Record ID: IOW-B2D0D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Mint unclear. Mintmark: [ ]//[ ] Obverse: [ ]; Diademed bust right Reverse: [SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE]; Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm Diameter: 15.6mm. Weight: 0.79g. DA=12:12.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 5th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B2C161
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Mint unclear. Mintmark: [ ]//[ ] Obverse: [ ]; Diademed bust right Reverse: [SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE]; Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm Diameter: 15.7mm. Weight: 0.89g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 5th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-AF64B1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap loop, pentagonal with (missing) separate internal rivet. A very slender example. 9.2 x 12.5mm. 6mm internally. Late 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AF5773
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late early-medieval copper alloy Borre-style disc brooch of Kershaw 2013 East Anglian Series Type I, in rather abraded condition and with most of the edge missing. There are amorphous scars of the pin lug and catchplate on the reverse. Diameter c.30mm. 10th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-AF4B83
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval French Jetton. The jetton is probably a Shield of France type but the degree of wear and corrosion precludes a more detailed identification. Obverse; Flat-topped shield within inner circle surrounded by illegible legend. Detail within shield also illegible. Reverse; Triple stranded cross fleuretty within four-arched tressure. Circa 1400-1500 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Friday 8th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AEFB95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Saxon to Late Saxon copper alloy openwork disc brooch of "cogwheel" type with eighteen teeth around the border. On the reverse a single pin lug with some staining from the missing iron pin and an incomplete catchplate are both set parallel with the edge. A concavity lies behind the central boss. This is of a well-known type of Continental origin, with one example found in a context of c.800 at Everswinkel, Germany (Youngs, S. in Wallis 2004, 40, fig. 35, SF 390). Many have been recorded in East Anglia (e.g. Hinton, 1974, 21, cat. no. 14; Geake, H. in Emery, P. 2007, 193-4, fig.…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AE9251
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy Small-long brooch of Leeds 1945 cross pattee derivative type. The upper angles between the arms are round holes while the lower are notches. A pair of parallel engraved grooves marks the end of each arm. At the top and the base of the D-sectioned bow a rectangular panel forms facets. Both are decorated with a pair of transverse grooves. The upper part of the footplate tapers past another pair of grooves. The half-round moulding consists of two broad ribbed mouldings, the upper one with two more grooves which have been largely lost to wear. There is …
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AE1963
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the hoof-shaped terminal of a Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy linch pin, roughly circular and cast with a chord missing, and part of the ankle or shank. At the break across the shank a large air-hole has been exposed. A blob of metal adheres to the reverse near the edge. Parts of the surface and the fracture are blackened. These features suggest miscasting or the subsequent effect of heat. The front of the hoof is recessed and within the recess a circular setting, now empty, was probably once filled with enamel. A small sub-triangular area defined by the edge of …
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-AD8067
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman probable sestertius of the deified Faustina I (or possibly II) dating to the period post-AD 141 (Reece Period 7). Uncertain reverse type depicting standing figure right with spear or sceptre. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AD72F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy coin, probably a halfpenny of George II or III, both faces with the surface removed, and inscribed: NC // IW / 1782. Diameter 28mm. Weighs 8.76g. 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-AD6571
Object type: CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or early Medieval copper alloy cross. The cross has four arms, the lower one of which is extended. Each arm tapers outwards slightly forming a trapezoidal shape. It has no obvious decoration and the upper arm appears to be damaged suggesting that it may have had a suspension loop here. Helen Geake (pers. com.) suggests that both crosses and pendant crosses sometimes appear in Medieval graves, but she suggests that it may also be of an earlier date as 'there is a similar sheet-silver cross from Lechlade grave 187, a 7th-century grave, which was found at the neck and probably…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AD4BC0
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy toy cannon, with cascabel button and vent-hole, trunnions project from the sides. Length 49mm. Diameter 8mm. Bore diameter 3.5mm. Late 17th/18th century type.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-AD2AC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Diocletian dating to the period AD 294-307 (Reece Period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left with corn measure on his head, holding a cornucopia. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD1051
