Record ID: DENO-713F61
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Near complete cast and inscribed lead alloy seal matrix of Medieval date. The seal is a flat vessica shaped matrix, it is plain on the reverse with a broken semi-circular lug, for suspension, at one end. The front carries a very simplistic fleur-de-lis design in the centre with +S' WILL' FIL' WILL (possibly with an extra L on its side, or slightly blundered at the end) inscribed around the edge. The inscription roughly translates as Seal of William, son of William. The seal is worn, especially arounf the top edge and also has a hole through the head of the fleur-de-lis motif. …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Clifton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-70AC97
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy post-Medieval button (c. 1600-c. 1700). The button was originally circular in plan. However, due to corrosion, some material has been lost around the edges. It is slightly convex at the front, and excepting the lug, is flat at the rear. It has an integral drilled lug (8.35 x 10.20 x 3.62mm) with a central circular hole, 4.31mm in diameter. The front is decorated with a concentric 'compass-drawn' circle and there is a small circular depression at the centre. This button has a shiny dark green patina with small areas of active corrosion. Diameter: 22.03mm; t…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tenterden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-709E28
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete sheet copper alloy beehive thimble of Medieval date. The thimble is dome-shaped with the outside decorated with a pattern of incised lines and punched dots. The base of the thimble has two incised lines running around it, above this the sides of the thimble are divided into five squares, each delineated by two incised lines above and between. The inside of each of these squares is filled with punched dots, roughly arranged in columns with each square containing approximately 7-9 columns and 7-9 rows of dots. The two incised lines creating the top of these squares form the…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Clifton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-706955
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval to post medieval cast lead alloy circular unifaced token (1250-1850 AD). The token has a design of five randomly spaced raised pellets on the obverse and a flat, undecorated reverse. The token measures 18.07mm in diameter, 3.39mm thick and weighs 4.5grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1850 AD).
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tenterden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-706886
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thinned fragment of translucent brown grey flint with cream flecks and inclusions. The distal end is snapped obliquely with a little blunting abrupt retouch to help grip it as it appears to have been used as an awl. Fine semi-abrupt retouch thins the pointed end and there is a little use gloss and edge wear on the opposite margin. The ventral surface has edge gloss on the opposite margin to that on the dorsal surface. Mercer(1981) illustrates an edge trimmed flake on page 143, fig 63, L 195.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-705A37
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval/ Post-Medieval uniface lead token, measuring 22mm and weighing 3.61g. It has slight wear and is creased. Obverse: Rectilinear pattern around eight armed cross with central pellet Reverse: Trace of simple rectilinear pattern
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-703A65
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular unifaced token (1250-1850 AD). The token has been cast with a raised design of a equal arm cross with a pellet in each quarter it also has a stamped capital letter T in one of the quarters on the obverse and a flat, undecorated reverse. The token measures 20.90mm in diameter, 2.53mm thick and weighs 4.4 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1850 AD). Until recently cross and pellet designs were thoug…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tenterden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-703295
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short hard hammer struck flake of dark brown fine flint with cream flecks.There remains a little nodular cortex on the distal end and some from the proximal end diagonally to near the right distal margin. The oblique distal margin is serrated with 2 finely semi-abruptly worked notches and there is some slighter flakework or damage on the left margin.Mercer(1981) illustrates a cutting flake on page 143, fig 63, L 204.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Sunday 29th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-700E35
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ring of probable Roman - Modern date (50 - 1800). The ring is broadly circular in plan and lentoid (hexagonal) in cross section. There is no obvious cast or incised decoration present. The ring is a green colour with a well developed patina which covers all surfaces. The patination of the metal would suggest a Medieval or later date. The function of the ring is varied and a direct use cannot be attributed. The ring measures 29.1mm in diameter, is 3.5mm wide, and 2.0mm thick. The internal diameter is 22.3mm. The ring weighs 2.2grams.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Caple', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-7005C7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy thimble or 'sewing ring' of late Medieval to early post Medieval date. The thimble is cylindrical with sloped sides so that it is narrower at the top than the bottom. The outside has 3 (in some places 2) rows of irregularly spaced triangular punch marks. The top and bottom of the thimble both have a plain raised band forming but these are not entirely respected by the punch marks. No makers mark has been observed. Thimbles of this type are typically dated c.1450-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Besthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6FE505
