Record ID: SWYOR-920611
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Medieval button of poor quality dating from AD 1200 - 1500. The front is a very shallowly angled cone and is decorated with a large central pellet with sixteen raised lines radiating from it, each terminating in a small pellet. There is a casting rib on the reverse, and projecting from the centre, an integral shank. This may be a mis-cast loop, or it may be a truncated shaft which would have terminated in an attachment loop. The button is similar to Figure 6.1 on page 17 of Buttons and Fasteners by Gordon Bailey.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-91B063
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin: a corroded radiate, probably of Gallienus, dating from AD 260 - 268 (Reece period 13). There is an animal on the reverse, but the legends and any other details are illegible. The coin is 18.2mm in diameter and 1.8mm thick. It weighs 1.72gm. The edges are damaged and corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-913447
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy, trefoil plate brooch dating from the Early Medieval period, AD 850 to AD 950. The brooch front is slightly convex and consists of three broad arms, each arm having a rounded end. The front is decorated three strand interlace, but corrosion pitting on the front obscures most of the design. The reverse of the brooch is flat. One of the arms carries a pin mount, consisting of two small, semicircular plates which are pierced to take the pin. A ferrous pin bar and part of a ferrous pin remain in place. Another of the arms carries the stump of an additional, rect…
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-908773
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver coin: a denarius of Commodus as augustus, dating from AD190 - 191 (Reece period 9). The reverse legend reads: GEN AVG FELIC COS VI. The reverse type depicts Genius standing, facing left, sacrificing from a patera over an altar and holding a cornucopia. Rome mint. Reference: RIC volume 3, number 227. There are some edge chips to the flan between 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock on the obverse. The coin is otherwise in VF condition. It is 18mm in diameter and 1.8mm thick. It weighs 2.1gm.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8E6723
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, single loop, D-shaped buckle with an expanded outer edge and a narrowed strap bar (Meols type 1), dating from the Medieval period, probably AD 1200 - 1400. The pin is missing. The buckle has a smooth, dark brown patina. it is 15.2m long, 16.9mm wide and 2.1mm thick. It weighs 1.59gm. Similar buckles are illustrated in Whitehead, 2003, Buckles 1250 - 1800, page 19, numbers 52 - 54. See also Meols page 84.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8E2037
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy, shield-shaped weight dating from the Medieval period, AD 1350 - 1500. It has a raised central field, also shield-shaped, that is undecorated. The weight has a light grey patina. It is 32.1mm long, 29.8mm wide and 10.3mm thick. It weighs 52gm and was probably intended to be a 2oz weight, though it is a little light. Similar weights, usually decorated, are illustrated in Biggs and Withers, 2000, Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection, page 38.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8DDF85
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval periods, AD1200 - 1600. It is bi-convex, with a circular central perforation and a thick median ridge. Both sides are decorated. One side has an inner ring of raised pellets surrounding the central perforation, then a thin, wire line circle and an outer ring, also of pellets. The decoration on the other side is the same except that the rings of pellets are replaced with with rings of short, closely spaced, radial lines, some angled to form triangles. Unusually, this decoration is somewhat corroded. There is a sm…
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8DAC45
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval periods, AD 1200 - 1600. It is bi-convex, with a circular central perforation and a thick median ridge. The inner edges of this ridge, on both sides, are decorated with a row of small triangles or beading, some of which can still be seen. Both sides are decorated with four equidistantly spaced circles in relief. There is a small indentation in the inner wall of the central perforation. The whorl has a light grey patina. It is 27.9mm in diameter and 8.8mm thick. It weighs 30.43gm.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8D1617
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval or Modern uniface bag or bale seal, dating from AD1700 - 1900. It is circular and has a slot through the seal from edge to edge. One face is blank; the other is stamped with two crossed keys with circular bows. There is a number 1 between the bows. The lead has a light grey patina. It is 18.1mm in diameter and 5.8mm thick. It weighs 8.26gm. A number of similar seals can be found on the database and also in the bag seal gallery at website http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php. This website considers them to be Russian flax seals and cites Sullivan, 2012, 'Russia…
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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