Record ID: SWYOR-D17994
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Anglo-Saxon coin of the Kingdom of Northumbria: a styca of Aethelred II, probably first reign (840-844), moneyer Uulfred. It is 12mm in diameter and 1.7mm thick. It weighs 1.13gm. Reference: North, Vol. 1, No 188.
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2009
Last updated: Saturday 12th July 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-D16204
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A contemporary forgery of a half crown of Charles I (1625-49), Tower mint under Parliament dating from c. 1644-5. The forgery has a copper alloy core, thinly plated with silver. The dark metal of the copper shows through in places where the edge of the coin has been chipped. The flan is irregular, but this is also a characteristic of genuine coins produced at the mint at this time. The coin is slightly double struck. The coin is 30.5mm in diameter and 2.2mm thick. It weighs 10.62gm. For reference to the genuine coin, see North, vol.2, No. 2213, also Spink, No. 2840.
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D15487
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The head and a short part of the shaft of a pin, probably dating from the Medieval period, c.1150-1200AD. The shaft is of copper alloy wire and is circular in section. The head is made of a lead alloy material with a tube to fit around the shaft, which can be seen protruding from the lead on the reverse of the pin head. The head is flat, lozenge-shaped and is decorated on one side only. The decoration consists of a central wheel-shaped device with a central hub, seven radial spokes and an outer rim. There are also twelve small cup-shaped depressions running along the edges of the loze…
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D14821
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
The head of an uncertain object type, probably a stud. The shaft is of ferrous material and seems to have been rectangular in section. The stud terminates in a dome-shaped head of another material, probably coral or garnet. Its surface is dimpled but with very fine hollows. Beneath the head of the stud is a collar of copper alloy 6.8mm in width. This collar is decorated with four raised, cup shaped roundels which probably contained enamel or another setting, though no traces now remain, just some white material which may be paste. The copper alloy portion of the pin head has a light g…
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-D13642
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy socketed hammer dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age. It has a length of 65.30mm, width 19.50mm and a weight of 102.64g. The hammer has a rectangular section. The rounded open end has a raised collar which surrounds it. Two small raised points protrude from the top, just below the collar. These are the remains of a loop, probably to help attach the hammer to the haft. The object is filled with soil but would have been hollow. The rectangular end looks to have been used to strike objects as it is damaged, and the copper has started to fold over at the edges. Similar…
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D11D26
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver coin; a penny of Henry VII (1485-1509), minted at Durham for Bishop John Sherwood (1484 - 1494). It has a diameter of 14.93mm, thickness 0.78mm and a weight of 0.66g. The coin has had a hole punched through it at 8pm on the obverse. See North number 1730.
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D10892
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver coin; a half groat of James I (1603-1625), second coinage (1604 - 1619), with a lis mintmark dating from 1604 - 1605. It has a diameter of 15.89mm, thickness of 0.58mm and a weight of 0.90g. For reference see Spink 2003 Coins of England and the United Kingdom p. 250 ref. 2660 or North number 2104.
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D0F457
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver coin; a three farthings coin of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), second issue, probably dating from 1572. It has a diameter of 13.53mm, thickness 0.84mm and a weight of 0.55g. For reference see Spink 2003 Coins of England and the United Kingdom p. 240 ref. 2571 or North number 2002.
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D0DCA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver coin; a groat of Philip and Mary, 1554-58. It has a diameter of 22.38mm, thickness 0.79mm and a weight of 1.63g. For reference see Spink 2003 Coins of England and the United Kingdom p. 233 ref. 2508 or North number 1973.
