Record ID: CAM-BE6165
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver early penny (or sceat) of Secondary Phase Series R8 (Naismith RSb) dating to c.AD710-50, mint: East Anglia (Ipswich?). Ref: Naismith 2017: p.103, table 4, figure 5. Obverse: Radiate bust right with long eyebrow, lips formed of two lines, no neck; runic legend before, inverted 'V' with two annulets behind.  Reverse: Degenerate beaded TOTII standard with various symbols, diagonals to corners, crosses to sides.  Probably 12 o'clock die axis. Weight is 1.01g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: CAM-BDEC3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver early penny (or sceat) of the Secondary Phase triquetras group (Naismith Series TRa, triquetras/bird-in-vine) dating to c. AD720-30. Ref: Naismith 2017: p.101, table 4, figure 5; cf. EMC2015.0225  Obverse: interlaced triquetras forming a cross with lozenge centre enclosing a pellet; pellet in each angle. Reverse Long necked bird, facing right in vine pecking at berries. (cf. Series U type 23b/d). Die axis is uncertain. Weight is 0.91g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: CAM-190331
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Viking penny of the Saint Edmund Coinage (c.895-c.917; North 483) belonging to the second phase, c.910-7; moneyer: Bosecin. Ref: North 1994: 108-9; Blackburn and Pagan 2002: 11-2. Obverse: SCE EADMVN (S on side) around a central 'A'. Reverse +BOLECINO (L inverted) around a central cross pattee. Die axis: 3 o'clock. Weight: 1.23g. Diameter: 19.1mm. Thickness: 1.1mm. The edge of the flan from 9 o'clock - 1 o'clock (obverse) is badly chipped, removing the outer circle in this area.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E71DC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late 10th to 11th century AD Cloisonné disc brooch. See Buckton 1986, p.12, fig.4, no.11 and Weetch Type 20.A. cross with lobes. This brooch weighs 6.89g, and measures 25.0mm on the same axis as the pin x 25.7mm. The back-plate has a thickness of 1.6mm and is circular with twelve approximately equally spaced rounded lobes projecting out from the edge. Four of these lobes have a diameter ranging between 4.5mm - 5.1mm. The upper surface of these four lobes have a copper-alloy collar, within which sits a glass sphere. The two slightly larger lobes are positioned opposite each other…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-5D8F2E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An iron axehead of Early-Medieval date. These early Anglo-Saxon 'Francisca', Frankish throwing axes date from the 5th to the 8th century AD. The example recorded in this PAS record is a type from early in the chronology of Francisca. The remains of this socketed tool-head weigh c.0.6kg (600.00g). It has a length of c.146.0mm, maximum width of c.37.0mm and maximum height of c.85.0mm. The butt-end of the tool is flat and sub-rectangular in shape measuring 41.5mm x 36.7mm with angular corners on all, but the upper, edges. The sides of the tool-head expand slightly with a convex curve …
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-359946
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver sceat of Secondary Phase Series K (type 20), dating c.720-40, probably minted in Kent. Ref: Metcalf 1994: Obverse shows Crude, diademed and robed bust right, knotted wreath ties behind, long nose, small mouth, chalice in palm, quatrefoil before possibly representing fragrance. Reverse shows Single figure with cross-hatched tabard standing in crescent boat, with one long cross pommee left and bird in right hand. Die axis is 3 o'clock. Weight is 0.95g, diameter is 11.7mm, thickness is 1.6mm. The coin in in poor condition with green corrision products visible of the sur…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3587BB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver sceat of Secondary Phase Series R (probably Metcalf variety R8) dating c.730-50, minted in East Anglia. Ref: Metcalf 1994: 514-5. Beaded standard containing angular symbols and central annulet, representing degenerate TOTII legend, cross pommees to side, diagonals at angles Profile head or bust right, OVO - runic ep . Die axis is probably 3 o'clock. Weight is 0.96g, diameter is 12.7mm, thickness is 2.0mm.
