Record ID: CORN-DD20B1
Object type: HANGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy sword belt hanger, missing its hook at one end, with openwork decoration in the form of a trefoil plate with three apertures: two teardrop-shaped and one heart-shaped. The plate then narrows to a bifurcate collar, and then tapers slightly to a bar which is rectangular in plan, profile and section, and broken at its terminus. There is a rounded knop beyond the ovoid plate, which probably extended to encompass a rivet hole at this end of the hanger, and there may have been another attachment plate at the opposite end where the hanger tapers and is broken. Th…
Created on: Sunday 15th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-DB15F7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy uniface circular coin weight of a half noble. The flan depicts a ship with two lions, facing each other on either side of the mast, above a forecastle and an aftcastle which sit on four lines of brick-like planks that represent the ship's hull. The weight weighs 2.97g, or 46 grains, which is less than the 54 grains used for the half noble between 1412 and 1464, but closer than that used for the quarter noble at this time, which was 27 grains (Withers, 1995, 68). Withers (1995) illustrates a similar circular coin weight with the ship and two lions on page 19, top r…
Created on: Sunday 15th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA735C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy coin, possibly a nummus of the house of Constantine, dating from AD 341 to 346 (Reece Period 17). Facing Victories on the reverse. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 2.91g. Part of the coin is lost.
Created on: Sunday 15th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Faringdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA37A3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 'beehive' thimble of two piece construction. It consists of the rolled decorated tube and a plain domed top. The decoration does not appear to be machined. It consists of seven bands of a cable motif, each going in the opposing direction to the two bands adjacent to it. There are remnants of what appears to be a gilded finish in the pattern. The top appears to have had a white metal finish, possibly silvering or tinning. The rim of the thimble has been largely lost, leaving an uneven edge. Dating has proved problematic due to the lack of a convincing parallel. Overall s…
Created on: Sunday 15th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Bradford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA1A15
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger ring with a glass or rock crystal setting. There are remnants of an applied finish, possibly niello or tar. The loop is incomplete. The construction and form of the hoop and bezel suggest a Roman date though an exact parallel is yet to be found. The possibility that it is a Post Medieval imitation of a Roman form cannot be ruled out. However it was discovered in an area with a history of late Roman finds and it seems reasonable to give it a date of between c200 and c410 AD. The length is 22mm, width at bezel 9mm, maximum thickness (bezel & setting) 5mm, ho…
Created on: Sunday 15th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 7th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clun', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA0A99
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy poor radiate copy possibly of Tetricus I dating from AD 271 to 273 (Reece Period 13). Cf RIC 5 (Tetricus I), possibly 97. The reverse may be [NOBILITAS] AVGG. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 1.94g. The figure on the reverse may be Hilaritas and the legend finishes with ]AVGG. There is a hole in the flan, and it is mis-shapen.
Created on: Sunday 15th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 7th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northleach', grid reference and parish protected.