Record ID: BH-FB55F3
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper-alloy bracelet or armlet, probably dating from the Late Roman period. The piece represents one terminal end from a penannular type bracelet or armlet. The hoop is of circular section, its diameter gradually increasing towards the terminal, which comprises a short cylinder with transversely grooved circumference. The terminal and hoop are separated from each other by a deeply incised groove. A series of lighter, parallel grooves form a panel on the inner side of this deep groove, their lengths gradually decreasing towards the end of the panel, where they are contain…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tetsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-FA6683
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and squashed but complete copper alloy thimble dating to the early post-medieval period. The thimble has a peaked dome at the top and is decorated on both the top and the sides with hand-punched rectangular pits. Below the final line of pits on the sides of the thimble is a cojoined crescentic type decoration. There may also be a maker's mark but this could be hidden by an area of corrosion. This style of thimble was made in Nuremberg where the Guild of Thimblemakers required all thimbles to be marked, however not all were. The thimble dates from c. 1550-1620 AD.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Record ID: BERK-F9FD47
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy farthing of William III dating to c. AD 1696 or 1698. Spink (2011) 3557.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Record ID: BERK-F91610
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent and very worn copper alloy jetton of the 'French shield' type, of Early Post Medieval date (c. AD 1500 to AD 1525). The obverse depicts the Shield of France while the Imperial orb can be found on the reverse. The jetton has been pierced from the reverse through to the obverse near the base of the shield, however it is unclear whether this alignment had any meaning. For simialr jettons see Mitchiner nos 1070-1092, pages 355-358.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Record ID: BERK-F8F896
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy crown and orb jetton of Nuremberg Master Hans Krauwkinckel II, c.1586-1635 AD. Obverse: *HANNS.KRAVWINCKEL.IN.N[], Three crowns and three lis arranged alternatively around a central rose, all within an inner circle. Reverse: *GOTES.SEGEN.MACHT.REICH; an Imperial Orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle. The jetton has been pierced from the reverse through to the obverse however there is no obvious alignment to the piercing. For a similar jetton see Mitchiner 1988: no. 1553.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Record ID: BERK-F8D294
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete copper alloy Roman radiate (antoninianus) probably of Victorinus or possibly Tetricus, dating to the period AD 269-274. Reece period 13. Probably VIRTVS AVG reverse. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Record ID: BERK-F82000
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of poorly fired ceramic of uncertain prehistoric date. The sherd has a buff outer side while the rest is a mid brownish grey colour with occasional rounded stone inlcusions. The sherd is likely to be from a vessel however it may also be fired clay, or just a poorly fired vessel. It is suggested that this sherd is Bronze Age or early Iron Age in date. Several pieces of prehistoric pottery spanning the late Bronze Age to late Iron Age, of which these are some, were recovered from a small area around Brightwell Barrow in the 1920s.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2014
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Record ID: BH-F7E744
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Henry VII. Facing bust issue, Canterbury mint, struck under the king and archbishop jointly, 1493 to 1495 (tun mintmark). Worn and clipped. North no. 1712. Diameter: 18.9mm; thickness: 0.8mm; weight: 1.5g.
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-F7E031
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of eight abraded body sherds from ceramic vessels of probable later prehistoric date. The fabrics are mostly tempered with fine or small crushed flint and fired to have either a light or dark grey core. Most of the sherds have an orangey or buff outer with dark inner wall; mica specks can be seen in most sherds. There appears to be several vessels represented but all sherds are heavily abraded. The fabric and appearance of the sherds suggest a later prehistoric date, c. 400 BC - AD 43. Several pieces of prehistoric pottery spanning the late Bronze Age to late Iron Age, of…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2014
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Record ID: BERK-F7C814
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three abraded body sherds from ceramic vessels of probable prehistoric date. The fabrics all have a light grey core with frequent crushed flint temper up to c. 4.5 mm in size and some small crushed shell-like inclusions. Externally the smaller sherds have exterior walls that are brown with a slight pinkish hue externally. The larger sherd is darker internally with a light buff or orangey outer wall. Several pieces of prehistoric pottery spanning the late Bronze Age to late Iron Age, of which these are two, were recovered from a small area around Brightwell Barrow in the 1920s. Probabl…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2014
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Record ID: BERK-F79261
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small body sherd from ceramic vessel of probable prehistoric date. The fabric has a dark grey core with abundant shell temper up to c. 7 mm in size. Externally the exterior wall is pale orange-red in colour while the internal wall is dark grey. There appears to be a thin linear indentation for decoration across the sherd. Several pieces of prehistoric pottery spanning the late Bronze Age to late Iron Age, of which this is one, were recovered from a small area around Brightwell Barrow in the 1920s. Probably late Bronze Age or early Iron Age in date (c. 1000 -401 BC).
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2014
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