Record ID: CORN-0F42E4
Object type: KEY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy key, possibly to the bolt of a netting vice, with a broken openworked head above a moulded rib and bead neck, leading to a tapering shank. The object may also have been used as a button hook as the tapering point may have originally been curved into a hook. The end is now bent slightly, but if it was originally straight, it may have fitted into a cylcindrical bolt which was then turned within a vice to hold the netting while it was used for crocheting. Walker (1994) illustrates examples of netting vices with similar moulded decoration on page 87, and button hooks o…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0F1686
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal of four-disc form, stamped on the inner discs, with the initial of the alnager: 'S' surrounded by the word 'HAMPSHIRE' inside a raised ring border: the other disc is stamped with a bird within a shield, which is in turn also within a ring border. The bird has a hooked beak and bells on its legs, above the claws, suggesting that it is meant to portray a hawk or a bird of prey. This seal dates from the 17th century (Geoff Egan pers comm).
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0EA871
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stamped lead cloth seal of four-disc form: Disc 1: a tripartite motif with the number 24 below, which is presumably the length of the cloth in yards as measured. Disc 2: the initials of the alnager: TB to the sides of a flower (perhaps a pun on the surname - ? = Bloom/Blossom etc.) surrounded by a ring of pellets, with the legend 'HAMSHIRE' around the outside. Disc 3: a crowned heraldic rose. Disc 4: 'searched' written as SER/CHE/D. This seal dates from the 17th century, c.1600-1650 (Geoff Egan pers comm).
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-0A18A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, initial mark cast, 1569-71 AD, North 1997. The coin is broken in half from an old break, only half remaining.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-09D703
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman copper alloy nummus of Valens (AD364-75), Lyon mint.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-09BA00
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy pointed oval non-heraldic personal seal matrix, measuring 31.4x19.8x3.3mm and weighing 12.09g. The loop on the reverse has a piercing 2.3mm in diameter. The matrix depicts a pelican in her piety (feeding her young with the blood dripping from her own breast) with the (lombardic) legend *SVM PELICANVS DEI: around (the bar of the N is backwards) - 'I am the Pelican of God'. The pelican in her piety was a symbol of Christ’s sacrifice; it is one of the religious motifs which were popular during the 14th century. The reverse has a raised, flat central rib wi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-097CE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate or nummus (AD 215-402)of an unidentified 3rd/ 4th Century AD emperor. Legends are illegible.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-095350
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy Iron Age linch pin terminal, which is the foot of the pin. The foot has a deep square socket, inside a cylindrical, tapering shaft. This square aperture would have held the iron pin, which has long since corroded away. Traces of this iron pin can be seen in the socket. The exterior of the shaft tapers down to the opposite terminal, to where it curves around and is attached to a flat circular plate. The surface is pitted but remains in a good condition, with a mid brownish-green patina. The flat, circular plate is slightly recessed on the front surface. Inside this r…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape with Thorp', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-095250
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman copper alloy nummus of Valentinian I (AD364-75).
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-092EC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate or nummus (AD 215-402)of an unidentified 3rd/ 4th Century AD emperor. Legends are illegible.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-093087
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead 8oz trade weight. The weight is shield shaped and decorated with three lions on the front.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-08DFB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, from her third issue. North, Vol: II, p137, 2016.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Well', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-090734
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early uninscribed Iron Age Unit.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-08EBD0
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead alloy pilgrim badge of the head reliquary of Thomas Becket (13th - 14th century). This badge is the head and shoulders of Thomas Becket with the remains of a vertical pin on the reverse. Thomas Becket is depicted wearing a mitre and an amice (liturgical vestment) decorated with rows or pellets and ring and dot motifs. The face is very stylised with oval eyes and prominent eyebrows and nose. The badge is damaged and the finder has repaired with glue on the reverse of the neck. The pin is missing but the small catchplate is still present. Dimensions: length: 42.0…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2016
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Record ID: LON-08DC58
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy S-shaped clasp (mid 16th - early 17th century). This clasp has been cast s-shape with a central multiply knopped band with foliate fringe to both sides, from which a longtidinally grooved neck with a dragon-headed terminal emerges. The moulding is on both faces. One loop of the s-shape is larger than the other. A very similar parallel is illustrated in Egan (2005:47) no. 172, however that example is incomplete with one dragon-headed terminal missing. Egan (2005:47) notes "An accomplished accessory in Renaissance style. There are r…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-08D855
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy seal matrix (mid 17th century). The seal matrix has a central, flattened conical handle and has a trefoil perforated terminal. The oval die has two initials 'PW' with a star above and below all within an oval border. Dimensions: length of seal matrix: 27.79mm; length of die: 15.10mm; width of die: 13.78mm; weight: 5.02g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-08C2C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bar-mount. The mount has an oblong in the centre with rounded terminals. The top and bottom terminals each house a rivet hole, both still contain a copper alloy rivet. The rivet extends backwards from the mount. The metal surface of the object is dark brownish-green in colour and slightly worn. The mount probably dates to the 12th - 15th century. Two of these bar mounts would have hung down from a waist strap and would have held an arched pendant mount in position. Purses were often hung from these. Parallels can see seen in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, p214, Fig: 134.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Well', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-08A5D3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy hooked clothing fastener, missing its rectangular strap-loop as it has broken off. The main body of the tag is formed by a circular plate which has a beaded border forming the outer edge and an openwork design. The hook has broken off.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Masham Rally', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0880E4
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The cast, copper alloy mouth from a scabbard of Roman date, probably first to second century 43-200AD. It is decorated with two narrow, transverse grooves just below the opening for the blade; this opening is of a narrow lozenge shape. The small dimensions of the opening suggest that the scabbard may have been for a dagger. Some ferrous corrosion is evident around the opening. The scabbard 59.3mm long, 30mm wide and 14.3mm thick. It weighs 55.5gm. A similar scabbard mouth, found in Britain and dating from the first century AD, is illustrated in Jackson, 'Camerton: the Late Iron Age an…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Sunday 10th January 2021
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Record ID: CAM-086A16
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early-medieval copper-alloy cruciform brooch. The object consists of the middle section of the brooch complete with lappets and the bow. The reverse of the central section has the pin lug complete but without the pin. Decoration on the brooch consists of ring and dot decoration around the central rectangle and a median gully down the center of the bow. Length: 34.12mm; width: 23.30mm; thickness: 3.32mm; weight: 12.69g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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