Record ID: CPAT-E0F704
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
A fourth century copper alloy Roman AE3, GLORIA EXERCITVS type, of Constantine II or Constantius II, c. 330-5. The obverse has the laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right with the reverse showing two soldiers flanking two standards. The letters in exergue are hard to make out. The coin is in very poor condition with much of the surface now eroding and flaking off, leaving a mottled pale green and brown patina. Underneath, the coin is probably relatively unworn.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-E02C66
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight. The weight is circular with a rim and an integral loop at the top. The loop may have been for a ribbon. The front of the weight is decorated with a raised shield with a crude raised cross on it. Behind the shield is an elaborate quatrefoil, with triangular projections between each pair of lobes. These triangles then have pellets either side. The reverse of the weight is flat and undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E02863
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy solid button dating to the late medieval to early post-medieval period. The button is complete with an integrally cast shank. The button head is semi-circular and decorated with radiating incised lines. The shank has been cast integrally within the head, and consists of a flat plate, which has been pierced to allow it to be sewn into place. This button dates to between 1400-1650.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E023B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy trumpet brooch of Roman date. The head, bow and catchplate all survive. Only the spring and pin are missing. The head is wide and trumpet shaped. Behind the head the spring loop survives intact, this would have held the axis bar and the spring mechanism in situ. From the head the upper bow extends to a collar decorated with incised lines. Below this is a simple acanthus decoration followed by a second set of collars. From these collars the lower bow extends which is triangular in section. The lower bow terminates in a circular foot knop the base of whic…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E01DC4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy double looped buckle frame. The strap bar is narrowed. There is no pin recess. The buckle frame is complete. The buckle is a mid brownish-grey colour and the surface is pitted. These buckles date from circa 1350 - 1700. Parallels for this type of buckle can be seen in Whitehead, 2003, p54.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E01926
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy unidentified object. The object comprises a rounded cup with a rectangular sectioned shaft extending from the underside of the cup. The underside of the cup is decorated with raised lines, in a zigzag pattern; there is a break in the pattern. The shaft has a rounded terminal, which appears to have been broken and worn. The metal is a mid greenish-brown colour and is heavily pitted.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DF1112
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval copper alloy buckle that is part of a set with a strap end. These fittings date to the 9th -10th century. The buckle frame is oval with a pair of perforated lugs projecting from the rear edge. The perforations are orientated at 90 degrees to the buckle frame. The frame between the lugs narrows slightly to secure the pin, which is no longer present. On the opposite side of the frame to the lugs is an oval projection that has been moulded to form a zoomorphic mask with laid-back ears that sits in high relief to the buckle frame. The animal has punched decoration represe…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DF0A57
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy strap end or buckle-type fitting. Only the terminal of the object survives and the breaks are irregular. This has therefore resulted in the loss of most of the object. The terminal is raised and finishes with a zoomorphic head. The head features the ears, eyes, nose and mouth of a creature. Extending out from the back of the animals head are the remains of the rest of the object. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour; it is pitted and slightly corroded. This object probably dates from the late 8th - 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Friday 9th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DEFC92
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end. This example fits into Thomas' classification as a class B Type 5.Only the lower half of the strap end survives and the break is an irregular tear across the centre of the object. This has therefore resulted in the loss of the attachment end and the rivets. The lower end is wider in the centre and tapers to the terminal. The terminal is slightly raised and finishes with a zoomorphic head. The head features the ears, eyes, nose and mouth of a creature. The nose is formed from two bands. The front of the main plate of the strap end has been dec…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Friday 9th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DEF612
