Record ID: BERK-9AAB4D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy double looped, or 'spectacle' buckle of the early post-medieval period. A little over half of the buckle is retained; the integral strap bar is missing the pin but iron corrosion suggests an iron pin. The frame is plain and undecorated. Similar buckles are illustrated in Whitehead (1996, no 317) and are dated to c. AD 1500-1650.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-9A207B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy double-looped rectangular buckle dating to the post-medieval period. The buckle has an undecorated frame that is bevelled from the inner edge to the outer; the integral strap or pin bar is retained as is the copper alloy pin. This type of buckle dates from c. AD 1570-1700. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead (1996) no. 463.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-999312
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy double looped, rectangular buckle dating to the post-medieval period. The buckle has an undecorated frame that is bevelled from the inner edge to the outer; the integral strap or pin bar is retained however the pin is missing. This type of buckle dates from c. AD 1570-1700. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead (1996) no. 463.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-996FDA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy halfpenny of George III (AD 1760-1820) dating to AD 1799 (ship issue) and minted in Birmingham (Soho). The coin has been altered into an object resembling a cogged wheel; the outer edges of the coin have been pinched out of the obverse in nine places. This gives the effect of a cogged wheel or circular saw blade; all of the pinches run in the same direction. It is unclear how these pinches were formed, possibly by brute force (hammering) or by heating the edge of the coin to make the metal more malleable. Its use is unclear. Spink (2006) 3778.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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