Record ID: NLM-2A1626
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel fragment. Concavo-convex naturalistically modelled paw of a lion, with a circular lug with drilled hole of diameter 3mm for attachment to a small bowl, serving as one of its feet. The light construction of the piece, with detail retained as a negative impression on the hollow back, suggests this may be from a decorative item of tableware in Neo-Classical style. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850. Length: 22.2mm, Width: 15.9mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 3.13gms
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelstern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-29E4B1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with enamel mount. Cast symmetrical mount comprising a central hexagonal plate flanked by opposed elongated collared lugs, each with a drilled attachment hole of diameter 3mm. The plate bears the device of three cinquefoil florets springing from a small tapered receptacle against a parti-coloured enamel ground, mid blue to the right and [now] green to the left. The object is now gently curved. The decorative use of enamel was especially characteristic of 13th-century Limoges work, while the three flowers could allude to the Holy Trinity. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-130…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-29CB22
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jetton. Hammered French Jetton, probably issue of c.1475-1500; Barnard (1981, French jettons no. 52) cites a comparable obverse minted in Paris dated to 1488. Obverse description: Lozenge with Arms of France Ancient [four lis], a pellet between each side and the circumferential legend, which is possibly punctuated by crowns. Obverse inscription: SEA[---]ISCE[---]A[--] Reverse description: Cross fleury with lis at the end of each arm, a crown in each angle. Punctuation of crowns. Reverse inscription: VIVA [----]I Diameter: 27.8mm, Weight: 3.80gms.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-29B268
Object type: SCOOP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy scoop from a seed drill. Cast hemispherical spoon on the narrower end of a slightly tapered round-section stem. The stem is stepped towards the other end, for insertion into a rotating drum. This class of object is frequently reported, and variously misidentified, often as an apothecary spoon or cosmetic implement. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Length: 50.3mm, Diameter (bowl): 8.1mm, Thickness (stem): 6.9mm, Weight: 9.07g.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-2EF091
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I dating to the period AD 325-327 (Reece Period 16). VIRTVS AVGG reverse type depicting a camp gate with four towers. Mint of Arles. RIC VII, p. 265, cf. no. 291. Because the reverse field is clear, this appears to be RIC 291.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-2B8CE5
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Late Roman flat-bladed nail-cleaner with varying decoration (Group). Broken at the suspension loop, which is set perpendicuar to the main body of the nail cleaner. Several collars seperate the suspension loop from the body of the implement. The nail cleaner has broad shoulders before tapering down to a blunt point, which is bifurcated by way of a deeply etched vertical line. The face of the nailcleaner is decorated with a border filled with short lines. The inner panel has floral motifs etched into it. The reverse of the nail cleaner is blank and plain.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2B6CD2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy strap fitting from a sword belt dating from the post-Medieval period, AD 1500-1700. It is the hooked plate from a sword belt. It is sub-rectangular in shape, tapering slightly towards the ornate hooked end where it is decorated on each side with a shallow, v-shaped notch followed by a semi-circular cut-out, terminating is a fleur de lis, the central feather of which is broken off, but which would have extended into a wide hook. The broader end is biconcave. A broad, central groove runs down the full length of the upper side of the artefact. There are two rivet hol…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-301351
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Medieval (12th to 15th centuries) trivet or candle holder: The copper alloy stand appears to form a three legged stand, of which only two legs remain. The legs are oval in section which continues upwards to form an arm with a possible zoomorphic terminal. Only one complete arm remains, the other is missing but the break is not too recent. The two legs are joined by an integral sub-triangular platform with a central circular perforation which is incomplete due to breaks. The breaks again are not recent. The surface of the item has a well developed mid green patina. It measures…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-2702D7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy finger ring, probably of Post-Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1800. It is a simple, broad hoop of thin rectangular section, without bezel. It is decorated with a stamped pattern of opposing equilateral triangles; each triangle containing a stylised fleur-de-lis. It has been made by bending a strip of metal and soldering the ends to form a ring. The butted join is clearly visible and the decoration is not aligned. The ring has a rough, light green patina and has been partially bent out of shape. It is 17.6mm long and 16.2mm wide and the loop is 5.3mm wide and 0.6mm thick.…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-2AD7A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, single loop buckle with an integral plate, dating from about AD 1250 - 1400. It has an oval frame with a broad outer edge and a pointed knop at each end of the strap bar. The plate is narrow, tapering to a point, and is decorated with two transverse ridges flanking a bulbous area. There is a single rivet hole containing the remains of a copper alloy rivet, and a circular perforation for the pin below the strap bar. The pin is missing. The buckle has a rough, light green patina. It is 31mm long, 12.7mm wide and 5.4mm thick. It weighs 2.63gm. Similar buckles are …
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-2A94A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as of Diva Faustina I, Rome, reverse AETERNITAS, Pietas standing left raising hand and holding box of incense, RIC III, 1162, c,AD141. This is a Coin of British Association, Walker, 1988: pp. 295, 298, nos. 289-362.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2FEF60
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval annular brooch, dating to between c. 13th-14th centuries AD. The brooch is annular and flat, with a small narrowed notch in the frame, which would have accommodated the pin, now missing. The outer face of the frame is decorated with simple incised lines radiating from the centre hole. It measures 17.43 mm in diameter, 1.41 mm thick and weighs 0.97 grams. The brooch is of an even brown-green patina.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2931D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (flat wing ends type, Midlands) dating from the late first through to second century AD. The brooch has a thick rounded head with short stubby wings that has a linear moulding around each terminal. At the reverse junction of the head and the wings is a hook that would have helped tension the axis bar for the spring mechanism. The wings have end caps that would have secured the axis bar, however the entire spring and pin are now missing. The bow of the brooch has moulded decoration down its length. The …
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-2A6CF5
Object type: TAP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy solid pelta shaped object, probably a modern barrel tap handle. The inside edges of the loops and the outside edge of the main curve are bevelled from a central ridge, due to filing down the casting seams.The central rectangular section has an uneven break. On both flat faces of the object is stamped WARNER, giving the object a modern date. 58mm long, 31mm wide and 6mm thick. Weigh: 50.32g. A number of very similar broken peltaic objects of similar construction and proportions have been recorded on this database, cf. also: SUSS-85A5E2, ESS-632E…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiffield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-2ECBE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I dating to AD 326 (Reece Period 16). PROVIDENTIAE AVGG reverse type depicting a camp gate with two towers. Possibly mint of Trier. cf RIC 475
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-2EDB30
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine II or Constantius II dating to AD 326 (Reece Period 16). PROVIDENTIAE CAESS reverse type depicting a camp gate with two towers. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-2E2C74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible contemporary copy of a Roman nummus of Constantine I dating to AD 321-323 (Reece Period 16). BEATA TRANQVILLITAS reverse type depicting a globe on an altar inscribed VOTIS XX. Mint of Trier. cf RIC 389 and pp.200-201
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-2E3CF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I dating to AD 321-323 (Reece Period 16). BEATA TRANQVILLITAS reverse type depicting a globe on an altar inscribed VOTIS XX. Possibly mint of Trier. cf RIC 303.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-2E57A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I dating to AD 321-324 (Reece Period 16). BEATA TRANQVILLITAS reverse type depicting a globe on an altar inscribed VOTIS XX. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-2E7044
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I dating to AD 322-325 (Reece Period 16). D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG reverse type depicting a wreath enclosing VOTIS XX. Mint of Ticinum. cf RIC 167
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.