Record ID: IOW-75169B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial mark missing, 1558-1603 (North 1991: 133, 135, 137, refs: 1988, 2001, 2017). Obverse: [ ]SA·SINE·SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust facing left Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/[ ]; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription Diameter: 13.0mm. Weight: 0.47g. DA=12:11. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-7514A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Early Medieval disc brooch: The copper alloy brooch is was originally circular in plan, but now is incomplete and has broken edges, which are not recent. In profile the brooch is slightly curved, with the outer face being concave and the underside convex, which may be due, slightly to damage rather than intention. The outer face may be decorated with an indistinguishable design as the surface is abraded and has lost the originally patina, of which there are only traces. The reverse of the brooch has two parallel perforated lugs at one edge which forms the hinge. There is a …
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: WAW-74F24F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (AD c. 50-100) T-shaped brooch: The cylindrical crossbar has a central slot on the reverse to allow the pin to be hinged which is now missing, except for the portion pivoting on the copper alloy axis bar. The crossbar is undecorated. The bow protrudes from the centre of the cross bar and is slightly angular and forms an inverted 'L shape in profile and is undecorated. The break of the bow, is not recent. The brooch surface is slightly abraded and has traces of a heavy mid grey/green patina. It measures 13.11mm long, 29.66mm wide and it weighs 13.4g. The brooch is possibly an …
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th September 2014
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Record ID: IOW-74E824
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval silver long cross cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272), minted by Iurdon (Jordan) at Winchester. Class 3a-3c, 1248-1250 (North 1994: 226, refs: 986-988). Obverse: [ ]REX[ ]; Crowned bust facing without sceptre Reverse: IVR/[ ]/[ ]/[ ]; Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant Length: 9.0mm; width: 7.4mm. Weight: 0.32g. DA=12:1-2. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Record ID: WAW-74E65F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends, middle Severn Valley), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3. Plate 46, 71, no. 1588 (AD c. 80-120): The incomplete copper alloy brooch has wings which are semi-cylindrical terminating with perforated wing caps. The wings are decorated with a prominent vertical, central ridge. At the junction of the wings and bow head there is an integral hook which holds the chord in place. The copper alloy axis bar remains, with eight coils of the spring around it. Some of the coils are incomplete. The pin is missing. The bowhead is slightly hump-l…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th November 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-74D00E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 330 - 335 (Reece period 17).GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse depicting two soldiers and two standards. Diameter of coin: 16.54 mm. Thickness: 1.57 mm. Weight: 1.858 grams. The coin has a matt green patina.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-74CD3E
Object type: EAR RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (1st to 4th centuries) possible ear ring: The copper alloy penannular ring, is crescentic in plan and oval in section, tapering to two sharply pointed ends, one of which is certainly broken, the other probably not. The surface of the ear ring has a light blue/green matte patina with the terminals having red copper corrosion. The ear ring measures 20.71mm across, 18.80mm wide, 5.35mm thick and weighs 3.6g. Allason-Jones (1989) categorises this type of ear ring as Type 1 which were common from the 1st to 4th centuries. Allason-Jones: 1989 Ear -Rings in Roman Britain British …
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 19th September 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-736847
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver stater of the British Iron Age. A South Western (Durotrigian) uninscribed stater dating to circa 50 BC -c 20 BC. Obverse of coin: Stylised wreath Reverse: Disjointed and pelleted horse left. The coin is dished and in fine condition with traces of copper oxide staining. Diameter of coin: 18.97 mm. Thickness: 2.54 mm. Weight: 4.624 grams. Reference: IOW-035588. Spink 2006 No 366, BMC 2525-2731.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-72102E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small post-medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with central bar. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 279. 15 x 12.7mm. c.1650 - c.1720.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Saturday 6th February 2016
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Record ID: SF-71832F
Object type: POT BOILER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five heat crackled flints or pot boilers. They have a combined total weight of 137.40g and may be of any date from the Prehistoric period onwards.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-717284
