Record ID: LANCUM-48CBE4
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spur fragment. Both arms are incomplete although a large part of one remains. The arms of the spur move away from each other in a gentle V-shape. They are bent upwards in a high arch that would have terminated in a loop, this terminal has been truncated from both arms, this is an old break which has worn smooth on the longer fragment. The prick has a sub-triangular cross-section (12mm diameter at the head and 3mm at the truncated end). the head of the prick is missing with the remaining stump being diamond in cross-section. There is relief moulding near the head on each a…
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mitton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-48C8A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver denarius of Caracalla, PART MAX PONT TR P IIII (Two captives seated back to back at foot of trophy). RIC 54b. Struck Rome, AD 201.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
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Record ID: ESS-48C441Z
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl of uncertain date, although probably dating to the Medieval or Post Medieval periods. The whorl is broadly circular in plan with an irregular, central circular hole. There are traces of decoration on the upper surface, now very worn and difficult to discern. It measures 4.8mm in thickness, 18.1mm in diameter and weighs 6.99g. Lead spindle whorls and weights were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty without supporting archaeological context. It is thought however that decorat…
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 20th May 2014
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Record ID: BH-48A422
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy shield-shaped heraldic mount, dating from the Medieval period. The mount is of flat section and has a circular-sectioned rivet hole at its centre. The upper surface bears the following arms: a bend cotised between two lions rampant. Length: 16.6mm; width: 14mm; thickness: 2.8mm; weight: 2.43g. Three shield-shaped mounts from Norfolk, bearing very similar devices to this example, are illustrated and discussed by Steven Ashley (2002: 8/fig. 15, nos. 122 - 124). The arms on the Norfolk examples, Azure a bend Argent cotised between two lions rampant Or, are i…
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-48A261
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame, corroded oval with rectangular-sectioned offset narrowed bar, rectangular-sectioned copper alloy pin. Length 15mm. Width 17mm. See Egan and Pritchard (1991), fig.45, nos.303-4. 13th-14th century. (Finder's no. PW- C 319)
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
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Record ID: ESS-489488
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn and bent post-medieval silver shilling of William III (1694-1702). This coin has been countermarked on both sides with a letter 'P' with forked tail in two places on the obverse and once on the reverse, and bent into an 'S' shape no doubt to produce a 'love token'.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th December 2014
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Record ID: ESS-488307
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy probable sestertius of uncertain emperor, reverse and mint. The coin has been treated, resulting in yellow fibres sticking particularly to the reverse.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4880B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular framed brooch, pin missing. The triangular cross-sectioned frame is interrupted on its exterior by a pin constriction and its front (i.e. the apex) is cut by eighteen unevenly spaced filed notches. File marks are visible on all three faces. External diameter 17mm. Internal diameter 13mm. Thickness 1.5mm. c.1270 - c.1400 AD.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 11th February 2015
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Record ID: NMS-487D61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame, corroded oval with rectangular-sectioned offset narrowed bar, rectangular-sectioned copper alloy pin. Length 14mm. Width 20mm. See Egan and Pritchard (1991), fig.45, nos.303-4. 13th-14th century. (Finder's no. PW- C 316)
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
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Record ID: BH-487A98
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy arm or foot from an Early-Medieval small-long brooch. The surviving piece is of flat section and roughly semicircular, having a broken projection at the centre of its otherwise flat side. A pair of stamped or rouletted arcs decorates the upper surface, extending inwards from the central projection, curving towards the right and left corners respectively. Length: 13.3mm; width: 7.7mm; thickness: 1.6mm; weight: 0.73g. Brooches bearing similar arms and feet are held in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum (MacGregor and Bolick 1993: 142 - 143). Small-long brooc…
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Therfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-4872E6
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Later Medieval to early Post Medieval incomplete copper-alloy spur rowel. The rowel is in the form of a six-pointed star with one of the six prongs now broken off and missing. There is iron corrosion present in the central opening where the rowel would have rotated on an axis. Rowels of this type are dated from the 14th-17th centuries, c.1300-1700.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitwell Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-487045
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper-alloy coin weight. The weight is square in plan, with an unclear image on the obverse and a hand on the reverse, indicating Antwerp as the likely place of manufacture.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Saturday 28th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-486B27
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame, oval with rectangular-sectioned offset narrowed bar, rectangular-sectioned copper alloy pin. Length 12mm. Width 15mm. See Egan and Pritchard (1991), fig.45, nos.303-4. 13th-14th century. (Finder's no. PW- C 308)
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-486725
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped silver Post Medieval shilling of Charles I. Tower mint (c.1639-43; North 2231).
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owslebury', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-485928
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, VRBS ROMA (Wolf and twins), mint of Trier, struck AD333-4. RIC VII, no. 553.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
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Record ID: BH-484EC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Langton Down type brooch, dating from the early to mid 1st century AD. The spring is contained within an open-ended cylinder, a remnant of the pin projecting from a central slit. The slightly distorted bow is of triangular section, its top extending smoothly into the back of the head, the transition marked by a several grooves. The bow tapers towards the foot. On the underside of the lower bow is an openwork catchplate with sub-triangular perforation. Length: 49mm; width (head): 18.3mm; weight: 6.02g.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Therfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-484906
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy oval shoe or knee buckle frame (c. 1650-c. 1720). The pin and chape are missing. The frame is oval in plan, convex at the front and bevelled at the rear. It has a narrowed bar which is roughly square in cross-section. This frame is reddish brown with a patchy mid-green patina. Iron staining is present on one end of the bar at the rear. Length: 30.35mm; width: 23.35mm; thickness: 3.23mm. Weight: 4.53g. A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1650-1720 AD (Whitehead 1996: 49, ref: 283). Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckle…
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-484737
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval copper-alloy zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a bird, possibly a dove or a cockerel. Flat in section with incised decoration on one face showing a bird, facing left, with downward pointing beak, small crest on the head, pointed wing extending up and backwards and thick curved tail. The feet are openwork but the the brooch is broken and/or worn at the point of the feet. There are various incised circles decorating the head, neck and wing, including one for the eye and a lozenge arrangement of four circles on the wing. Each of these circles appear to contain traces …
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elkesley Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-4844A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, GLORIA EXERCITVS (Two soldiers and two standards), mint of Arles, struck AD332-3. RIC VII, no.364ff.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-4831B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Gratian dating to the period AD 378-383 (Reece Period 20). REPARATIO REI PVB reverse type depicting the emperor standing left, holding Victory on globe, right hand raising kneeling woman. Mint of Lyon. RIC IX, p.48, 28(a)
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owslebury', grid reference and parish protected.