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medial segment of a blade with straight parallel margins but complex dorsal scars and a distal nodular cortical patch. The blade has been damaged by fire with a pit spalled in the ventral surface. The hackly fractured right angled truncation has been utilised for its grinding properties. Dihedral facets have been ground in the opposite end. There is some use of the sharp margins with the left finely retouched. Mercer(1981) illustrates a blade segment on page 143, fig 63, L 196.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-6F7C06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Post-Medieval halfpenny of Charles I (1625-49), measuring 10-11mm and weighing 0.19g. Obverse: Rose Reverse: Rose Reference: North 2274
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-6F3D03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Dupondius or As, obverse and reverse illegible. Measures c.26mm in diameter and is exceedingly worn and corroded. Date: Probably 1st or 2nd century AD
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
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Record ID: WILT-6F1387
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Roman denarius of Titus (AD 79-81), dating to the period c.AD 79 (Reece period 4). TR P VIIII IMP [XIIII/XV] COS VII [P P] reverse type depicting a Statue of a male figure with spear and parazonium on rostral column. Mint of Rome. cf. RIC II (2nd ed.), pp. 199-201, no. 10 passim. Measures 15-18mm, weighs 2.58 g, die axis 6.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6EF183
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast cooper alloy, medieval buckle. The undecorated buckle has a broadly rectangular frame, with a chamferred outer edge such that the frame is a pentagon in cross-section. The pin is formed from a copper alloy strip wrapped around one long side of the frame, with a notched rest at the centre of the opposite side. The buckle has a dark green patina. The frame is 17.5mm long by 28.0mm wide, and 4.2mm thick. It weighs 5.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Caple', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6E99F3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The broken distal tip of a thick, flat flake of dark grey brown fine flint with opaque cream inclusions with red ribbon structures which may have changed from brown due to heat. The convergent margins are retouched; the left with bold semi-abrupt removals, producing a serrated edge. The right margin is finely retouched or perhaps damaged from use.Mercer(1981) illustrates a knife on page 139, fig 61, L 176.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-6DCD25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Late Roman (AD 280-410) copper alloy (with high tin content - or highly tinned) early form of crossbow brooch, known as a Light Crossbow brooch, missing the lower bow and catchplate and pin. It measures 34.17mm in length and weighs 8.8g. The wingspan is 32.31mm. The wings are D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the reverse) with a moulded and rounded rib to the front only at either end. In the centre a collared knob rises from the wings, also flat-backed. At the centre of the reverse the pin head is cemented in position. It is brown in colour, a contrast to the bl…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Everleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6DC845
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval (1200-1500) copper alloy seal matrix with hexagon-shaped die and hexagonally-faceted handle, terminating in a pierced lozenge. The object stands 19.97mm in height and weighs 7.7g. The die measures 15.24x17.10mm. The die bears the legend S'. h DEPEChy . ChI' * (Seal of H De Pechy, possibly from somewhere abbreviated to ChI - Chippenham?) around a central fleur de lis. Below the fleur de lis is a horizontal platform with three radiating lines from the centre. On the other side of the die are three tiny circular punch marks (between the * and S') to help site the matrix. …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Everleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6DC775
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper-alloy Colchester two-piece brooch with sprung pin dating to the first century AD. The brooch consists of the head with the spring and pin in situ, the bow and catchplate. The head has semi circular sectioned wings, concave at the back to accomodate the spring. At the centre of the head is a double pierced lug. The lower piercing has a seperate copper alloy wire cross bar running through it. The spring consists of a copper alloy wire, one end is to the right of the lug, from here it coils around the separate cross bar four times before passing over the head and throug…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-6DBF44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of Constantine I. Mint of Lyon. Rev: Altar and globe BEATA TRANQVILLITAS.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Spatial data recorded.