Record ID: HAMP-F99ABE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver drachm, a posthumous issue of the Indo-Greek king Hermaios, early first century BC, somewhere in the Kabul/Gandhara region (the modern border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan). It is Bopearachchi series 11 (O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991). A more specific reference is Senior 22D (Senior, R C The Coinage of Hermaios and its imitations struck by the Scythians, 2000).
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Andover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F96664
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy English jetton. 'Standing king under canopy' type inscribed REX AN, Mernick reference 5a2.5, dating to c. 1350-1400. See Mitchiner (1988, 122) no. 272, though this has a different legend. It measures 23.7 mm in diameter and weighs 2.93 g. It has a central punch on its reverse.
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F9505E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval penny of Elizabeth I (1625-49), second issue, Tower mint, martlet initial mark (dating to 1560-1). The coin has some wear. North 1988.
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 29th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Andover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F93527
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Caracalla, dating to the period AD 196-198 (Reece period 10). PRINCIPI IVVENTIS reverse depicting Caracalla standing left, holding baton and sceptre, with trophy to right. Uncertain mint. RIC IV, no.13.
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chepping Wycombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F8DE8C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy strap mount. The head of the mount is in the form of a bell, with moulded detail on the upper surface and an apex knop. There are two integral rivets on the otherwise flat reverse, located at the top and bottom respectively. Both rivets have been bent inwards, and the lower rivet has, beneath its point, a fragment of a dark textile. Traces of a black coating adhere to the surfaces of the mount.
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longwick-cum-Ilmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F8CF81
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy book clasp of Howsam type A.1.1, and medieval in date. The central portion of the clasp is broadly oval, has a convex upper surface, flat underside and a vertical perforation at its centre. Two rounded tabs project outwards at the right-hand end of this portion; Between these tabs are two pieces of sheet copper-alloy which have presumably been wrapped around a hinge bar. At the left-hand end is a terminal in the form of a moulded zoomorphic head with a horizontal perforation linking its two vertical outer faces. Similar book clasps were found in excava…
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longwick-cum-Ilmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F8C5D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval Venetian silver soldino of Doge Leonardo Loredan (1501-1521). It is worn with a die axis of 12. During the 15th and 16th centuries the English economy experienced a serious shortage of English-struck halfpennies. In order to fill this gap people began using foreign coinage such as the soldino, meaning 'little shilling', which entered into English currency through Venetian traders.
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 29th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Andover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F89F59
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman trumpet headed brooch dating to AD 75-175.The head is trumpet-shaped with the axis bar and pin attached within the flared end ( the spring is missing). At the top of the trumpet there is a incomplete loop. The bow is decorated with two transverse ribs flanking a devolved "acanthus" style knop which comprises two tri-lobed semi-circular mouldings flanking a central plain semi-circular moulding. The foot terminates with a out-turned knop and the back retains most of the catchplate. A small section of the pin survives . The brooch is a little distorted an…
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F8925A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold quarter stater a 'Hampshire thunderbolt', dating to c. 50-20 BC. Obverse: stliized boat; Reverse: Cruciform thunderbolt. ABC 767; BMC 129-136.
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longwick-cum-Ilmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-F86F2A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Post Medieval (1st to 18th century) unidentified artefact: The copper alloy artefact is a sub L-shaped pin with a curved bend in the centre, which may be accidental. One terminal of the pin is slightly flattened in profile forming a D-shaped section, and is folded over, but this fold may be due to damage. The other terminal is also slightly flattened for a D-shaped profile. Both terminals taper to a sharp point. There are possibly traces of a casting seam on the interior edge, towards the centre of the artefact. The centre is circular in section. The surface of the artefact i…
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Sunday 31st August 2014
Spatial data recorded.