Record ID: PUBLIC-1CC934
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ten cast lead or lead-alloy musket/pistol shot from the post-Medieval period c.1600-c.1800. Dimensions are from top left to bottom right: Diameter 16.12 mm Weight 25 grams ( probably unfired). Diameter 14.25 mm. Weight 17 grams ( possibly fired). Diameter 14.09 mm. Weight 21 grams ( Barrel-shaped). Diameter 15.88 mm. Weight 23 grams ( multiple indentations). Diameter 15.93 mm. Weight 24 grams (slightly flattened to one side possibly fired). Diameter 9.93 mm. Weight 4 grams ( mould mark visible possibly fired). Diameter 12.52 mm. Weight 9 grams (mould mark visible probably fired). Diam…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1CBD0D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of Magnentius (AD 350-353), dating to the period c. AD 352-353 (Reece period 18). SALVIS DD NN AVG ET CAES reverse type depicting a large Chi-Rho. Mint-mark: illegible. Obverse: [...]; Bust right Reverse: [...]; Large Chi-Rho Diameter: 18.6mm. Weight: 2.26g. DA=12:10-11.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1BA25A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd of a black-burnished ware storage jar dating from AD43 - 367. It has an enverted rim with a rounded top. The colour of the sherd is dark grey/black. Length 50mm, length 15mm, width 8mm, weight 12.3gm.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
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Record ID: NMS-1B4F49
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman tin-coated copper alloy Colchester Derivative Hinged brooch with an iron axis bar. Most of the pin and the edge of the catchplate are missing. There is a narrow groove near the outer ends of the wings. The upper part of the D-section bow is decorated with knurling, now very faint, and two wide flanking two narrow longitudinal grooves. Wingspan 30.5mm. Length 39mm. c.55 - c.80.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hedenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1A1F39
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Composite frame from a medieval copper alloy folding strap clasp formed from three sides of sheet and a separate roller. The folding end, is engraved with a transverse row of eight longitudinal dashes and a rocker-arm zig-zag. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 564-6. Length and width of frame 14.4 and 13.7 - 15mm. Mid 14th - mid 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-199121
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy vessel component in the form of a bird or eagle, dating from AD 1725 - 1800. The figurine is in the form of a bird in flight with a square tail, pointed beak and wide, flat wings. Unusually, there is no evidence of attachment. It has a patchy black and bright green patina over reddish metal. It is 35.6mm long, 26.8mm wide and 7.8mm thick. 10.3g. A similar bird in the form of a knob on a French kettle lid is depicted in a catalogue from Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. It is dated to the middle of the 18th century (pers. comm. David Williams, Sussex FLO, 6/1/2014…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-196DE7
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete rectangular block of Caen limestone with all of one face missing and with a mass or scratch type sundial engraved off-centre on another. Nine inconsistently placed radial hour lines are visible. The block measures 24.5 x >14.7 x 13.3mm. Lime mortar remains on parts of three non-engraved faces. Very little of a fourth face is extant. Estimated diameter of dial 166mm. Gnomon hole diameter and depth 13 and 20mm. Dr John Davis of the Sundial Society has kindly noted that this example "is fairly standard and, judging by its crispness, likely to be 14th or 15th C. The delineat…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LIN-196BE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left with wreath and palm. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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Record ID: YORYM-1950D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nummus of Diocletian dating to the period AD 303 - 305 (Reece Period 15). GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI depicting Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae. Mint of London. RIC VI, p.125, no.28a.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
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Record ID: LIN-1948A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left with wreath and palm. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: DENO-19434B
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy medieval seal matrix (AD c.1300-c.1400). The seal matrix has a hexagonal die and a hexagonally faceted handle which tapers up to an expanded collar connected to a lozenge-shaped suspension loop. Overall, the seal matrix measures 21.1mm long, 15.4mm wide and 15.4mm thick. It weighs 6.32g. The die is engraved with a central motif which is very hard to identify. It has been described as a sea serpent; it has a distinct rounded body which appears to curve, and it may be a curled-up sleeping animal seen from above. The inscription around the edge is set between beaded …
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2016
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Record ID: SOM-192722
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment from a medieval or post-medieval copper alloy cooking vessel dating to the period c. AD 1200 - 1800. The fragment is D-shaped in cross section and exhibits old breaks on three edges. The outer face is flattened and the inner face is slightly convex. The fragment measures 14.64mm in length, 51.29mm in width, 3.09mm thick and weighs 10.88g. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1800 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common du…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-191D2E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 318-324 (Reece Period 16) VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse type depicting two victories, holding a shield above an altar. Uncertain mint
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Sub Hamdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-190A27
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap-end of Early-Medieval date. The artefact is complete with the exception of a worn break across two of the four rivet holes. This almost complete strap-end is a Class A and probably type 2, See Gabor, T. 2003 The Finds Research Group AD700-1700 - Datasheet 32: Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends 750-1100: Part 1. The strap-end weighs 1.84g and has a length of 33.5mm. The maximum width, across the concave sides, is 8.3mm. An animal-head terminal is present with a sub-rectangular decorative pannel located behind the ears. This pannel is formed by shallow th…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-190586
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, a Colchester Derivative type similar in style to Polden Hill examples but not fitting the type exactly. The brooch consists of the spring casing and arms, with pierced end-caps to hold the spring axel, as is seen on Polden Hill types. The spring wire loop at the head of the brooch is mostly missing. The bow of the brooch beginson the lower section of the head, not tapering from the head which is usual on British brooches of the Polden Hill type. The bow is a thin, undecorated oval sectioned wire, which in its current condition terminates at abo…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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Record ID: CPAT-18FBA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sixpence of William III, obverse features first draped bust facing right with inscription GULIELMUS III . DEI . GRA. The 'G' and 'A' of which are partially obscured. The reverse is four crowned cruciform shields featuring the later (Irish) harp and small crowns. The date (1697) is at the top of the coin (12 o'clock position) and the inscription is MAG BR . FRA . ET . HIB . REX. The 'H' of 'HIB' is without a cross stroke. (Jeff Spencer, CPAT, September 2015)
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2016
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Record ID: LIN-18F1E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece period 17). VRBS ROMA type depicting wolf and twins. Mint of Trier. RIC Vol. VII, p. 214, no. 522.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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Record ID: SOM-18EA80
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy vessel leg from a skillet, cauldron, or similar vessel of late medieval to post medieval date (c. AD 1450 - 1600). The fragment is trapezoial in shape and triangular in cross-section. It exhibits an old break at either end. The reverse is flat and the obverse exhibits a single central longitudinal ridge. The artefact has a dark green patina with some darker staining. The leg measures 19.82mm in length, 27.65mm in width, is 8.27mm thick and weighs 16.49g
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-18B22C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin of the House of Constantine (AD 306 - 364), dating to the period AD 330 - 335 (Reece Period 17). Victory on prow with sceptre and shield [CONSTANTINOPOLIS] reverse type. Probably mint of Trier.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cotgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-18A7EA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to the period AD 364 - 378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Sub Hamdon', grid reference and parish protected.