Record ID: BM-D9FC64
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper-alloy object, probably an element from the centre of an openwork belt-plate dating to the mid second or third centuries AD. The element comprises a hemispherical-section bar of two circular cells separated by a waisted moulding. Each cell is filled with a ring of degraded turquoise enamel, with the inside of each ring empty. The bar terminates at each end in a trapezoidal collar and small offset rectangular lugs. These lugs were probably used to secure the bar within the larger belt plate. The underside of the element is plain. It measures 30mm in length, a maximum of 7m…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: BM-DE19DB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy reinforced belt end from a military shoulder belt dating to the third century AD. The terminal pendant would originally have hung from this. The fragment comprises a flat rectangular bar with a marginal rib running along its lower edge. Fragments of openwork decoration extends from the upper edge of this bar supported by four regularly spaced rectangular lugs. These fragments of openwork decoration may represent the lower parts of alphabetical letters forming part of an inscription, possibly the letters 'MILIT' as on SF 426 from Aldborough (Bis…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: LON-DD0938
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy sewing ring, dating to the 15th century. The object is formed of a cast cylindrical tube of copper alloy which tapers from one open end to the other. There is a linear engraving running around the widest edge to form a border. There are triangular indentations which spiral in an anti-clockwise direction (right-hand spiral) around the body of the thimble. The metal has a mid-dark brown pattina and there is some encrusted material in patches on the surface. Casting occured from the 14th century to AD 1530, when cast thimbles ceased in Nuremberg (Homes, 1988, 1…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
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Record ID: LON-DCDDC5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy sewing ring, dating to the 17th century. The object is formed of a cast cylindrical tube of copper alloy which tapers from one open end to the other. There is a linear engraving running around the widest edge to form a border. There are square indentations which spiral in an anti-clockwise direction around the body of the thimble. The object has been worn so that holes are visible in the indentations and the metal has a mid-light brown pattina. There is damage at the widest end of the thimble so that the shape is slightly distorted. The object is quite …
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
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Record ID: PAS-DABAFB
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hawk-ring or vervel of Lewis and Richardson type C.ii, consisting of a D-section ring with a shield-shaped plate soldered to the flat outer face. There is a small gap between the ends of the ring at the junction with the plate. The flat outer surface of the hoop is engraved: Tho. Gryme. of. The shield is engraved three times with the letter T, two side-by-side above a slightly larger example. This motif is the arms of the Grime family of Trimingham, Antingham and Suffield, Norfolk: Azure three cross taus Or (Rye, W. Norfolk Families 1913, 271), although no tincture su…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
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Record ID: GLO-E04675
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver radiate of Otacilia Severa dated to AD 244-249 (Reece Period 12) OTACIL S[EVERA AVG], diademed & draped bust right on crescent / P M TR [ P III or IIII or V COS or COS II or COS III P P], Felicitas standing facing, head left, long caduceus in right hand, cornucopiae in left. This coin is a hybrid, combining the obverse of Otacilia Severa (see RIC IV, pt 3, p. 82, no. 115 for an example) with a reverse of Philip I, her husband (AD 244-49) (see RIC IV, pt 3, pp. 68-9, nos. 3-5). Hybrids and unusual reverses are recorded for Otacilia (RIC pp. 85-6), but this piece is…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotswolds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D94E1A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval, cast copper alloy, single loop composite buckle with an integral forked spacer, dating from AD 1325 - 1450. The frame is oval, lipped and with a bevelled edge. There is a single groove in the outer edge to accommodate the copper alloy wire pin. The pin remains in place. The buckle plates are missing. The buckle has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 34.2mm long, 20.4mm wide and 5mm thick. It weighs 3.25gm. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, 2003, Buckles 1250 - 1800, page 36, number 214. See also Egan and Pritchard, page 78 ff.
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Saturday 30th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-D979C6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval, cast copper alloy, sub-rectangular buckle with a folded sheet copper alloy buckle plate, dating from AD 1350 - 1400. The strap bar is narrowed and offset. The expanded outer edge is bevelled and has a single, central groove to accommodate the copper alloy wire pin. The pin remains in place. The folded end of the plate has recessed shoulders and a central notch to accommodate the buckle frame and pin respectively. There is a single, central rivet hole at the attachment end of the plate; the rivet is missing. The buckle and plate have a smooth, glossy, dark green patina. It …
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Saturday 30th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-DA7F1E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin: a groat of Henry VII, facing bust issue, class 3c, London mint, anchor initial mark, dating from AD 1490 - 1504. It is 24.7mm in diameter and 0.9mm thick. It weighs 2.51gm. Reference: North, volume 2, page 102, number 1705c.
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Saturday 30th January 2021
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Record ID: LIN-DCF44A
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy spur rowel, probably of 16th or 17th century date. The piece takes the form of a five-pointed star with a circular perforation in the centre. Each arm is lozenge in section, and decorated with a line of incised lines along each central ridge. An incised line is located in each angle running from the corner of the arms to the central hole.
