Record ID: PUBLIC-AD8CC4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy nummus of Constantius II, dating c. 337-340 AD. Reece period 17, Mint of Lyon. Reverse; GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing holding spears and shields either side of a single standard. The coin survives in relatively good condition, though the mint-mark is off-flan. RIC VIII, p. 178, no. 22.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AD0040
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Wolf Lauffer II (fl. 1612-1651) dating to 1612-1651. Rose/orb type inscribed GOTTES SEGEN MACHT REICH. Minted at Nuremberg. Mitchiner (1988, 484) see no. 1709. The jetton has a diameter of 20.97 mm, a thickness of 0.45 mm and a weight of 1.1 g
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-A80CD0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval coin; a penny of Edward I (AD 1272 - 1307), probably Class 4b, dating from AD 1283 - 1286. Mint of Canterbury. The coin is 19.6mm diameter, 0.6mm thick and 1.04g. See North (1994) English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, number 1024 on page 29.
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A7BF91
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval coin; a penny of Edward I (AD 1272 - 1307), Class 10ab3a dating from AD 1302 - 1303, with a top tilted S and Crown 1, perhaps with an annulet on the breast (as described on page 47 of Wood's article: The Classification of Class 10). Mint of London. The coin is 18.6mm diameter, 0.9mm thick and 1.31g. See North (1994) English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, number 1038/2 on page 31.
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A77379
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval coin; a late Medieval penny probably of Edward III or Richard II, dating from AD 1344 - 1399. Much of the legend is missing. The coin is 15.5mm diameter, 0.6mm thick and 0.72g. Mint unknown.
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A73997
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval Alnage Cloth Seal dating from AD 1550 - 1700. It is a four disc seal, folded in half and the first disc joined to the fourth with a tab passed through a hole in the other disc before stamping. On one disc next to the folded hinge is a shield with the arms of Stuart Britain. On the other face is the inscription [N]EW/[DR]APE/RIE[-]. The discs with the tab passed through have no visible design. The seal measures 27.5mm long, 11.6mm wide and 6.6mm thick. 6.26g. Compare NLM-4FC382 and SF-67FA56 which note that: "The seal was used for one of the textiles know…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-A6FC04
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead two-part cloth or bag seal probably dating from AD 1700 - 1900. Originally it had two circular discs joined by a tab, but only one now survives. The surviving disc has an integral oval tab which was pushed through a circular hole in the other disc before the seal was stamped. Part of an impressed deisgn is visible on the oval tab, in the form of raised, obliquely crossing lines. The complete disc is marked with scratched cursive writing which may read: (J)obb & / Ste(rl), but the letter forms are not clear. The seal measures 20.6mm long, 18.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick. 5.3g. Co…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A6BE58
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Russian bag or bale seal dating from the 18th or 19th century. Both sides carry raised Cyrillic lettering. It reads: NP / [-]H 12 (K) / 1[...] and on the reverse there are four rows, but the letters are mainly illegible owing to damage in the form of two grooves across the face of the seal. Two slots pass obliquely horizontally though the sub-circular disc from side to side. It measures 22.8mm diameter, 5.3mm thick and 14.12g. It has a flaky white patina. This seal corresponds with the normal format for Russian bale seals: the obverse is in three lines with the top lin…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A698C2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval to post-medieval cast lead-alloy circular unifaced token of Powell type 3 dating from about AD 1250-1800. The token has a raised design of five straight lines radiating from a pellet at the centre to a pellet at the end of each line at the raised edge. A little of the token has been lost to an old break to one side. The reverse is concave and corroded but does not appear to have been decorated. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date. Compare SOM-…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A675F3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast lead alloy (pewter?) button dating from AD 1500 - 1800. It is circular and the flat front is decorated with a central pellet surrounded by 10 pellets forming a flower-like design. The edges are abraded; there may have been another band of decoration. There is a rib across the reverse and a broken stub of an integral attachment loop projecting from it. The button is 25.1mm diameter, 10.2mm thick and 12.89g. Compare SWYOR-8EBEB3 and NLM-9E5F70.
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A63C3A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; an as or possibly a dupondius, possibly of Nerva (AD 96 - 98), Reece period 5, the reverse depicting clasped hands. The coin is 27mm diameter, 3.2mm thick and 8.74g.
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A5DE41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; an illegible sestertius dating from AD 50 - AD 260. There is a right facing head or bust on the obverse, but the reverse and the legends are illegible. The coin is 29.7mm diameter, 4.1mm thick and 15.1g. It is corroded.
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: IOW-A55815
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and misshapen Medieval sheet copper-alloy folded buckle plate (c. 1270-c. 1400). About one half of the plate is missing. The upper face of this thin sheet has a decorated border consisting of two parallel lines of punched triangular indentations. A central copper-alloy flat-headed rivet or spike at the attachment end is complete. This plate is corroded and in poor condition. It is green with patches of a slightly darker green patina. The rivet is brown. Length: 35.6mm; width: 14.9mm; thickness: 0.3mm; thickness including rivet: 4.3mm. Weight: 1.49g.
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Record ID: CORN-A2CAA0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of body sherd from a pottery Bronze Age funerary urn or storage vessel. The exterior is decorated with parallel bands of impressed double twisted cord with no gaps between them, and is juxtaposed against another set of parallel bands of impressed cord at about a 45 degree angle, in two fields. The fabric is a gabbroic (clay that weathers over the gabbro stone on the Lizard) with inclusions of pale feslpar, dark augite and mica. The colour of the fabric is a light brown interior to more oxidised orange exterior with some black patches of residue which are likely sooting. The c…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9A66C1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy hooked tag or clothes fastener dating to the early-medieval period (c. 9th century) of Lewis and Naylor's Class Class A1.d.i (lobed). The object has a circular plate which is plano-convex in cross-section, having a flat reverse, and with two rounded projecting lobes with small circular perforations extending outwards from the top of the object, one each side. The front of the plate has moulded floral decoration in the form of a central circular 'boss' surrounded by eight recessed petal-like motifs. Around the edge of the object is a series of continuous tran…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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