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Record ID: NCL-8B8BC1
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy Bronze Age unlooped early/primary flanged palstave axehead of Needham's Period 4 Class 5E type (Clifton), c. 1750-1500 BC. The body is sub-triangular in plan with a curved butt and slightly curved body with stop ridge approximately halfway up the body. In profile, the body angle is oval. The cutting edge expands into a convex fantail shape, with in tact curved tips. The object has a dark brown patina with surface abrasion and some pitting. The cutting edge is nicked and chipped, but is in otherwise good condition. In Needham's typology of B…
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: NCL-D8C223
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Roman denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to AD 103-111 (Reece Period 5), COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p. 252, as no. 118. RIC 118 only records a gold aureus for this type.
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2022
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Record ID: NCL-65E332
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast lead weight or spindle whorl of unknown date. The hole is slightly off-centre, with a diameter of 8.3 mm. Flat hexagonal base, tapering to a pentagonal top. Height 19.00 mm, width 19.96 mm, length 23.76 mm. It weighs 39.65 g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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Record ID: NCL-531D97
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete lead object: either a weight or a gaming piece. Hollow, with an irregular pentagon base, tapering to a conical top. Several similar objects have been recorded as gaming pieces, used for playing Hnafetafl or other board games. NLM-C98990 has a similar tapering pentagonal form and NLM-FF0ABB has a similar hollowed base. This object has few diagnostic features, but is probably early Medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2021
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Record ID: NCL-C0E5F8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy strap end. The attachment loop is missing, but the rest of the strap end is in good condition. Matches Hoss' type H.1.a, (most similar to figures H.130 and H.177), with a flat body. The body takes the form of an elongated, irregular pentagon, with the sides slightly concave. There is no terminal knop. The strap end is 27.44 mm long by 7.9 mm wide and 3 mm thick. It weighs 3.23 g. According to Hoss (p.262), strap ends like this were worn on a range of belt fittings and clasps. Examples date between AD 175 and the late 4th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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Record ID: NCL-CD7787
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, copper enamelled Roman disc brooch (Mackreth British Plate 2.b). The pin is missing and only a small piece of the catch plate is preserved. The two pierced lugs where the pin attached are present but damaged. The flat, circular plate has a raised rim for containing enamel, which is damaged on one side. The six-lobed decorative motif is intact, with traces of red enamel present and a reserved circle in the centre. Late second century.
Created on: Thursday 26th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: NCL-A32D2E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of the Aesica type (dating to approximately 43-75 AD). The bow is complete, and part of the catch plate is also preserved, a small fragment of the pin survives at the hinge, along with the bar holding it in place. The bow has two pairs of triangular extensions in the centre and at the foot. These triangular extensions are decorated with grooves that run parallel to the edge, forming closed triangles slightly smaller than the extensions, and there is a smaller triangle between the two central extensions. Parallels in Hattat figure 169, no. 793-6. M…
Created on: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
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Record ID: NCL-86DD8D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Scottish Medieval silver penny of Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage (1280-1292), class Mb3 (Spink S5054). Mint: Berwick (possibly). Ref: Spink 2015: 18
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
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Record ID: NCL-8172E9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy seal matrix. It has a hexagonally faceted conical handle, terminating in a pentagonal suspension loop above a single ridge. The suspension loop is pierced with a circular hole, internal diameter 2.5mm. The total height is 19mm and the matrix weighs 15.7 g. The die is circular, 16.5mm in diameter. The die is engraved with the head of a stag, facing forward, with a cross between its antlers. The stag with a cross is associated with Saint Eustace and Saint Hubert. This motif is almost identical to SF-261A16 but with a different inscription. The inscriptio…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
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Record ID: NCL-754EB5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small medieval copper-alloy seal matrix. It has a hexagonally faceted conical handle rising to a three-ridged collar, ending in an elaborate trefoil suspension loop with two rounded knops between the lobes. The suspension loop is pierced with a circular hole, diameter 3.5mm. The total height is 23mm and the matrix weighs 13.2 g. The die is circular, 21mm in diameter, and engraved with a bird in profile facing right (left on the impression). The wings are folded and the legs are widely spread, with foremost foot slightly raised. The bird is enclosed within a beaded circle. Outside this…
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
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Record ID: NCL-741A49