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-D90CB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver coin: a denarius of Antoninus Pius dating from AD 141 (Reece period 7). The reverse legend reads AEQVITAS AVG, the reverse type is Aequitas standing, facing left, holding scales and sceptre. Rome mint. Reference: Sear, volume 2, page 209, number 4049. The coin is 17.9mm in diameter and 2.2mm thick. It weighs 2.59gm.
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-DA5A56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver coin: a denarius of Trajan dating from AD 103 - 111 (Reece period 5). The reverse legend reads S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI and the reverse depicts the emperor standing, facing left, holding a sceptre and being crowned from behind by Victory. The mint is Rome. RIC II, p 258, no 212. The coin is 17.6mm in diameter and 2mm thick. It weighs 3.02gm.
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-DFF770
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy gilt strap-end from scabbard belt or book clasp, of characteristic 14th-century design, of box-like construction. The part that contained the strap is rectangular with separate side strips before a box-like circular boss and broken transversely pierced terminal. On the reverse of the circular boss is a highly corroded protrusion. Tiny traces of gilding are visible, but the any detail is obscured by a layer of corrosion and dirt. These strap-ends are interpreted by Fingerlin (1971), p.111, nos.174-8) as scabbard belt-mounts, but have also been identified at book c…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-D98C1E
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast copper alloy, hooked tag of Medieval or early post-Medieval date, AD 1450 - 1550. There is a circular, domed central plate with a trapezoidal attachment loop at the top and a curved hook depending from the bottom. The plate carries the moulded letters IHS within a border of small, oval pellets. The underside of the central plate is concave; the remainder of the underside is flat. The tag has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 35.4mm long, 14.3mm wide and 8.1mm thick. It weighs 2.66gm. Compare database record IOW-0A9AC6 which cites Read, 2008, Hooked Clasps and Ey…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: LIN-DA9449
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval bar mount with an integral rivet and a suspension hook. Overall, the object measures 24.1mm long, 6.3mm wide and 13.9mm thick. It weighs 3.79g. The bar mount is sub-rectangular in plan, narrowing slightly at its terminal, and is triangular in section. At the wider end it terminates with a ridge. It measures 16.6mm long, 6.0mm wide and 4.1mm thick. On the reverse is a sub-circular sectioned lug measuring 2.5mm long and 3.6mm in diameter. The hook projects from the wider end of the mount, curves forward and up, and terminates in an expanded D-shaped terminal. The…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-DF2758
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy late Iron Age or early Roman La Tène III or Nauheim derivative brooch, dating to the period AD 20-100. The brooch is incomplete and is missing two of the curls of the spring as well as the pin. The brooch is 63.75mm in length, 8.05mm wide and weighs 3.79 grams. At the top of the brooch, two of the coils of the spring remain which extend into the bow of the brooch. The chord (linking the two sets of coils of the spring) is broken, but the stub makes it clear that the chord was internal, so curved beneath the bow. At the foot of the brooch, the bow extends back to fo…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Devizes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-DD417A
Object type: INKWELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy object, possibly an inkwell lid or mount dating to the second or third centuries AD. The object comprises a flat semi-circular disc with a central circular piercing measuring 12mm in diameter. The circumference of the upper surface of the mount has a raised and bevelled edge created from reserve metal. A further rib of reserve metal borders the central piercing. The underside of the plate is plain. The object has a diameter of 39mm and a maximum thickness of 1mm. It weighs 6g. It does not appear to be complete, but rather appears to be half of a larger cir…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: LIN-DE3B8F
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval (AD c.1400-c.1500) rotary key, missing part of its bow, part of its bit and the tip of the stem. Overall, the key measures 91.4mm long, 25.2mm wide and 8.2mm thick. It weighs 28.88g. The key has an incomplete circular bow (25.2mm in diameter and 5.3mm thick) and a sub-cylindrical stem with an expanded moulded collar (9.5mm long, 10.4mm wide and 8.2mm thick) at the bow end. The stem is hollow and expands from 6.9mm wide and 7.0mm thick at the collar to 7.3mm wide and 7.4mm thick at the broken terminal. It has two elaborate bits, one of which is mi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-D9E8AC
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble, dating 16th-17th century. The object appears to have been made by stamping, hammering sheet metal into the domed shape desired and then applying the decoration at a later stage. The sides of the thimble taper to the dome, which is almost flat. There is a linear engraving running around the base of the thimble, creating a border. The indentations on this piece are square and run in a right-hand spiral from the base. There is no maker's mark. There has been wear to the object so that some of the indentations have formed holes and the edge of the bas…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 30th May 2019
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Record ID: LON-DD39BE
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An early Post Medieval copper alloy thimble, dating to the 16th or early 17th century. The object is domed and was cast in one piece and is now flattened so that two opposing edges almost meet. The sides flare to the base, and there is a single line running around the base of the thimble to form a border. The rectangular indentations run around the thimble in a right-hand spiral from the base to cover the entire object, with a 2.43mm gap between the border and the start of the indentations. The object is a light golden colour with patches of black discolouration, particularly with…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 30th May 2019
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