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Record ID: NMS-535365
Object type: POT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Basal sherd of Roman greyware pottery, highly fired with oxidised almost purplish core, weight 14g, mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-5369E3
Object type: POT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of Late Saxon Thetford-type ware pottery jar, weight 6g, c.850 - c.1100.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 8th March 2015
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Record ID: IOW-53A158
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and worn Medieval silver penny of Edward III (1327-1377), minted at London. Initial mark: missing. Not further defined. Obverse: [ ]DVS REX ANGL[ ]; Crowned bust facing with a bifoliate crown Reverse: [ ]LON/DON; Long cross with three pellets in each quadrant Diameter: 14.9mm. Weight: 0.53g. DA-12:3.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-53B393
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sherds of medieval Grimston ware pottery, basal with external lead glaze, and a body from which all (external) glaze has been lost, weight 10g, c.1200 - c.1400.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-53C0D4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Flat-sectioned oval frame, off-set narrowed bar, expanded rectangular outside edge with transverse grooves, pin missing. Measuring 17 x 18mm. Whitehead (2003) no. 93. Circa 1250-1400 AD
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taverham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-53C5E7
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One body sherd of medieval to post-medieval Late Medieval and Transitional ware pottery (Jennings 1981, 61-2), with internal lead glaze, very dark grey reduced, refired, weight 3g, c.1450 - c.1600.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-53D2B6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy harness pendant, part of the suspension loop and the lower parts missing. The original form is unknown, but what remains is broadly of the same shape as Ashley 2002, fig. 5 no. 5, a pendant that is now considered by the author to belong to the Roman period. This piece, however, is thickly gilded on the front face, has no openwork, and is decorated with closely spaced engraved lines. Extant height and width 30.5 and 25mm. 12th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
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Record ID: IOW-53D405
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and worn Medieval silver penny, possibly of Edward III (1327-1377), minted at York. Initial mark: illegible. Not further defined. Obverse: EDW[ ]; Crowned bust facing with a bifoliate crown Reverse: [ ]/TAS/EBO/RACI; Long cross with three pellets in each quadrant, quatrefoils at centre of cross, pellet within Diameter: 16.1mm. Weight: 0.99g. DA-12:6.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-53DD97
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy stud with a slightly convex lozengiform head dating to the late medieval or early post-medieval periods. The head is decorated on the upper surface with a saltire cross and a central pellet within a square of pellets. The square sits diagonally within a beaded border. On the reverse is a central shaft of square cross-section bent to one side and towards the reverse surface. This mount has a parallel in an example illustrated in Read (2001, 27, 32; ref. 251) which is dated to the 15th or 16th century; see also SOM-EED145, SOM-CB5247, NARC-3A7A32, NMS-E2BAD5 o…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5408E1
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a lead-alloy toy 'horn book' of post-medieval date, representing around 25% of the original object. It is from the bottom right hand corner of a rectangular plaque, and reads OP in a line, above TV in a line, above YZ in a line, with decoration below, all in low relief. The omission of the letter U is not unusual (Lewis 2012, 99). The decoration at the base is indistinct but may consist of a central cross flanked immediately by a diagonal line, then by four or five upright strokes: possibly representing a numeral (see Lewis 2012, 100). The letters are within a border c…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uplowman CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-543387
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint hammerstone of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date (4000 BC-801 BC). This tool is sub-spherical (almost spherical) and is chipped and battered overall. It has a small circular depression about 10.5mm in depth. The surface is grey and orange. Maximum diameter: 70.6mm. Weight: c. 421.0g.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-544F66
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower part of leg and foot of a medieval to post-medieval copper alloy cooking vessel. The cross-section is oval ((26.5 x 22mm) at the break. The true form of the foot is unknown. Its extremities were lost before the breaks, along with the rest of the surfaces overall, were covered in thick sooting. The foot was more than 32.5mm in width and 27mm thick. Extant length 47mm. Weight 131g. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-5481B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver voided long cross of Henry III, issued between AD 1258-1265. North Class Vg. Mint of Canterbury; Moneyer: Iohs, rather than Ion. Cf. North 1994 Vol I, p. 227, no. 997; also, Wren 1993, p. 45.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-548955
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval discoidal lead weight in battered condition with small parts of the edge missing. Diameter 43mm. Thickness 5mm. Weight 68.31g / 2.4100oz avoirdupois. Probably for 2½ ounces. Is so, then post c.1300.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-54A726
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy harness mount with two thin rectangular-section integral attachment spikes on the reverse (one incomplete), and a gently convex front face. The form, with rounded ends, two transverse ribs and an expansion towards the centre, is similar to Read 2001 no. 307, a much smaller piece. Length 39mm. Width 11.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-54B783
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy rowel spur, most of both D-sectioned sides missing. The short neck, consisting of a bead between a pair of reel mouldings, springs from a low lozengiform base. The very slightly drooping rowel box retains the remains of an iron pin or spindle.The diminutive size shows this object was for a child. Extant length and width 42 and 54mm. Width / height of junction of sides 10.2mm. Length of neck and box 22mm. 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Record ID: LVPL-54E0F8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring probably dating to the Medieval period, (AD1200-1500). The object has a circular hoop which is D-shaped in cross section. The ring is decorated along the outside face of the hoop with a raised ridge in the centre (width: 3.13mm). The ridge is bordered by two parallel recessed edges (width: 0.5mm) each of which are decorated with a series of small incised lines. The raised ridge is decorated with three groups of unevenly placed crude transverse incisions along the raised ridge, with each group consisting of 11 -14 incisions, with some and wider than othe…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-54E613
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete copper-alloy harness pendant of medieval date. The form of the artefact is that of an 'elaborate quatrefoil' (Ward Perkins' (1940, 118) Type V), that is, with lozengiform protrusions between the semicircles. Central on one of the semicircles would have been a suspension loop, but this upper semicircle has been bent back slightly and the once integral loop lost. The upper surface of the pendant is decorated with a design in cameo within enamel decayed to a white colour. The device is a crowned letter R possibly with a palm behind. Florid decoration emerges fro…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WAW-54F675
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three bodysherds of probably three wheel thrown ceramic vessels. The sherds are bodysherds, in a fabric similar to that known as Severn Valley ware. This type of pottery was produced throughout the Roman Period, in the Severn Valley area, and typically consisted of jugs, flagons and tankards. Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Severn Valley Ware Sherd type: bodysherd Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior Hardness: fairly hard Surface texture: Smooth Condition of sherds: abraded.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-550307
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval sheet copper alloy hooked book fitting, most of the expanded terminal missing. Over the remainder the sides are parallel. Of three rivet holes, one filled with iron lies in the centre of a punched double ring-and-dot, another in the centre of an identical punched motif is empty and a third, iron filled, cuts through one of a group of three punched fleurs-de-lis. Between the latter and the hook there are three transverse lines of rocker-arm engraving. Extant length 48.5mm. Width (away from terminal) 14.5mm. 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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