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D0C917
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
A lead toy or souvenir, a miniature of the Coronation Chair. It has a length of 62.48mm, width of 39.21mm, thickness 2.75mm and a weight of 79.77g. The chair is rectangular, with lozengiform mouldings on the backrest representing padding, and four Gothic arches on each side imitating carving. The legs are broken, and one side and part of the back is missing. The chair probably dates from the 19th or 20th centuries, and was probably made as a coronation souvenir; possible dates include 1838 (Victoria), 1902 (Edward VII), 1911 (George V), 1937 (George VI) and 1953 (Elizabeth II). Comp…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-D0B4C2
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron socketed ferrule which is probably modern, but may possibly be Roman. The socket is hollow and circular in section. Wood survives inside the socket and an iron nail attaches into the wood through the iron. The end of the socket tapers to a point but stays circular in section. At the very end it is bent to the side and may be broken. It has a length of 206mm, width 22.22mm, thickness 20.33mm and a weight of 373g. This object is probably the ferrule from a staff or flag. The good condition of the iron and survival of wood suggests a modern date, perhaps evidence of a scout camp …
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D0A5F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bow brooch probably dating from the late Iron Age period (100 BC - 50 AD). The foot and pin are missing. The spring remains coiled around a copper alloy axis bar behind the head of the brooch, secured in a spring loop. The brooch has a dark brown patina and is corroded. It has a length of 53.44mm, width 4.64mm, thickness 3.95mm and a weight of 13.16g. The bow is very simple, tapering towards the foot, and flaring and thinning into a sheet head wrapped over the top of the spring. A brooch with some similarities is in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, p. 337…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 12th March 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-D097A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of a copper alloy shoe buckle frame. The metal has a high lead content. The frame is circular and rectangular in section. Semicircular projections on the back of the frame would have held a separate spindle or central bar which probably would have been iron. The front of the frame is decorated with diagonal incised lines set within a border, with incised foliage or scroll patterns at the cardinal points. It has a diameter of 38.84mm, thickness 3.41mm, and a weight of 15.64g. Although this looks very like a medieval annular brooch frame, there is no evidence for a pin attach…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-D07F75
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy strap-mounted terret dating from the early Roman period. It is circular in shape with a rectangular hoop attachment at the base. It has a dark green patina which is glossy in places, and the inside of the ring and rectangular hoop are brown in colour. The inside of the circular loop is worn, particularly at the top. It is oval in section and thicker at the base. It has a diameter of 36.60mm, thickness of 7.55mm and a weight of 38.14g. This terret does not fall into a clear Spratling type, but that is not unusual. Other similar examples of this type have been recorded a…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-D063F2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint arrow head which is missing its point and which dates from the late Neolithic. The arrow head is greyish brown in colour and is opaque, with a mottled patina. It has a length of 30.26mm, width 18.50mm, thickness 3.63mm and a weight of 2.53g. It is sub-triangular with partially invasive semi-abrupt retouch. It is a British Oblique type of arrowhead which has been worked from both sides. A similar examples is number 8 on page 161 of "Prehistoric Flintwork" by Butler (2005).
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-CEBED7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete gilded cast copper-alloy lozengiform strip brooch of middle early-medieval (8th- to early 9th-century) date. It is formed of one piece of metal wrought into a flat lozengiform plate with wire continuations at the longer apexes. At one end is a broken catch-plate (L.: c. 9.65mm) of sub-circular cross-section, broken before it would have curved round; it has also been weakened at its junction with the plate. At the other end is a far longer wire piece of circular cross-section, curved round on itself through one-and-a-half circles and continuing parallel to the plate …
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellow CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-CE44E5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy foot from a later medieval to early post-medieval cooking vessel. The object is 'clawed', with ?five shallowly moulded claws, the central one being the widest, and a transverse rib above. The object is broken just above this 'ankle', revealing a leg of broadly triangular cross-section. The lower surface is flat and plain. The object has become slightly scratched and pitted post-deposition, and is dark grey in colour but covered in off-white corrosion product.
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellow CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CE3EF8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle is a single loop D-shape with a narrowed and offset strap bar. The pin no longer survives. The object is undecorated. The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour and is slightly worn. The buckle is 26.28mm long, 19.20mm wide, 5.54mm thick and weighs 5.65g. Buckles of this type date to circa 1250-1500. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead, p.19, no.59.
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CE1C07
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object possibly used as a palm guard of medieval to post-medieval date. The guard is a quite crudely made 'D' shape with the shorter side being slightly ribbed to allow the object to fit into the palm of a hand. One face is rounded for a similar purpose and the other is flattened presumably to aid use. The object may have been used to protect the palm from the force of using awls and punches in an industry such as leatherworking. There are two circular marks at one end of the rounded surface which are probably the result of casting or to aid use. The metal is mid greyish-b…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CDF916
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The buckle has a single oval loop with a lipped and notched frame. The strap bar is thick and rectangular but constricts at the centre where the pin is present. An integral forked spacer extends from the strap bar and has a double sheet plate attached. The plate has slightly bevelled sides and a single rivet. The end of the plate is broken off with worn breaks. The buckle is undecorated. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and survives in fair condition. The buckle is 36.12mm long, 17.44mm wide, 4.96mm thick and weighs 4.27g…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.