Record ID: HESH-5979C7
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy rotary key of probable medieval date (1150-1400). The key is broadly sub-rectangular in plan with a similar shaped cross section. The end of the shank of the key is hollow, suggesting that it was cast in a three part mould. The handle loop of the key is oval in shape; the upper edge of this has visible wear through use. The loop of the key has also been damaged by movement in the plough soil and a vertical crease in the metal is clearly visible where the surface patina has been removed. The loop extends into the shank of the key which is rectangular in plan. From the…
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staunton on Wye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-591AD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch (variant) dating from c. AD 75 - 175. The bow of the brooch has an angular profile and an angular D shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a flared head to a complete out-turned foot knop. The head of the brooch is near-complete but eroded; it is oval in plan, and tapers into the bow. The reverse of the head is flat and has two D shaped projecting bars positioned at either side of the head. Both the lugs are pierced to retain an axis bar but broken. The spring and pin are lost. From the upper edge of the head extends a broken and erod…
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staunton on Wye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-58E004
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman denarius of Caracalla dating to the period AD 201 (Reece Period 10). Cf RIC 4 (Caracalla), 55. Reverse depicts captives and trophy. The diameter is 19mm and the weight is 2.55g. Obverse inscription is ANTONINVS PIVS AVG and the reverse inscription is PART MAX PONT TR P IIII.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-58D574
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy sestertius of Crispina, wife Commodus (AD 177-192), dating to the period AD 178-88 (Reece Period 9). SALVS reverse type depicting Salus seated left, feeding a snake coiled around altar from a patera in right hand, left arm resting on side of chair. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 442, no. 672b. BMC IV (p. cliv) suggests that this issue with the obverse legend CRISPINA AVG IMP COMMODI AVG could have been struck early, in Marcus Aurelius' reign, c. AD 178-80. Crispina’s coinage was traditionally dated to c. AD 178-182, but more recent research suggests that she was probably not…
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-58B8D1
Object type: HARNESS RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy horse harness ring possibly Roman 1st to 5th century AD. Similar to LANCUM-696730, HAMP-4F90C2 and LIN-515636 on the database. The diameter is 65mm and the weight is 57.18g.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Allonby beach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-587E95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn coin or token - most probably a copper alloy farthing token of Charles I. Almost all detail lost. 1625-1636 North 2275-2286
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-584526
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and corroded nummi of unknown emperor - probably late House of Constantine; although poorly preserved the revese seems most likely to be of an emperor standing on a galley - with Chi Rho banner - FEL TEMP REPARTIO type.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-583127
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and corroded nummi of unknown emperor - most probably dating from the 4th century AD (post 310 AD). The surface of both face has laminated and the coin is identified from size and thickness.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-555154
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a late Medieval to Modern copper alloy mount or furniture fitting, but it may be a Victorian or Edwardian funerary fitting. The back plate comprises four opposed fleur de lis with a central perforation. Through this is passed the shank, for the knob, which has been secured with a square headed iron rivet at the rear. The shank is attached to sub conical knob decorated with three sets of concentric inset lines. The exact purpose of the mount is hard to determine, but the presence of the adhering corrosion products suggests it was originally attached to, or deposited near, anot…
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow In Furness', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5546B3
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy jetton. It was struck for the Krauwinkle family Nuremburg and is of the rose orb type. It dates from c1605 to c1610 AD. The diameter is 23mm. The obverse legend should read as HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NV. The reverse legend is worn and illegible. The jetton is damaged and incomplete.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Saturday 13th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-554037
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy jetton. It was struck for the Krauwinkle family Nuremburg and is of the rose orb type. It dates from c1605 to c1610 AD. The diameter is 19mm. The obverse legend should read as HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NV. The reverse legend is worn and illegible.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Saturday 13th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-551BA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bar mount of barrel form. The convex exterior face is decorated with five parallel transverse impressed lines. There are also remnants of grooves at right angles to these. The inner face is concave and undecorated. The remains of two rivets, for attaching to a strap, are on the protuberances at either end. Dates to between c1300 and c1400 AD. The length is 23mm, the width is 11mm, the thickness 4mm, and the weight is 2.04g. Examples of similar decoration and size of the database include SWYOR-F600C6, SUR-B19142, SOM-745652, and SF-E34553 (which also has an …
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-54EA53
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy hooked tag. It has a circular plate, trapezoid loop and long hook oriented to the left. The central plate is domed with a concave back and convex front. The front has a raised design which could be frog or a bust, facing right with a hand raised, within a circular border. Dates to between c1500 and c1625 AD. For similar examples see SUSS-8E3983 (which classifies the hook as Read Class E Type 3), SUSS-C4DCD3, NMS-B97782, and NARC1732.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-54DE05
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy hooked tag. The attachment loop and hook are missing. The main plate is circular and is decorated with a moulded openwork design featuring an equal armed cross within a beaded border with perforations in the quarters. Dates to between c1500 and c1650 AD. For similar examples see YORYM-3CE514 (which classifies the hook as Read's Class E, Type 3) and NLM-9DA783 (a complete example).
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-548623
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval double looped buckle dating from 1350 AD-1650 AD. The buckle is oval with a D shaped cross section. The loops are D shaped and are recessed at the strap bar. The central strap bar is narrowed, and is slightly concave and has a D shaped cross section. The pin is missing. The buckle measures 48.22 m in length, 35.87 mm in width, 3.06 mm in thickness and weighs 7.2 g. For similar examples see Whitehead (2003: 53) nos. 290 to 297.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-535F96
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval cast copper-alloy spoon, probably dating from the 16th-17th centuries AD. The fragment consists of an oval, shallow bowl with the handle missing. There is some damage to the edge of the bowl. The break across the handle is very worn. There is no visible decoration or makers marks on the spoon. It measures 53.78 mm long, 43.80 mm wide,1.41 mm thick, and weighs 13.8 grams.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-531405
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy clapper/ hand bell of a Post-Medieval date (1680-1715). It is complete with the exception of the iron clapper. The bell has an everted rim, concave sides and a flattened top measuring 32.2mm in diameter. The squarish suspension loop measures 15.4mm in width, with an aperture 7.4mm in diameter. The bell measures 68.5 mm in height, 72.4 width at widest point (rim) and weighs 122.1g. On the underside of the rim is the Founders mark which bears a dabchick perched on a ring or letter O flanked by W C. This is a trademarks known to be used by the bell founder William …
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-52ACB6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy zoomorphic terminal collar from a right-angled drop handle (1300 AD-1500 AD). This collar, one of a pair, would have fitted over the terminal end of a handle and would have been secured by the handle being burred over. A small section of the handle remains in situ thorugh a hole running through the beasts head. This is circular in section and 5.51mm in diameter. It protrudes 2.77 mm from the base of the animal head shaped fitting, and ends flush against the beasts mouth, which is quite worn. The collar, hollow and oval in cross-section, is flat at…
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-529C08
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy farthing traders token of EDMOND QVASH in (Kings) Lynn. Williamson 92. Dated 1667.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 26th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-524FF4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double looped buckle frame with moulded outer edges, dating to c. AD 1600-1700. The buckle frame has a narrowed strap bar, with a fragment of an iron pin still intact. There are projecting knops positioned at either end of the strap bar and one is mostly missing. The buckle frame is complete. The buckle is a dark greyish-green colour and traces of tinning survive on the external face. Parallels for this type of buckle can be seen in Whitehead, 2003, p82, which he dates to the 17th century AD.
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.