Record ID: YORYM-10B1C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy radiate or nummus of an uncertain emperor dating to the period AD 260 - 402. Uncertain reverse type. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-109367
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle of early-medieval date. The buckle is D-shaped in plan and circular in section with a narrowed and recessed strap bar. The outer edge of the frame is wide and decorated with parallel curved incisions giving a twisted rope-like effect and the pin no longer remains. Where the frame meets the strap bar it terminates in zoomorphic knops which are most probably crude representations of animal heads confronting across the bar. Zoomorphic terminals are a common feature of buckles of this period and are intended to represent some sort of quadruped's head, such a…
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-107781
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch is comprised of rectangular wings from the reverse of which a spring mechanism projects with 9 turns of the spring. The pin proper no longer remains and the mechanism is heavily corroded. The wings themselves are decorated with five steps on the front face, two of which are incised with repeating lines. To the top of the head is a worn central spine and a coil of wire which would have joined to the spring. A wide rectangular sectioned bow extends from the centre of the wings curving downwards and tapering…
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-104859
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy toggle of Iron Age to Roman date. The toggle is of the dumbbell type comprising two globular hemispherical terminals joined by a waisted central circular shaft. Integral raised collars are present where the shaft and terminals meet. The metal has a mid green patina and is worn. The toggle is 23.2mm long, 11.7mm in diameter at the terminals, 8mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 11.1g. Numerous similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, for example: YORYM-1A6833, SWYOR-72CC15A, NARC-4C2B74 and NCL-DD6E92.
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-103DF2
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy toggle of Iron Age to Roman date. The toggle is of the dumbbell type comprising two globular hemispherical terminals joined by a waisted central circular shaft. The toggle is undecorated. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The toggle is 21.2mm long, 9.9mm in diameter at the terminals, 4.4mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 5.1g. Numerous similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, for example: YORYM-1A6833, SWYOR-72CC15A, NARC-4C2B74 and NCL-DD6E92.
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-1017CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy duit of Zeeland issued by the Dutch East India Company, dated 1765. Arms of Zeeland reverse. Similar examples can be seen on the PAS database, for example: CORN-4636C5, YORYM-647B02 and YORYM-2D0746. By the seventeenth century the Netherlands had become a prosperous country through its shipping trade across Europe and its trade links with the Far East. The United Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) was formed in 1602 in order to unite various small trade companies which had created commercial links with India and the Far East duri…
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-0FEC4E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver shilling of Edward VI dating to AD 1549. 2nd issue. Garnished oval shield reverse. Swan initial mark. Mint of London. North Vol 2, p.122, no.1917/1.
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-0FA55A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I dated to AD 1575. 2nd issue. Square shield on long cross fourchee reverse. Eglantine initial mark. Mint of London. North Vol 2, p.134, no.1997.
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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