Record ID: NARC-77D046
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An early Anglo-Saxon circular gold setting, now incomplete, distorted and damaged. The outer edge is surrounded by a triple frame: A plain gold strip, now largely squashed, is set inside a very fine beaded wire ring and the outer edge of the object is then framed by twisted beaded wires. The centre of the setting is now empty. The back-plate, now slightly warped, is round and plain. In its centre there is a roughly rectangular slot with torn edges. It will have had to do with the means of attachment of the setting. In addition, there are four small rivet holes around the …
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rushton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-77BD13
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age founder's hoard. Report by Sally Worrell: "This group of 56 artefacts represents a diverse and extensive range of artefact types. All the artefacts date from the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age (1000-800 BC). The artefacts were found scattered over a small area and were probably dispersed due to the actions of the plough. The majority of the artefacts are types whoch commonly occur in Late Bronze Age hoards in south-0eastern Britain. There are 7 complete, 10 incomplete and 7 fragments of socketed axes representing a minimum of at least 16 axes; the …
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-77B6E0
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval coin hoard, 322 late medieval groats. Report by Dr Barrie J. Cook (Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage, British Museum) follows: "All but two of the total group (322 coins) are English groats (two of these were broken into two fragments each, but can be reconstituted to form whole coins). These would have been issued to the established sterling standard, i.e. 92.5% fine metal. The remaining 2 coins are groats of Scotland, also coins of good silver, small numbers of which are usually found among large groups of English groats in coin hoards of the fifte…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brackley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC-77B202
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman (4th-century) base metal coin hoard: fifty-four (54) nummi dating up to AD 378. All coins heavily corroded and only 15 are even partially legible. CATALOGUE The following abbreviations are used for the names of the rulers: Cs Constantius II V1 Valentinian I Vn Valens G Gratian LATE CONSTANTINIAN (1 coin) FEL TEMP REPARATIO (falling horseman) (small module ) (1) Uncertain mint (1) No. Obverse Reverse M.-m. RIC Qty 1. ? – – 1 VALENTINIANIC (14 coins) SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE / GLORIA ROMANORVM (14) Uncertain mint () No. O…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caldecote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-776551
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A postmedieval (probably 17th-century) silver seal matrix. The sealing surface is oval in shape and engraved with the figure of a standing archer. The handle is hexagonal with a broken suspension loop.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-775EE8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval mount, made of thin sheet metal, oval in shape, with a champfered edge. The front is decorated with a cut-out quatrefoil, around which is a simple, engraved ornament in the shape of foliage. The reverse has two centrally aligned studs, one hollow and one solid. The mount is silver and dates from the fifteenth century.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-775C94
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver post medieval button of late 17th-century date. It is made from silver sheet,and is circular with a bevelled edge. It is stamped with double hearts beneath a crown. A loop has been soldered onto the reverse. Due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-7758C8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval silver button, circular with a downturned edge, stamped with the device of a flaming heart bisected with two arrows. A loop has been soldered onto the reverse. This is an overcleaned example of a common 17th-century type, frequently reported through the Treasure Act (see for instance TAR 2004: nos 235-238).
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-775318
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Medieval or post- Medieval pendant, which is roughly oval in shape and is set with a polished stone, probably rock crystal. The suspension loop has broken off. The pendant is likely to have served as an amulet. The setting of the pendant is silver. It is likely to date from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-774CD2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval scabbard chape. The chape has small rivet holes near the wider end (although the rivets are missing) for attachment to the scabbard. This end is incised with two pairs of double lines and the opposing end terminates in a knop. The chape is silver, silver chapes are not common finds. It dates to the mid 14th century or later.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-7742D7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval finger-ring tapering into a pointed bezel, which has been sheared off. The shoulders are decorated with what appear to be two animal heads conjoined at the snout. The back of the ring carries an inscription which reads: I E S V S C R I S T (Jesus Christ) The finger-ring is silver-gilt and dates from the thirteenth or early fourteenth century.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-773944
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CORONER'S REPORT Description of object A plain pennanular gold ring of near circular cross-section. It exhibits some lifting at the terminals, which show that the piece comprises a gold covering over a base metal core. Such items are well-known Bronze Age artefacts of decorative character, with a number reported through the Treasure Act, but are rarely found in excavated contexts. External diameter 16.5 x 17.5mm /internal diameter 7mm / breadth 5.5mm. Mass 7.46g.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kettering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-773251
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver postmedieval button bearing the motif of a flaming heart pierced from above by a pair of arrows, within a circular field.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-772F63
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy pin of middle Anglo-Saxon date. The pin has a cubic head with the corners cut off to make a polyhedral shape. Its four side facets each bear a single ring-and-dot motif, and its upper face is ornamented with a simple saltire. The shaft has a collar just below the base of the head. The pinhead has a width of 6.7mm, and the shank a diameter of 2.0mm. The entire pin is 21.4mm long, and weighs 2.5g. Pins with similarly faceted cuboid heads are known in copper alloy, silver, jet, and bone/antler from Romano-British sites such as Colchester, where they are found in late…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 19th September 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-772D76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Romano-British dolphin brooch, possibly of the Polden Hill type. The brooch is relatively short (26.4mm), with 22.1mm wide wings housing a spring casing open at the rear. The brooch has a downwardly curving, typical dolphin style bow, which tapers gently to a blunt, rounded foot. The bow is decorated with reeding and zigzags, and there is a small stud at its apex. The brooch could be classified as a Langton Down type, but the slight flaring at the wing terminals might relate to the 'appendages' typical of the Polden Hill spring mechanism. Similarly, a single-pierced lug is pre…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-772935
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1st Century Fibula Brooch: Late Iron Age/ Early Roman Colchester one-piece brooch. The brooch has narrow (15.9mm) wings, and a long (51.2mm), gently curving bow with a slightly bulbous foot. The head of the bow bears the remnant of a 5.7mm diameter stud. The head and foot bear simple line ornament,but the bow itself is unornamented. Interestingly, the curve of the bow has a slight return at the foor, which is more typical of continental examples than Romano-British Colchester type brooches. The brooch has a rough surface and a patchy green-brown patina. Mass 8.2g.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-750FA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a silver penny of Edward II, class 10cf, AD 1305-1310
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-74E771
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete contemporary silver plated forgery (with copper-alloy core) of an Anglo-Saxon Coin (sceatta). The coin is a copy of a Series N type. The obverse shows a backwards facing beast with gaping jaw - possibly a dog, bear or mythical monster and the reverse is broadly illegible but should show two standing figures with a cross between. The item is dated 715-720. Imitations of Series N coins, including plated copies are known from around the country.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-746D32
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a silver shilling of Charles I. The edges of the flan are incomplete and part of the inscription is missing. Tower mint, 1641-3.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-7452A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272).
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Dalton', grid reference and parish protected.