Record ID: IOW-5D7B47
Object type: FLAKED AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Mesolithic flaked flint pick, or 'Hassocks Adze' (9000- 4000 BC). Butler 2005: 103, fig. 42). This implement is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. It has a shiny yellow/buff patina with purple staining from marine organic plant growth. The arrises are sharp. Length: 148.0mm; width: 57.9mm; thickness: 46.5mm. Weight not recorded. Found on the surface of a shingle bank within the inter-tidal zone. Butler, C. 2005. Prehistoric Flintwork. Tempus Publishing. Stroud.
Created on: Sunday 13th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5BA398
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, clipped and worn Medieval silver penny, minted at Durham or York. Not further defined. Obverse: [ ]; Crowned bust facing (possibly marks by crown and neck) Reverse: [ ]; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant, quatrefoil at centre of cross Diameter: 13.3mm. Weight: 0.38g. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 13th September 2015
Last updated: Sunday 13th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5B5879
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, clipped and worn Medieval silver penny. Initial mark: illegible. Not further defined. The coin has been double-struck on the reverse. Obverse: [ ]; Crowned bust facing Reverse: CIVI/[ ]/[ ]/[ ]; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant Diameter: 15.8mm. Weight: 0.66g. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 13th September 2015
Last updated: Sunday 13th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-56D474
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold British southern gold stater of the Belgae, 'Cheriton smiler' type (ABC 755, BMC 86-7, Van Arsdell 1215), dating to c. 60-20 BC. It weighs 4.98g and measures 18.7mm in diameter. The flan has the characteristic 'split' marks at the edges.
Created on: Sunday 13th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5539A2
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete late Neolithic to early Bronze Age flint plano-convex knife (2700 BC-1601 BC). This implement is brown and shiny with a reddish hue and is semi-translucent around the edges. The dorsal face is mainly covered with semi-abrupt and low angled parallel retouch. The arrises are sharp and there is a notch at one side. The ventral face is flat and does not have a bulb of percussion. There are a few parallel flake scars. Length: 44.8mm; width: 29.0mm; thickness: 11.6mm. Weight: 21.16g. Similar examples are illustrated in Bond, C, J, 2004, 'Guide to the Identification…
Created on: Sunday 13th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.