Record ID: WAW-FDF413
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  post-medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). Second issue of AD 1561-1583, Pheon initial mark (AD 1561-1565) dated AD 1561 on the coin. North (1991) no. 1997. 
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: WMID-B01B51
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, circa (AD 1400-1800). The token is circular in plan. On the upper face is an equal armed cross in light relief with a central pellet and a pellet in each quarter, imitating a Medieval penny (Powell type 14b). The reverse face is decorated with a capital 'C' in light relief Powell type 2 (Initials). The token has a cream coloured patina across all surfaces which also has areas of abrasion. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed t…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
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Record ID: WMID-9DFC67
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval to Post-Medieval die, dating to AD 1200 - 1750. The die is of the standard format with the opposing faces adding up to seven (six and one, four and three, two and five). The object has a green coloured patina across all surfaces. The die has suffered some damage at the edges and most notably on one corner damaging the face depciting the six. Some of the annulets marking the numbers are in filled in white. Egan (1997) suggests the standard format is more common in the Medieval and especially Post-Medieval periods. There are many parallels recorded on…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
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Record ID: WMID-9CFB9D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) dated to AD 1566. Second coinage (AD 1561-1582). Minted in London. Initial mark: Portcullis or Lion. North (1991) Vol 2, no. 1997.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
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Record ID: WMID-12ABE2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token of later medieval to post-medieval date, circa (AD 1400-1800). The token is circular in plan. The upper face is decorated with a cast design comprising a raised cross design, Powell type 4 (cross). The reverse face is flat and un-decorated. The token has a dark grey to brown coloured patina across all surfaces which also has areas of abrasion, especially around the circumference. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore diffi…
Created on: Friday 27th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: WMID-02EA32
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy pipe tamper dating to the Post Medieval to Modern period (c. AD 1750-1900). Probably double-ended. The object is a figure of an archer with a quiver over his left shoulder. He is standing on a rounded base (the bottom of which forms one of the two tamper surfaces). He is dressed in a cloak and pantaloons. His right arm is obscured. The upper body of the individual is well-defined, the stomach and pectoral muscles are individually identifiable. The object is 61.5 mm tall, 19.6 mm wide and 9.5 mm thick. The upper tamper surface (consisting of the figure's headgea…
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
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Record ID: WMID-99782B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy token of later medieval or post-medieval date (1400-1800). The token is circular in plan. The upper face is well worn and contains a cast design in relief with a number of ribs visible at the outer edges of the token. Due to the wear on the token a definite type may not be possible, although it can be compared to that of Powell's type 12, described as quartered geometrics or possibly type 7 (hatching or grid) or 26 (celestial) objects if ribs are emanating the rays of the sun. there is an oval shaped indentation on the front face and one on the reverse. The rever…
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2016
Last updated: Sunday 29th May 2016
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Record ID: WMID-3E5661
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy possible cloth seal or token of Post-medieval date, circa (AD 1600-1800). The object is sub-circular in plan. If the lead alloy object is a cloth seal it would have probably comprised of 2 disks and a connecting strip. These are now missing, leaving one disk remaining. There is a small area on the edge of the object where the patina is abraded, this could be where the connecting strip was damaged and broken in the plough soil. Alternatively the object could be a token. The front face has a raised motif within a circle; due to wear it is difficult to distinguish the d…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2016
Last updated: Sunday 24th January 2016
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Record ID: WMID-8CF48B
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete moulded clay tobacco pipe, of the Post Medieval period, dating to AD 1600 - AD 1800. The clay tobacco pipe has been moulded from a white pipeclay. The pipe fragment consists of a complete bowl. There is evidence of a horizontal line of dots just underneath the rim of the bowl. The rim of the bowl has been damaged slightly at the top. The tailed heel is incomplete, with a complete maker's mark remaining. The maker's mark was originally a square shape, with three lines of text, reading MICH/BRO/WNE. The clay pipe measures 48.8 mm high, with a maximum diameter of 2…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: WMID-6ABC41
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold mourning finger ring, of probable Post Medieval dating (AD 1600 to AD 1800). The hoop is slightly misshapen and is no longer circular in shape. The hoop is D shaped in cross section. The exterior of the hoop has been engraved with a pictoral device. This device consists of two engraved saltires with rounded ends. Between the saltires is a sub rectangular recessed section. Both the saltires and the sub rectangular area have been keyed for enamel, traces of white enamel still remain in the ends of the saltires. It is possible that this sub rectangular area may represe…