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 is a single loop oval with an ornate outer edge comprising two very prominent lobed knops dividing three transverse ridges. The pin is missing. The strap bar is narrowed and offset and has two knops at either end. The metal is a mid greenish-brown colour and survives in good condition. Buckles of this type date to circa 1250-1400. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead, p.22.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DEEFE7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat and rectangular unifaced lead coin weight, with chamfered edges. One face simply depicts a fleur-de-lys, the other face is blank.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DEE382
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat and square copper alloy 'hand' coin weight. These weights were made and used in the Low Countries, the Netherlands and Belgium, probably at Antwerp. This one was issued by Bernaert Foncq. This weight date from before 1658. Withers, p60.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DED7A2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pendant suspension mount. The mount is formed from a rectangular plate, with a D-shaped section. It has a long projection at one terminal, which is broken. The other terminal is pointed. At either terminal there is a drilled hole, with a slightly raised collar about it. Possible traces of gilding survive around these features. The reverse is flat and undecorated. This object is medieval in date and would have held a harness pendant. It is a dark reddish-brown colour and heavily pitted.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DECE21
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy artefact with an iron rivet. Possibly a mount of Roman date or alternatively it has been suggested that the artefact is a Medieval (possibly 11th-12th century) buckle with intergral plate. The rivet has a diameter of 2.61mm and has left patches of corrosion over both the upper and lower surfaces. It is in the centre of the artefact 9.33mm from the end. A slightly similar mount can be seen in Read, B. 2001 (p.4, Fig.2. item 20). Dimensions: length 27.90mm, width 14.14mm, thickness 4.80mm, weight 7.14g. The back is flat. The terminal has a straight edge, with …
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DECD84
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date. Only the headstud itself and the pin are missing from this brooch. The head has short wings decorated with blue enamel. The decoration is formed from three blue pellets in a column. On the reverse of the head the tubular hinge mechanism, axis bar and pin terminal survive intact. There is a ridge on the head of the brooch. There is a countersunk hole, where the headstud would have been attached. On the bow of the brooch is a central ridge which extends the entire length, it is decorated with a series of blue enamelled cells.…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton cum Brough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-DEB4D7
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy flanged palstave axehead of Acton-Taunton type, dating from circa 1500-1300 BC. The side flanges are lozenge shaped, and rise to 23.3 mm at their highest. A ridged stop separates the blade from the septum at 53 mm from the end of the butt. The stop is 4.1 mm thick. The butt is slightly damaged, with a crescent shaped gap. Based on the patina, this occurred in antiquity and may have been a mistake in the casting of the axehead. The blade is wide and crescent shaped, measuring 73 mm wide. The axehead is 26.6 mm wide at the butt end and 134.1 mm in l…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-DEC6D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy knee brooch, dating to the 2nd Century. The head, bow and foot all survive. The pin and catchplate are missing. The head is formed from a rounded, flat plate. On the reverse of the head the remains of the double-lugged hinge mechanism can be seen, it is badly damaged. From the head the upper bow extends to an arch, which widens, before tapering to the undecorated foot. To the reverse of the lower bow the remains of the catchplate can be seen. The metal is a light brownish-green colour and survives in good condition. Similar examples can be seen in Hattat…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton cum Brough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DEBD38
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy unidentified object, which has possibly been in a cremation, as it has been bent and shows signs of melting. It is formed from a single plate of copper alloy, with a molten blob at one terminal. This terminal is fan-shaped and extends into a section of the plate which features a raised zoomorphic head design. The head has prominent eyebrows, eyes and a nose. After this the main bend in the object occurs, the plate then widens forming pointed sides, before tapering back into a rounded terminal, which also features a raised zoomorphic head. This head features a promin…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellerker', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DEB6E7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy strap fitting or buckle plate of post-medieval date. The fragment is formed from a D-sectioned plate of copper alloy, which flares towards one broken terminal. The other terminal is bulbous and broken. Two holes have been drilled into the flared terminal and both terminals have incised linear decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DEB078
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle of medieval date. The buckle has a narrow and off set strap bar with knops at either end. The straight and flat outer edge is decorated with incised lines. The pin remains and is a different colour to the rest of the buckle, as it has been made from a different alloy. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.