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three struck flint blades of later Prehistoric date. They have a combined total weight of 9.78g and are of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date, c.4000-800 BC. 1) An unpatinated blade struck from a mottled grey flint and snapped at the proximal end. It is triangular in cross section and has limited, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch on both edges. This blade measures 40.43mm in length, 15.23mm in width, 5.57mm in thickness and 3.66g in weight. 2) An unpatinated blade struck from a mottled grey flint. It has a small striking platform and bulb of percussion, with parallel blade scars o…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-7166D2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy pentagonal strap loop with missing separate internal rivet. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1252. 25 x 15mm. 18.5mm internally. c.1270 - c.1400.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-7154F7
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude cast lead-alloy possible toy fork, probably dating from the Medieval to post-Medieval periods. The object seems to have been partially cast, partially hand-fashioned and shaped, into a fork with three short tines, an uneven utensil shaft and a sub-oval fork handle. A repeating stamped pattern of a small shield with long cross has been positioned haphazardly on the outer surface of the fork handle three times and on the reverse eleven times, with a further five times on the apex of the fork tines and once on two of the three tines. Due to the ease with which such items could be…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Saturday 25th May 2019
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Record ID: SF-713DF1
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 25 flakes of later Prehistoric date. They have a combined total weight of 198.22g and are of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date, c.4000-800 BC. 1) An unpatinated long flake struck from a dark grey flint. It has a prominent striking platform and bulb of percussion, parallel flake scars on the dorsal face and cortex remaining at the distal end. This flake measures 44.60mm in length, 24.77mm in width, 7.04mm in thickness and 7.52g in weight. 2) An unpatinated long flake struck from a dark grey flint. It has a prominent striking platform that retains its cortex,…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-7133C7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment of a medieval sand-and-shell-tempered cooking pot, dating to c. 1175-1275. Due to severe surface abrasion it is unclear how the rim would have oriented. The sherd is unglazed and consistently dark grey in colour, both on inner and outer faces.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Saturday 25th May 2019
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Record ID: NMS-713133
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two outer sheet plates from composite tongue-shaped strap ends. The spacers would have been forked. c.1270 - c.1450: - one rivet hole near the inside edge and a convex outside edge. Length 35.5mm. Width 17.5mm. - fragment with one rivet and a groove next to a small part of a round aperture. Extant length 17mm. Width 12.5mm.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
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Record ID: LIN-7112CE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A body sherd from a ceramic Early Bronze Age (c.2350-c.1500 BC) vessel. The fabric is fairly hard and reddish buff on the outer half to black on the inner half. There are occasional black/dark grey inclusions. Overall the sherd measures 25.9mm long, 19.2mm wide and 9.0mm thick. It weighs 4.07g. The outer surface is has four lines of decoration, formed by impressing a cord into the clay.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-710EE9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval copper alloy bar-mounts with longitudinal filed grooves and many shallower transverse grooves on the central lobe and rivets in both terminal lobes, 14th century: - three longitudinal grooves, 8 x 15mm. - five grooves, with a sheet strip loop attached to the reverse by one rivet 10 x 20.5mm.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
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Record ID: LIN-70CD03
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman (AD c.300-c.410) 'Brancaster' type finger ring consisting of its bezel and shoulders. The fragment measures 15.7mm long, 7.9mm wide and 5.6mm thick. It weighs 1.94g. The bezel is square in plan, rectangular in profile and rectangular in section. It measures 7.9mm long and wide and 3.8mm thick. The shoulders taper in width from 6.7mm at the bezel to 4.7mm at the break. They are sub-rectangular in section and measure 1.9mm thick. The bezel probably would have been engraved (see WILT-D4FD13) but this has worn away. It has been published by Gerrard an…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2019
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Record ID: NMS-70BCD8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval sheet copper alloy rectangular buckle plate with pin slot, frame recesses, three rivets (one near the slot and two near the inside edge), and a line of rocker-arm engraving running parallel to both sides and edges. Parts of the sides and inside edge are missing. 38 x 11.5mm. Length and width of the rear part 35 and 8.5mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
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