Created on: Thursday 10th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birmingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DEF0E2
Object type: DENTAL IMPLEMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold dental plate of late Post-Medieval to modern date. The plate has one straight edge and one ridged which would fit between remaining teeth. A flattened panel is present onto which the false teeth would have been fitted. Three semi-circular loops are also present, two of which extend from either end of the plate with a third smaller one slightly to one side. These would have secured the dental plate around the existing teeth, presumably in this case around the lower second molars and a canine. Although it does not look as if any false teeth have been fitted to it, they c…
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2013
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Record ID: WMID-3262A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy, double looped 'spectacle' buckle dating to the Medieval period, circa AD1350-1650. The frame is worn but complete, but the pin is missing. The frame has a flat back and a concave front creating a D-shaped cross section. The front of the buckle has a small moulded knop decoration at either end of the central bar. The front of the buckle is otherwise undecorated although the surface is heavily abraded. Iron corrosion is present on the central bar and part of the frame indicating that the missing pin may have been made of iron. The reverse of the buckle i…
Created on: Monday 8th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: WMID-394F13
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy frame from a post-medieval double looped buckle with a separate spindle. The spindle and pin are now missing. The buckle is rounded on the front and has a flat reverse. There is moulded collared decoration at either end of where the spindle once was. The buckle frame measures 24.84 mm long, 18.26 mm wide, 3.4 mm thick and weighs 2.1 grams. It dates from the mid 16th to 18th century.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 29th November 2010
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Record ID: WMID-3750E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval halfgroat of the Commonwealth period (1649-1660).
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 29th November 2010
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Record ID: WMID-ED4BF2
Object type: CROSS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy cross of probable medieval or post-medieval date. The cross is square in profile. It has some solder at the base where it was attached to something, perhaps a box or other small item of furniture. It measures 35.8 mm long, 18.2 mm wide and 5.25 mm thick. It weighs 10.1 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2012
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Record ID: WMID-957494
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead token probably dating from the post-medieval period. Mass: 4.1g, diameter: 22.0mm, thickness: 2.0mm. The token is unifacial, with a raised cruciform design with three curve sided arms (?petals) and the fourth formed by three straight ribs. There are also raised pellets and sub-triangular features on the front, within a circle of adjoined triangles. The reverse is broadly flat and undecorated, although there is a ridge around the edge. The token has a variable brown coloured matt surface, which is darker in the more recessed areas. In: “Material Culture in Lon…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walmley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-CECDC7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast ?copper-alloy S-shaped fastener, probably dating from the post-medieval period. Length: 32.3mm; width: 14.5mm; thickness: 4.5mm in the middle of the S. Mass: 4.3g. The fastener is in the form of two curving swan's heads joined with a transverse foliate band in the middle of the S. One of the terminals is off-set at an angle of about 30 degrees. The fastener has an oval shaped cross-section. Recessed lines on each terminal define eyes and beak, and probably feathers on the neck (although this is rather indistinct). The fastener has a dull grey coloured slightly uneven (cor…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walmley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-083DF2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Post-Medieval toggle. The object consists of body which is pointed oval in plan and broadly oval in section, attached on one side to a transverse, straight stem which terminates in a double loop, presumably for attachment. The stem in broadly rectangular in section. There are raised circular collars around the perforations of the double loop. A distinct ridge runs around the body, joining the sides of the stem and of approximately the same width. The thickness of the seam appears broadly uniform around the body of the object. There is some of the soil on the surface…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birmingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-956A81
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probably handmade ceramic beaker, probably dating from the Post Medieval period, between AD 1600 – 1800 (length: 50mm; diameter at base: 40.5mm; weight: 43.72g). The beaker is sub-cylindrical in shape with slanting walls that slope inwards to a smaller diameter of 29.5mm at the top of the vessel. There is also a handle protruding from the outside edge at the top of the artefact, which is square in plan and irregularly sub-triangular in side section. Additionally, there is a pierced circular hole (diameter of hole: 7.5mm) in the centre of the handle that may have been us…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-2A28E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Published
Elizabeth I threepence, dating to 1580 AD. The coin is in a poor condition with most of the obverse and reverse worn away.
Created on: Monday 12th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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