Record ID: SWYOR-E012CB
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of fifteen cast lead musket balls dating from the Post-Medieval period, AD1650 - 1850. Individual details are as follows: 1. A shot that is flattened as a result of impacting on an unyielding surface such as stone.It has a cream coloured patina. It is 28.4mm long, 24.9mm wide and 10.1mm thick. It weighs 26.21gm, suggesting that it was used in an arquebus or caliver. 2. A shot that is partially rounded and partially flattened, with striations on the flattened side. The shot has a cream coloured patina. It is 22.2mm long, 18.5mm wide and 12mm thick. It weighs 22.29gm, sugg…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2016
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-E25A19
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead artefact, possibly a leather worker's palm guard dating from the Post-Medieval period, AD 1600 - 1900. It consists of a piece of sheet lead, of average thickness 8mm, shaped to fit a curved palm (roughly D-shaped). There is a shallow, transverse groove across the centre of the artefact on the inner side of the curve, though it is difficult to determine whether this original or damage subsequent to its deposition in the soil. The artefact has a patchy, cream and light grey patina. It is 70.6mm long, 53.9mm wide and 8mm thick. It weighs 228gm. Compare SWYOR-0E65DB.
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E9A738
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver coin. The coin is a silver-plated contemporary copy of a siliqua of Magnus Maximus (AD 383 to 388). Obverse Legend: D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG. Obverse type: pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse legend: VIRTVS ROMANORVM. Reverse type: Roma enthroned facing, head left, holding globe and spear. TRPS in exergue. Mint: Trier, Germany, AD 383 to 388. Reece period 20. RIC IX, p. 29, cf. no. 84b. Diameter 17.2mm, Weight 1.72g.
Created on: Friday 14th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F5DD12
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver penny probably of Edward II (1307-1327). Probably Class 11b (North 1061) dating to c. 1312-1314. Minted at London. North (1975, 28). Diameter 18.5mm, Thickness 0.72mm, Weight 1.27g
Created on: Saturday 15th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-513B26
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy bell, known colloquially as a 'crotal', dating to between c. AD 1600 and AD 1800. The bell is made from copper-alloy sheet, and is constructed from four separate components. The upper and lower hemispheres are soldered together at the central median seam. The lower hemisphere bears two holes joined by a sounding slot, which is slightly damaged. A cut copper-alloy suspension loop of inverted U shape has been soldered to the upper hemisphere; this has been drilled with a circular hole. The bell contains a pea, possibly made of lead. The surface of the bell h…
Created on: Wednesday 19th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-439E19
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver penny of William I of Scotland (1165-1214). Short cross and stars type, Phase B (Spink 5029) dating to c. 1205-1230. Minted by Hue and Walter at Roxburgh. The coin measures 19 mm in diameter and weighs 1.4 g It was published in Read (1995, 54; no. 193).
Created on: Monday 27th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 16th March 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CA7CED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval Venetian silver grosso agostano (1464-1506) from the Italian Republic of Bologna under Giovanni II Bentivoglio (1462-1506). The obverse depicts a lion walking left holding a staff and banner within a quadrilobe. The legend reads .BONONI [.A. D]OCET. Translating as Bologna teaches. The reverse depicts St Petronius nimbate (haloed) and wearing a mitre. In their right hand is a model of a city, in the left a crosier. The legend reads S. PETRONIVS. Measurements: Diameter: 21mm, Weight: 1.4g
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-0ECC7D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman / Byzantine provincial coin, a follis (40 nummi) of Justin II (AD 565-578), dating to the period AD 574-578. The obverse depicts Justin and Sophia enthroned [...]NVS PP [...], the reverse depicts the letter M (for 40 nummi) with ANNO to the left and X [..] to the right (giving the regnal year), a cross above the M and an epsilon for the 5th officiana below. In the exergue; CON for the mint of Constantinople.
