early medieval (Anglo Saxon) strap end (cf. Thomas Class A2h). The plate is narrow and oval, waisted to a flared rear end which is characteristically split but incomplete having  broken across the rivet holes on the edge. The front of the plate is decorated with cross hatching or lattice decoration within a linear border. The terminal is zoomorphic, although now too worn for much detail to be visible.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-3575E9
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy terminal loop from an early medieval bridle bit link, cheek piece or strap junction of Anglo Scandinavian style and dating to the 11th century. The loop  is oval with angled sides and three projecting knops; a stump of a projecting arm is visible on the rear edge.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-DBA0A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver early medieval penny of Coenwulf of Mercia, Group II (portrait issue) cross and wedges reverse dating to AD 805-810.  Moneyer is WERHEARD, Canterbury mint. As North 344; BMC 78.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-A093B3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hooked tag or dress hook of early medieval date (c. 9th - 11th century). The plate is oval and incomplete, with no visible attachment holes or loops. The front has incised decoration, which may be floral or cruciform. From the narrower end of the plate projects a long sharp hook.
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: SUR-DF25A8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, slightly bent and extremely abraded early medieval (early Saxon, c.AD450-550) copper-alloy gilded disc, or (possibly) saucer brooch. The brooch is decorated with a chip-carved geometric basketwork design with a large circular pellet at the centre. The reverse are stubs of the hinge and catchplate. There are two pierced holes on one side towards the rim, one of which is incomplete. The function of these is unclear; they may represent modification or the original use of an attachment chain to a paired brooch. The edges of the brooch are extremely worn and ma…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2023
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Record ID: SUR-B54A23
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crescentic copper alloy ring; potentially an early Medieval finger ring of Anglo-Scandinavian style or possibly a Romano British earring cf. Allason-Jones (1989) Type 1. The hoop is crescent shaped, but bent open and oval in shape, 23.7mm in maximum diameter with an internal diameter of 17.1mm. It is undecorated with sub rounded cross section which narrows in diameter from a maximum of 4.4mm down towards tapering points which oppose each other but do not meet.
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Record ID: SUR-B52974
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crescentic copper alloy ring; potentially an early Medieval finger ring of Anglo-Scandinavian style or possibly a Romano British earring cf. Allason-Jones (1989) Type 1. The hoop is 23.1mm in maximum diameter with an internal diameter of 15.1mm. It is undecorated and crescent shaped, with sub rounded cross section which narrows in diameter from a maximum of 5.9mm down towards tapering points which meet and overlap. The hoop has been compressed, possibly to fit a smaller finger than it was originally made for.
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Record ID: SUR-D76536
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy disc brooch of early medieval / late Anglo Saxon date (c.10th century AD). The brooch is crudely made and sub circular, 35mm in diameter and decorated with three or four roughly concentric rings of pellets, surrounding a central group which may be interpretable as a quincunx. The reverse has a flattened looped catchplate on one side and, on the other, a pair of holes which may be a mounting point for a now lost spring and pin.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2022
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Record ID: SUR-E12F27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Indian drachm issued under the Palas dynasty in Bengal. Evolved Sasanian late issue type, c. 850-988 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2023
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Record ID: SUR-3A9571
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crescentic copper alloy ring, potentially either a Roman earring of Allason-Jones (1989) Type 1 or an early Medieval finger ring of Anglo-Scandinavian style. The ring is 26.6mm in maximum diameter with an internal diameter of 19.1mm. It comprises an undecorated crescent shaped hoop, with rounded cross section nd a flattened interior surface. This narrows in diameter from a maximum of 5.7mm down towards tapering points which are bent outwards, but originally would have most likely followed the line of the hoop to meet at a small gap.
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2022
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Record ID: SUR-8DF964
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy stirrup strap mount, 48mm in length, of Williams' Class A, Type 12 (open form). The mount is diamond or lozenge shaped and has an openwork plate with a saltire cross, a central moulded boss and pairs of smaller bosses on the upper and lower portions of the framen and on the lateral apexes of the frame. There is a circular attachment loop at the top of the mount and a flange extending rearwards from the base which contains the remains of a single central iron rivet.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
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Record ID: SUR-E14AE6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper alloy single loop Early Medieval buckle of Anglo-Scandinavian style, 25.5mm in length with a decorated front edge which takes the form of a pair of addorsed beast heads in the Ringerike / Urnes style. These have openwork necks, with snouts running down each frame edge. The heads flank a central terminal knop on the front edge. The strap bar is narrowed.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: SUR-E1357E
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval bridle bit link, 40.9mm in length. The object has a loop attached to a bar with a sub rounded cross section, with a thickened collar at the junction. There is an incomplete second loop on the other end.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: SUR-E12313
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) four way harness link or strap junction dating to c. AD 1000-1100. The object is cruciform, with four arms of flat sub-oval section, each of which ends in a broken loop. The centre of the object is pierced with a hole 6.7mm in diameter, likely for a seperate decorative element as can be seen in SUR-567D19.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: SUR-8205EC
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Medieval copper-alloy pin with a polyhedral head 5.1mm by 4.6mm. The head has 13 facets with a single ring and dot decoration to each of the four largest side facets. The shaft is 34.3mm in length, with circular cross section and has a bend towards the tip, which has been lost.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th October 2021
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Record ID: SUR-FD3CA3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount, 37.7mm in length and of Williams Class A Type 10A dating to the 11th century AD. The mount is convex and sub-triangular in shape, with two large drilled rivet holes on the lower edge. The front of the mount is decorated with a coiled and interlaced animal, in the Urnes style, seen from above and with its head at the apex. The reverse is concave with a small flange at the lower edge. The apical attachment lug has broken away.
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 27th July 2021
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Record ID: SUR-30F784
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Early Medieval harness link, 32.9mm in length, comprising a terminal loop and a stump of the bar. The loop is oval with curved edges; the bar has a D-shaped cross sectional profile 8.2mm wide by 5.7mm thick and ends with a thickened boss 11.7mm wide by 6.8mm thick after which is an old break. The surface of the object is extremely corroded. Circa 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: SUR-1E188F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment probably from a D-shaped buckle of early Medieval date. The frame has a plano convex cross section with a flat reverse and has ring and dot decoration around the outside edge with a bevelled inside edge to the loop. At the junction with the strap bar is a rearward-facing stylised animal head, defined by a dotted eye, small moulded brow/ear and a triangular gaping mouth. Circa 10th-11th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th June 2021
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Record ID: SUR-75242C
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent copper alloy fragment comprising one half of a pair of early Medieval tweezers, with a flat cross section and a flared triangular blade, the edge of which is slightly curved over. There is no obvious decoration as is seen on other examples of this date (i.e. SUR-892572 or BUC-555640). Circa 5th-8th century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
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