Record ID: YORYM-024522
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete intaglio of probable Roman date. The intaglio is made of a blue paste of indeterminate nature and is impressed on the upper surface with the faint shape of a right facing horse. The reverse is flat and undecorated and no evidence survives to suggest what this object was originally a part of. The intaglio is 10.1mm in diameter, 2.2mm thick and weighs 0.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-018BAF
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy seal matrix of medieval date. The die of the matrix is circular with a hexagonal sectioned handle extending from the reverse. The handle tapers to a triple banded circumferential collar from which a tri-lobed terminal projects. The die itself is decorated with an anonymous personal seal devise depicting a hare holding and blowing a hunting horn while seated on the back of a left standing hound. A circumferential legend is present which, when printed, reads'*SOHOV ROBIN'. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The seal matrix is 24.4mm tall, the han…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-01BFFA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is of the two disc type joined by an integral central strip and sealed by compressing a central rivet. The upper surface of the seal is stamped with the letters IW//.M. while the reverse appears undecorated. The metal is a light brownish-white colour and is worn. The seal is 21.4mm long with integral strip, 15.6mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick and weighs 3.9g. Lead cloth and bale seals were used in Europe to mark cloth for commercial sale between the 13th and the 19th centuries and were part of a system of regulation and qual…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-02250C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is of the two disc type joined by an integral central strip (now missing) and sealed by compressing a central rivet. The upper surface of the seal is stamped with the image of a crowned rose and the reverse bears the Roman numerals XXV(upside down)II. The metal is a light brownish-white colour and is worn. The seal is 18.5mm in diameter, 2.7mm thick and weighs 3.1g. Crowned rose devises such as this frequently bear the initials of the ruling monarch at their time of issue to either side. While traces of initials to the r…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-026BE2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy dress hook of post-medieval date. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 8 being figurative in plan. The main plate is a convex, hollow domed boss bearing a human facing mask with a projecting ridged collar beneath the chin. The worn remains of an attachment loop project from the top of the head and the hook is missing. All breaks are old and worn. The metal has a shiny brownish-green patina and is worn. The dress hook is 17.3mm long, 10.5mm wide, 3.8mm thick and weighs 1.6g. A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.114, no.459 and is dated to th…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-02DF5E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy mount of probable Roman date. The mount is circular in plan with an openwork triskele design, though with four tendrils rather than the usual three. Four straight arms project, each joining slightly off centre to create a central near-square perforation, and continuing to the outer frame. Four knob-ended tendrils curve around the interior of each resulting sub-triangular cell and are joined to the outer frame by integral sprus. The knobs appear to be separately cast and fitted into circular recesses at the end of each tendril. Examination of the reverse shows t…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
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Record ID: YORYM-064A69
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1583 - 1585. Square shield on long cross fourchee reverse. Third issue. A initial mark. Mint of London. North Vol 2, p.137, no.2016.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-0603B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward III dating to the period AD 1369 - 1377. Fourth coinage, Post-Treaty Period. Long cross reverse with quatrefoil centre. Lis on breast. Mint of York. North, Vol 1, p.59, no.1295.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-062492
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of William III dated to AD 1696. Crowned cruciformed shield reverse. Mint of London. The coin is worn and has been bent into a slight S shape. It may therefore have been intended as a love token.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: WMID-044B65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian (AD 364 to AD 378), dating to the period AD 364 - 378 (Reece Period 19). GLORIA ROMANORVM, reverse depicting Emperor right, holding standard and dragging captive. Mint uncertain. Thickness: 1.2 mm Diameter: 15.6 mm Weight: 1.1 g
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 20th June 2014
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