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-EA5AD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver penny of Aethelred II (978-1016), long cross type (North 774; c.997-1003), mint: Huntingdon, moneyer: Aelfric. Ref: North 1994: 159. Obverse shows A bare-headed bust left. Obverse legend reads ÆÐELRED REX ANGLO. Reverse shows a long cross voided, single pellet at centre, each limb terminating in three crescents. There is a die flaw visible in the second quarter of the reverse. Reverse reads +ÆL/FRIC/M_O(with pellet in centre of o)/NVNT. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 1.38g, diameter is 20.9mm, thickness is 0.8mm. See North, J.J., 1980.…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-08E06D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end with two surviving silver rivets. This tongue shaped strap-end is a Thomas Class E type. It weighs 15.12g, has a length of 37.3mm and width of 19.4mm. The decoration is relatively plain consisting of a band of three transverse grooves. On one surface these grooves are positioned horizontally, starting 25.4mm in from the rounded end, and occupy 4.1mm of the total length. On the opposite surface the band of lines occupies a similar location but are slightly diagonal sloping down towards the left edge. The upper edges of both sides of the strap-…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D01112
Object type: STUD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small circular setting comprising a small deep-red cabochon stone, possibly a garnet, set within a collet formed of flat silver strip. A slight vertical gap is visible where the two ends of the collar presumably butt together. The stone's diameter is 2.6mm and its height is 2.8mm. The silver collet has an external diameter of 3.6mm and is 1.7mm high. The setting has a wire collar with closely-set thin and shallow grooves cut into it in order to create the appearance of a twisted wire. A hint of this pattern can be seen on the reverse surface of the plate around the edge, possibly su…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2015
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Record ID: CAM-34DB2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver sceat of Secondary Phase Series J (type 37), c.710-25; probably minted in the Humber region. This sceat shows a whorl of four birds, in linear style, themselves forming a cross clockwise around the central cross pommee on the reverse. The obverse side of the flan shows two diademed heads with braided hair, facing each other with trident long cross pommee between. The coin is slightly corroded indicating it is possibly base (or even plated) although probably not enough to definitively suggest a contemporary imitation. Metcalf (1994: 351-3) suggested that …
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A4DEEE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy lozenge-shaped brooch of Early-Medieval date that has a gilded upper surface with chip-carved decoration. The artefact weighs 6.27g, has a maximum length of 54.8mm, maximum width of 16.0mm and maximum thickness of 1.8mm. The lozenge has a rectangular cross-section. The upper chip-carved decoration consists of an equal armed cross set within a circle (diameter is 13.2mm) placed filling the widest part of the artefact. To either side of this central motif is a design that although is similar to the opposite end are not symmetrical, with one end appearing to be of crude…
Created on: Friday 24th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folksworth and Washingley Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1E2EF5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary silver artefact, probably part of an early medieval pin. The object comprises the lower portion of the pinhead, the rest lost to a worn and irregular break. The surviving portion of the plate measures approximately 3.2mm to either side of the shaft, and has a curved edge suggesting that the pinhead was originally circular. The front of the pinhead is decorated with what appears to have been a concentric circular border. The outermost border is a segmented line, the segments of irregular length and some of irregular shape rather than being tiny rectangles. Inside this is …
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D50DC2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the ingot of 89%, the remainder being copper, iron, zinc, lead, gold and tin. This surface analysis is likely to give a slight overestimate of the silver content of the core metal as corrosion alters the composition of the surface of the ingot by preferentially leaching out baser metals such as copper. The ingot weighs 10.1 grams. The ingot is bar-shaped and tapering with rounded ends and the upper and lower surfaces and sides have been hammered smooth from around the centre towards t…
Created on: Wednesday 7th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Ripton Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CE5552
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A bent and cracked medieval silver penny of Harold II (1066), PAX type (North 836). It was minted by Swetman at London. Obverse show crowned head left with sceptre. Obverse legend reads +HAROLD REX ANG . Reverse shows PAX across field in between two lines. Reverse legend reads SPETMAN (or SVETMAN) ON LVND . Die axis is 9 o'clock. Weight is 1.25g, diameter is 19.7mm, thickness is 0.8mm.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Record ID: CAM-3B9F2A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilded silver pin of probable early medieval date. The head is roughly ball-shaped and flattened at top and bottom. The shaft is circular in section and bent back on itself at an angle of approximately 50 degrees. The tip has broken off. The surface of the pin has the remains of gilding, now worn off in patches over the head and shaft, allowing the metal below to show through. Gilding is completely missing from just less than the lower half of the shaft. Dimensions: Length: 48.1 mm (incomplete total, measured with flexible tape) Length: 42.0 mm (…
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Record ID: CAM-F04AC8
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal of a Viking -period silver ingot. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the ingot terminal of 98%, the remainder being copper, gold and lead. This surface analysis is likely to give a slight overestimate of the silver content of the core metal, as corrosion alters the composition of the surface of the ingot by preferentially leaching out copper. The fragment weighs 21.66 grams. The find consists of the terminal of a silver rectangular bar ingot of rectangular section with a rounded oblique end; it is half cut …
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-51823B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilded silver pin dating to the early medieval period. The pin is cast, and has an ovoid head and integral shaft of circular section, surviving to a length of approx. 13.48 mm. The front of the pinhead is gilded and decorated, while the back is plain, flat and not gilded. The decoration on the front of the pinhead is cast in high relief and executed in the Winchester Style. It comprises an openwork design of a central plant stem from which tendrils sprout laterally. These entwine a pair of birds that flank the stem. The birds have fan-like tails and are arranged uprig…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-516617
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the mercury gilded fragment of 97%, the remainder being copper, gold and lead. The fragment weighs 3.67 grams. The find consists of an ovoid fragment of thick sheet metal projecting to a point at one end and with incised repoussé decoration; length, 32.5mm; width, 20mm. At the opposite end is a gable-shaped tab with a grooved, raised edge enclosing a wavy foliate motif and separated by a curved line of bead-and-reel (possibly the edge of a roundel or arcade) from a J-shaped scroll be…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-511D9F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast gilded silver terminal in the shape of an animal's head. Extensive gilding survives across much of the surface. The beast's head is elongated and its snout curves downwards and back upwards underneath. Subtle moulding represents the end of the upper and lower jaws, from which protrudes a long tongue. This widens as it extends to touch the underside of the beast's head, closing the loop and forming a circular aperture 3.90mm in diameter. The creature's mouth is formed from a single incised line following the curve of the muzzle. The mouth itself is contained within an incised bo…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croydon Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.