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval nummular brooch in gilded copper alloy. Right facing portrait, surrounded by beaded pseudo-filigree band. There is no legend. Double pin lug and part of catchplate present on reverse, which is otherwise flat and undecorated. Traces of pin present as piece of rust inside the pin lug. Diameter 20mm, thickness 1.5 mm. The bust is almost identical to NMS-5FA413 (Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 167.), with the same exceptionally large nose and pronounced eye. These features, along with the form of the headdress, resemble diademed portrait issues of Ecgberht and Æthelwulf …
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
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Record ID: NCL-69C525
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver gilt ball-headed dress pin dating to the early post-medieval period, c. AD 1500-1600. The head is spherical, divided into two by a plain applied medial band of silver. The head is decorated with eight large hemispherical knops (four on each side of the band). Each knop is surrounded by a silver filigree complete ring. One smaller knop is positioned at the opposite pole of the pin head from the pin join. Small pellets of silver (16 total) are placed between the larger knops and around the point where the pin joins the head. The pin is complete and bent at an 150 degre…
Created on: Saturday 11th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2021
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Record ID: NCL-1C87EA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Incomplete silver annular brooch of the Medieval period (1350-1400). The subcircular frame has a flattened, rectangular cross-section. The frame is undecorated on the reverse. The front is inscribed in Lombardic capitals reading: IESVS NAZAREN[VS]. The inscription starts and ends at the pin constriction. The pin has a D-shaped cross-section, with an integral cross-bar that divides the tapering pin from the straight-sided hook for attaching to the frame. The pin has become detached from the frame and about two thirds of it is preserved. The brooch is in three fragment…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2022
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Record ID: NCL-CBB4CB
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Revesby, Lincolnshire A hoard of c. 70 Roman bronze coins. Initial identification suggests a deposition date after the mid-fourth century. The coins (Eleanor Ghey) A total of 67 coins and 2 unidentified metallic fragments were submitted for examination as potential Treasure. The assemblage is wide-ranging in date and as there was no container and no additional information on the distribution of the finds was provided, the group is assumed to contain a hoard of 55 nummi with a tpq of AD 327-8 alongside other stray coins from the area, including two first century copper a…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th February 2022
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Record ID: NCL-DB4158
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead papal bulla of Alexander III, dating 1159-1181. The bulla bears the inscription ALEX/ANDER/PP III in three lines on the obverse and S PA S PE on the reverse with images of saints Paul and Peter below the inscription.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
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Record ID: NCL-DB27F9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy seal matrix of the Medieval period, 1200-1500. The seal matrix is a pointed oval in shape with a suspension loop at one end on the reverse. The design has been carved well, but corrosion has removed much of the detail and the inscription is illigible. However, the design bears an image of a saint blessing a kneeling figure.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
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Record ID: NCL-D83EED
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead papal bulla of Innocent IV, dating 1243-1254. The bulla bears the inscription INNO/CENTIVS/PP IIII in three lines on the obverse and S PA S PE on the reverse with images of saints Paul and Peter below the inscription.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
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Record ID: NCL-D826CD
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy complete harness fitting of the later Early Medieval period, circa AD 1000-1100. The fitting consists of a rectangular body with a thick collar and circular hoop at one end, and a lozenge-shaped hoop opposite, the lozenge-shape having small knops on the three projecting corners. The fitting is D-shaped in section, with one knop broken from the lozenge-shaped end. Wear on the upper and reverse faces of the outer frame of the circular hoop indicate where attached to a strap.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
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Record ID: NCL-D808CA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy complete Colchester-derivative two-piece brooch, c. AD 69-100. The brooch is T-shaped in plan, with a cylindrical head to hold the axel and hinged pin. The outer faces of the arms have grooved decoration running vertically. The bow emerges from the centre of the head and tapers to the foot, the lower half of the bow retaining the hooked catchplate emerging from its reverse. The bow is also bears grooved decoration running vertically down its length.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
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Record ID: NCL-D7ED8D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy incomplete buckle, dating c. 1500-1600. The buckle is double-looped, with a trapezoidal shape in plan and the crossbar offset toward the rectangular end of the buckle. Moust of the outer frame is missing. The frame bears short oval studs emerging evenly across its surface on all faces, accept the short side of the frame where the buckle was attached to a strap or plate.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
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