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy lace tag of probably Post Medieval date. It is a cone of sheet copper alloy, 6.2mm in diameter at the open end and tapering to a rounded blunt point. The terminal end is decorated with a globular collar decorated with four circumferential grooves. There are two opposing rivet holes near the open end, and the cone has cracks running across the holes. Instead of a lace tag, this object could also be part of a small brush or the terminal of a slender wooden object such as a pen. Compare WILT-71AAE6 and SWYOR-B1FFB4.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-AD0922
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy trumpet brooch dating to the late 1st to 2nd Century AD. Incomplete but with swivelling wire chain loop and fully developed acanthus inserted in a tubular bronze axis bar. In addition to the acanthus, decoration is applied to the loop clip, foot knop snd the upper and lower mid-bow flanges, all of which are finely knurled. The underface of the foot knob is recessed for enamel, now missing. The straight leg is quite normal, as is the solid catch-plate.. The catchplate is intact and a small amount of the pin remains. The bow is a narrow 'D' shape. The brooch is similar to H…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 7th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GARGRAVE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-ACE911
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sestertius of Faustina II, dating to the period AD 147-75 (Reece period 8). Reverse type unclear. Diameter: 33.0mm, thickness: 4.0mm, weight: 15.14g
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-ACCA35
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sestertius, probably of Marcus Aurelius, dating to the period AD 161-80. Unclear reverse type. Diameter: 33.0mm, thickness: 3.5mm, weight: 18.03g
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: IOW-ACC557
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval French two sols of Louis XVI of France (1754-1793), minted at Lille and dated 1793 on coin (W mintmark). Obverse: [LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANCOIS] 1793 W; Laureate draped bust left Reverse: [LA N]ATION LA LOI LE ROI/[L'AN 3 DE LA]LIBERTÉ; Fasces between 2 S, with oak wreath Diameter: 33.4mm. Weight: 24.00g. DA=12:6. The coin is chipped and uneven around the sides.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-ACABF3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy token dated 1640. Obverse: LVDX III D [----------] around bust left Reverse: DO[--------]NOIS 1640 around three fleur de lis
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd April 2014
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Record ID: LANCUM-ACA913
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman Dolphin brooch dating to the 1st Century AD. Similar to Hattat No 379 Page 301. Hattat. R. 2000. A Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches. Oxbow. Oxford. The length is 53mm, and the width is 20mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KIRKHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-AC9DA5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin of possible Medieval date. It has a discoidal head with a convex top and a flat base. The shaft is 0.8mm in diameter and only 10mm survives. The original length is impossible to judge. The pin is similar to some in Egan and Pritchard's Dress Accessories, but an earlier or later date cannot be ruled out. The function of this pin is also unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-AC8A93
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper halfpenny of William and Mary dating to the period AD 1689 - 1694. Britannia seated left reverse. Mint of London.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
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Record ID: WMID-AC8A11
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy foot / leg from a copper alloy cooking vessel of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1400 to AD 1700). The vessel fragment is sub rectangular in plan and sub triangular in cross section. The foot / leg is expanded at the top and curves outward. The remnants of a central rib is present on the interior surface. The interior surface is coated with a black layer, presumably the result of sooting from being within a fire. It measures 33.4 mm in length, 34.7 mm wide and 12.3 mm thick. It weighs 49.9 grams. The vessel foot / leg is predominante…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-AC88B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nummus of Diocletian, dating to the period AD 294-305 (Reece period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type, dipicting Genius with patera and cornucopia. Mint unclear. Diameter: 25.0mm, thickness: 2.0mm, weight: 6.25g
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2015
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Record ID: SUR-AC8716
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age cast copper alloy potin coin of continental origin, of the Leuci in Gaul, struck c. 80-50 BC. The coin depicts a crude head left and a boar left, with a crude fleur-de-lis below. Allen, Catalogue of the Celtic Coins in the British Museum, Vol III, p. 93, no. 412ff; Delestre and Tache, Vol I, p. 64, cf. no. DT 227; H. Patat, Potins Celtes, p. 32, cf. 15.20.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-AC7FB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of Roman nummus of an uncertain ruler dating to the period AD 300-402. Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd April 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-AC6E21
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman radiate of an uncertain ruler dating to the period AD 260-296. Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-AC5665
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin: possibly a contemporary copy of a nummus of Constantius II, dating from AD 355 - 6 (Reece period 18), FEL TEMP REPARATIO type, with the reverse depicting a soldier spearing a fallen horseman. The coin is, however too worn and corroded for a definite identification. It is 12.3mm in diameter and 2.2mm thick. It weighs 1.87gm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-AC4ED0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 343-348 (Reece Period 17). VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN reverse type depicting two Victories holding wreaths. Mint of Lyon.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-AC4A33