Created on: Friday 29th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2019
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Record ID: IARCH-BEA934
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 11 no. 47: ""Paignton. Date of Deposition c. 65-70. Discovery? Claudius I RIC 64." Item no. 204 in the accessions register of the Rougemont House (now Royal Albert Memorial) Museum is as above and has the accompanying note: 'dug up at Paignton under the roots of an old oak tree with thirty-five others, some of Nero'. There are no other details whatever and the Claudian coin itself is no longer in the Museum's possession. The presence of a legitimate Claudian coin as well as some Neronian bronze is significant, in the light of the frequency of Claudian copies at Exe…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paignton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-D9F1E2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Published
The two ingots were recovered within c.1.5 metres of each other at a depth of c.10cm below the surface. Description Ingot, fragment. Plano-convex edge fragment with rounded outer edge. Length: 74.5mm, Width: 62.5mm, Thickness: c.31mm Ingot, fragment. Plano-convex. Length: 92.5mm, Width: 90mm, Thickness: c. 32mm. Discussion These ingot fragments probably belong to the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age, dating to c.1000-800 BC. Both fragments are plano-convex, being rounded on one side and flat on the other. Ingots such as these were cast in a dish-shaped mould, and…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2015
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Record ID: DEV-EEA7E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy sestertius of the empress Agrippina Senior (died AD 33), struck under Caligula (AD 37-41) (Reece Period 1), S P Q R MEMORIAE AGRIPPINAE, Mint of Rome, AD 37-41. RIC I, p. 112, no. 55. This is one of only two coins of this type which appear to have been found in Britain. The other was found in Oxfordshire: BERK-6C41FC.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2017
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Record ID: DEV-894B02
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver gilt dress fastener. The item was considered under the Treasure Act (1996). Please see the treasure report below for further details. Treasure Report for 16th Century Dress Fastener (Treasure reference number: 2006 T617) Date: 16th century Description: Cast silver-gilt dress hook with tear shaped backplate and scalloped edge. There are traces of solder remaining on the backplate, presumably where a hook and bar (both now missing) was attached. The front is a raised hollow cast cushion, which is decorated with four filigree circles. Within each outer space where th…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Torbay CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-D9A571
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern carrera marble fragment from a figurine. The fragment represents the head of a female. There are traces of paint remaining on the face and the eyes. Geoff Egan has looked at an image of this find has compared it to the present-day Burmese tradition of the painting of religious figures carved from very fine quality local marble. Although the figures produced are mainly Bhuddist; Hindu and Christian figurines are also known to be produced. Therefore, it is thought that the figurine was made in Burma and that it may represent Mary or an angel.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-88C223
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Postmedieval cast lead alloy musket ball. The musket ball measures c.1cm in diameter and still has traces of casting flashes. Muskets and musket balls were used throughout the English civil war in the 1640's; in general, the majority of musket balls date to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Created on: Thursday 24th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-2E1996
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin. The coin is a sestertius of the emperor Commodus, probably as caesar (172- 180 AD). The coin was minted in Rome, c. 175 - 180 AD.
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-2E7956
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin. The coin is a sestertius of the emperor Marcus Aurelius as Augustus (161 - 180 AD). Rome mint.
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-2E9304
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin. The coin is a sestertius, probably of the emperor Marcus Aurelius as Augustus (161 - 180 AD). Rome mint. Reece period 8.
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-2EA6E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin. The coin is a contemporary copy dupondius of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (138 - 161 AD).
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th September 2020
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Record ID: DEV-E62CF2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval oval buckle frame, made from cast copper alloy. The bar is offset and narrower than the rest of the frame. The pin is missing. The outside edge of the frame has three grooves in the centre, and two knops projecting from it. A similar, but slightly larger, buckle is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard 1991, p73, number 299. Egan states the basic form of these buckles were in use between the 12th and 14th centuries AD. Width 15.24mm Length 21.09mm
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Torquay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-8C7464
Object type: AMPHORA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Roman amphora handle. Amphorae were sturdy pottery vessels which were used to transport and store foods such as olives, oil, and fish sauce. This handle fragment is flat, with two grooves running down the outside face. The fabric is pale buff in colour, with very few inclusions. The whole surface has been water-worn by the sea. Although it is difficult to tell from this worn fragment, it is possible that the amphora was of the Dressel 28 type (also known as Peacock and Williams Class 31). The Dressel 28 type of amphora, dating to the first half of the 2nd Century AD, was wi…
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paignton', grid reference and parish protected.