Record ID: IOW-22F6B4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). In plan, the mount is in the form of two sub-oval terminals, bulbous at the front. They are divided by a smaller sub-rectangular feature at the centre consisting of two transverse parallel ribs. The rear is flat and at each end there is a tapering integral spike/rivet. These are 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The mount is reddish brown with flecks of a green patina. Height: 21.85mm; width: 6.99mm; thickness of plate: 1.97mm; overall thickness: 10.22mm. Weight: 2.00g. A similar mount has been pub…
Created on: Saturday 1st March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2271B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649). Struck at the Tower mint under the King. Group D. Initial mark: star, 1640-1641 (North 1991: 162, ref: 2258). Obverse: [ ]LVS.D:G:M:B:F[ ]; Crowned bust facing left with II (mark of value) behind the head Reverse: .I[ ]THRONVM.FIRMAT. (Justice strengthens the throne); Oval garnished shield Diameter: 15.5mm. Weight: 0.79g. DA=12:7-8. North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Saturday 1st March 2014
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-21E925
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and slightly corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing issued by Alexander Carter of Portsmouth, 1648-1672. Williamson 1889: 267, ref: 139. Obverse: *ALEXANDER . CARTER .; A pair of scales and a wheatsheaf Reverse: * IN . PORTSMOVTH; * C *//A . K Diameter: 15.7mm. Weight: 0.69g. DA=12:6. Other similar tokens issued by Alexander Carter have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: HAMP-47E5B5 and HAMP-9C06E0. Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century (2 volumes).
Created on: Saturday 1st March 2014
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.