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Post Medieval or Modern probable finger ring. The ring is made from a strip of copper alloy which is 4.67mm wide and 0.88mm thick. Only 18mm survives in length and it is bent back on itself. The strip is decorated with a lozenge shaped design, and transverse bands of milling. It has a dark green patina. It was probably a Georgian fairground ring.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-AC2E47
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy unidentified object, perhaps a hook, probably of Post Medieval to Modern date, but possibly Early Medieval. It consists of a length of circular sectioned wire, nearly 60mm long. At one end it is bent into a loop. At the other end it is pointed and sharp. Several bends in the length of the shank make it's original shape impossible to determine. The object has a smooth dark brown patina, missing in places. Its function remains uncertain. It may have been a hook, perhaps to fasten into fabric, or possibly a pick type of toilet article or a pin.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-AC2D92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman radiate of the deified Claudius II dating to the period AD 270-271 (Reece Period 13). Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd April 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-AC2217
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a Roman radiate (barbarous) of an uncertain ruler dating to the period AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-ABD803
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount or stud, probably of Post Medieval to Modern date, but possibly Early Medieval. It consists of a circular sheet which is 0.5mm thick, decorated with three wide grooves crossing the the centre so forming a star. A central copper alloy rivet attaches the stud to a smaller, circular copper alloy rove or back plate. The space between the front and back plates suggest that the object was attached to something that was about 1.5 - 2mm thick. The metal has a smooth dark green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: SOM-ABCE22
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a post medieval cast copper-alloy buckle frame, probably originally asymmetrical. The frame has one rectangular loop surviving, the second loop is missing but was probably D shaped. The outer edge of the rectangular loop is extended into points in the corners and a rounded point in the centre and has a groove running down its length on the front, parallel with the side. The other loop is almost completely missing with just stubs remaining ending in old breaks. The strap bar is narrowed and slightly recessed. The back is flat and plain, the inner edge straight and the outer edg…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 8th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ABBDE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy item difficult to identify possibly dating 300BC to 410AD. It is possibly the bow from an early Iron Age brooch, part of a terret ring or mount. The fragment is long, tapering and curving in different directions and the apex and terminal at which points it is also broken. Similar to SF-70C8C7, and YORYM-017E93on the database. The length is 28mm, the width is 10mm thickness 4mm and the weight 4.07g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KELBROOK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-ABB7C4
Object type: SPANGLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable spangle of Early Medieval date. It consists of a sheet which is 1.15mm thick, broken on almost all sides. There is an incised line along the edge of the surviving original edge. The plate is decorated with a row of four raised blobs which are hollow on the reverse and look to have been raised by hammering (repousse). Two are along the complete edge, but two appear to curve away form the edge though they are truncated by a break. The metal has a grey brown patina with some brassy colour on the front. Compare number 48.6 on page 245 of McGregor and Bolick.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB9644
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount with two rivets still in place, of probable Early Medieval date. The object is rectangular in plan with bevelled edges and has two thin wire copper alloy rivets, one mostly surviving and the other almost entirely missing. It has no visible decoration. Compare SWYOR-7CAAE7 and SWYOR-877094.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-AB8D01
Object type: HORSE TRAPPING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy terret, of Late Iron Age dating 300 BC - AD 100. Around 25% of the terret is present, the rest presumed lost in antiquity. The profile of the terret is oval in cross section and originally the object would have been D-shaped. There is decoration along the length in a La Tene style possibly a tendril. Similar to WMID-2BCB95, YORYM-4C6C21 and YORYM-C23B67 on the database. The length is 44mm, the width is 15mm thickness 7mm and the weight 8.26g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KELBROOK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AB72B7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle frame with one oval and one trapezoid loop. There are projecting lobed knops at either end of the recessed strap bar. The loops are triangular in section with bevelled outer sides and a flat back and straight inner side. There is a small indent in the centre of the oval loop creating a pin rest. The pin is missing. It is 28.1mm long, 16.1mm wide and 3.1mm thick; it weighs 1.79 grams. Whitehead (2003:91) illustrates a very similar example, no. 564, which he dates to c. AD 1575-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 7th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.