Record ID: LEIC-1F28F4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval? lead alloy weight, 200mm long and weighing 1.68kilos. the object is rectangular in form and square in section. It has been roughly cast and narrows near the upper edge where it froms a rough circular suspension loop. The object may be a ships sounding weight? but its findspot is landlocked? It was found in a late Medieveal house in Tamworth during renovations.
Created on: Friday 27th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-69B3C4
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy coin weight, 18mm long and wide and 5mm thick. The weight weighs 15.5 grams and is quite worn but has the impression of a coin on its upper surface. This consists of a right facing crowned bust surrounded by faint traces of an inscribed border. The style suggests its post medieval and probably of a foreign monarch.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-69BDD4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval? copper alloy mount, 60mm long, 27mm wide and 6mm thick. The mount is in fair condition with a reddish/green patina and weighs 10.01 grams. The mount is made up of three thin shafts which are joined together at the base and are arranged in the form of two snakes entwined around each other and the central shaft. The snakes become wider apart as they near the top of the object forming a triangular shape. Their heads face each other straight on at the top of teh object and appear to be snarling at each other. The snakes have very distinct faces with protruding snouts and bea…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B14AC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver penny of Edward I?, 15.5mm in diameter, 1mm thick with a weight of 1.4grams. The coin is in very good condition with a silver patina. The coin appears to have been struck just off centre, with just the border missing in places.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B18653
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver long cross cut farthing of Henry III, 6mm wide, 1mm thick with a weight of 0.3grams. The coin is in good condition with slight wear and a silver patina.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-43B543
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post Medieval copper alloy flintlock striker. The object is 44mm long and 23mm wide with a depth of 16mm. The object is in fair condition and weighs 15.36 grams. It takes the form of a bird with outstretched wings which is sitting on a hinge. The birds beak forms the rectangular striker and its tail is heavily serrated, probably for cutting. The whole object sits on a rectangular mount with an L section and there are traces of gilding on the tail.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-440B27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver scottish two shillings of Charles I, (spink 5544).
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-443101
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or later lead pencil, 26mm long and 6mm in diameter. The stylus weighs 7.52 grams and is plain. It has a circular shaft and a steeply tapering point. It has snapped off cleanly in antiquity.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-455DC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-45A818
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Theodora, wife of Constantius I.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-04E7F2
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post medieval copper alloy Jetton, 28mm in diameter and 0.5mm thick. The Jetton bears a coat of arms which may originate from the Low countries.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-5E4650
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic (Early) to Neolithic (Late) disc scraper, 33mm long, 33mm wide, 5mm thick and 9.3g in weight. Made on a rounded flake that has been worked centripetally into a disc by the application of semi-abrupt and in some parts abrupt retouch. The flint is opaque and has turned light grey through the process of patination. The butt is large and therefore the piece has been hard hammer struck. The left side has been notched, and the dorsal face possesses two parallel ridges created by unidirectional removals.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-AB9BA6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is rectangular in form and circular in cross section. It comprises a hollow circular tube with a stylised animal's head at one end and circular opening at the other, which has an incised collar and has been pierced transversely, with a silver pin. In the centre are two circular features, one on each side, the upper edge of which projects above the tube. Each contains a reversed V-motif inside a recessed field. These features are likely to represent the animal's ears. to the right of these (as shown) are the rest of the animals' features. It has a rectangular cross sectioned…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-ABB990
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
undated gold sheet, 15mm, long, 10mm wide and 0.25mm thick with a weight of 1.78g. The sheet is oval in form with a rectangular cross section. It is plain and appears to have been deliberately folded in half and then one edge has been folded over into the inside of the first fold. The objects full flattened length is c.28mm this and its form make it very similar to early Bronze age 'hair or basket ornaments' such as BERK-F548E6 and IOW-62FFD2, although this example has no decoration or the diagnostic rectangular projection usually found on these. It does have damage to one edge …
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-FB4A8A
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post Medieval silver gilt baluster spoon terminal, c.20mm long and c. 14mm in diameter. The spoon has a flat circular terminal which has been engraved with the initials W C or W I? and a possible animal? motif above. Below this the spoon narrows in width to a concentric recess then widens out to a rounded band, just narrower than the terminal before tapering in again. Below this is another concentric recess and a narrow, rounded band. Below this the spoon has a swollen oval shaped profile with incised rows of dots decorating it? at which point it is broken.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-5D68C9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver sterling imitation penny of John the Blind of Luxemburg, 1309-46, Mayhew 275
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-3135B2
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy key, c. 97mm long and c25mm wide and fob and weighing 5.8grams. The key has a circular sectioned, hollow shaft which has a rounded collar where it joins the fob. This is rectangular in form and has four circular holes (one near each corner) drilled into it. It has a circular cross sectioned, rectangular shaped, hollow projection emerging from its upper edge. The bit is rectangular and has a recessed edge near the shaft. It has two seperate projections which have a recessed outer edge and several small projections on the upper and lower surface.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-88A379
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 59mm long, 45mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 25.68grams. The object is a foot plate from a square headed brooch. It is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It has a straight upper edge (the middle of an extant brooch) below which are two circular depressions with raised semi-spheres inside. Below this is a central ridge which starts with tapering horizontal ridges then runs down the centre of the object. This bifurctaes, and has a second raised line under it, and runs to the lower sides, ending at the point where the sides be…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-8923D9
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness hook, 53mm long, 24mm wide and 10mm thick with a weight of 17.13grams. The object consists of a circular cross sectioned shaft (incomplete) which has a circular cross sectioned, trapezoidal shaped collar sitting below a scutiform (shield) shaped flat mount. The mount is decorated on both sides, one side has diagonal recessed stripes with patches of red enamel. The other has a central recessed stripe with two projecting circles set in a field of red enamel? below (as shown) and one above, near the collar. The collar has patches of gilding, but none is visi…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 10th November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-1DCF5E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast silver terminal in the form of an animal's head. The object is rectangular in form and semi-circular in cross section. It comprises a hollow tube with a stylised animal's head at one end and circular opening at the other, pierced transversely (the FLO reports that there was a silver pin through this, which has been lost). In the centre are two circular features, one on each side, the upper edge of which projects above the tube. Each contains a reversed V-motif inside a recessed field. These features are likely to represent the animal's ears. Ahead of these are the rest of the a…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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