Record ID: IOW-CF2D07
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) strap-end (c. 850-c. 900). Thomas Class E, no Type. This tongue-shaped strap-end has a small rounded knop at the base and a transverse break at the top. It has similar decoration on both faces. Both faces have a plain rim enclosing a billeted border. Within the border it has vine scroll motifs. The strap-end is reddish brown with light green corrosion products within the crevices. Height: 46.4mm; width: 19.7mm; thickness: 4.4mm. Weight: 12.51g. This strap-end may be a Carolingian import. A strap-end with similar decoration has …
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-CD9F86
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but damaged Medieval sheet copper-alloy harness pendant in the form of a bell (c. 1200-c. 1400). The globular body has four sound holes. Extending from each sound hole is a slot dividing four tabs folded inwards to form a rounded base. At the top a central suspension arm extends vertically and terminates with a suspension loop. The arm is solid and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The loop is worn and broken at the top. At the junction of the arm and body, buff surface material has minute flecks of gilding which are visible under magnification. The sound 'pea' is in the…
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Saturday 5th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-CC0123
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272) minted by Norman at Bury St Edmunds. Class 7a, 1217-1222 (North 1994, 222, ref: 978). Obverse: hE[ ]EX; Crowned bust facing with sceptre, three curls at each side (upper two have pellets) Reverse: + (cross pattée) NORMAN[ ]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant Diameter: 16.4mm. Weight: 0.62g. DA=12:12. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.