Record ID: PUBLIC-FDA8EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper-alloy French Double Tournois of Frédéric-Henri de Nassau dated AD1640. The obverse depicts the bust of the ruler in profile facing right, surrounded by the inscription FR[ED.]HENR.D[.G.PRI.A]. The reverse of the coin has 3 fleur-de-lys in triangle formation, surrounded by the legend [D]OVBLE.[TOVRNOIS.1]640. The coin is quite worn on both sides, with patches of light and dark brown patina. Dimensions: diameter: 20.14mm; weight 2.02g
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2016
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Record ID: CAM-FC8852
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold inscribed finger-ring of Medieval date. This finger-ring has a rectangular cross-section of 3.2mm width and 0.9mm thickness. The band forms an approximate circle, slightly squashed into a subtle oval, the external diameter measurement 21.8mm across the widest axis and 20.3mm across the axis 90 degrees from the widest axis. An inscription is present both on the inner and external surface of the band. The inscription lettering height is almost the full width of the band and the lettering size and spacing is such that the inscription fills the full circumference of both the inner …
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Central Bedfordshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FC79FD
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Post Medieval cast lead tin alloy hooked tag. The plate is lozenge-shaped in plan with a raised border of pellets. In the centre there is a quartered lozenge with a central pellet. Between the outer rim and inner lozenge there is a raised line and eight circles with central pellets. At the back, the soldered sheet loop is still present, but the iron wire hook is incomplete with the tip broken and missing. This type of clasp is designated a Class D, type 3, by Read (2008) and is very similar to his No.219. It measures 42.68mm x 30mm x 3.2mm thick and weighs 9.1grams. …
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FBB98E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval to early post-medieval lead token (15th - early 16th century). Cross and Pellets series, London manufacture. The obverse depicts a fleur-de-lis in the central field surrounded with a border of oblique rays. The reverse of the token depicts a cross with a pellet-in-annulet in each quarter inside a linear circle, surrounded by a border of oblique rays. The rays have the same orientation on the obverse and reverse. Dimensions: diameter: 12.2 mm; weight: 0.61 g Mitchiner and Skinner (1984, 95) lists this design type (nos 21, 22) . There are several other similar t…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-FA8B07
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy hooked tag with the tip of the hook missing. Read 2008 early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp, Class E, Type 3, very close to no. 402. Two of the eight round apertures are imperfectly fettled and blocked. Two others have joined together. Length 33.8mm. Width 16.3mm. 16th century. Field B1
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-FA6692
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button comprising a solid globular head and an integral non-drilled loop. Diameter 11mm. Length 14mm. 16th century. Field B1
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FA210B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy Roman contemporary copy of an as of Claudius, c. AD 41-54 (Reece Period 2). Reverse: S C, probably Minerva advancing right. The coin is extremely worn and corroded. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated at Lyons (Gaul) and in Spain. This example could not be classified to a particular mint, no…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-FA1FF7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and distorted medieval gilt copper alloy spur buckle frame with the pin and the inside edge missing: oval frame with a straight outside projecting as lobes at the sides; integral plate widening slightly past the pin hole and two rivet holes near the sides (one with an iron rivet) before narrowing abruptly to a bar which continues, with chamfered sides past a third iron rivet to a break across a bifurcation or another hole. A patch of gilding survives on the broad part of the plate. This form of frame can be seen on a buckle attached to a gilt rowel spur dated to c.1240 - c.…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: SUR-FA0F62
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval attachment plate from a copper-alloy shoe buckle. The attachment button is separate and there is no maker's stamp.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: SUR-FA0775
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy flat button with traces of silvering. The button bears the legend QUEENS OWN 7 LD (7th Light Dragoons) within an eight-point star.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: SUR-F9FAEA
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper part of a very worn Post Medieval copper-alloy book clasp with iron corrosion on its reverse.The rivets are made of iron and the clasp is decorated with a central circle and a group of three dots.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: SUR-F9F1B6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual Medieval (possibly) to Post Medieval circular lead weight with a small central projecting handle. The upper face is divided into four quadrants each with a circle; two have quatrefoils and two radiating lines. The field is decorated with lines and crosses.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F9E851
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denarius of Diva Faustina I (died AD 141), dating to the period AD 141 to 161 (Reece period 7), posthumous issue under Antoninus Pius. AVGVSTA reverse type depicting Ceres standing left, right hand holding a torch and left hand holding up a fold of skirt. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 71, no. 362
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-F9E4DB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy trapezoidal buckle frame with a narrowed bar and five grooves on the outside edge, the central one being the widest. In the centre of the bar there is a notch on the inside face, presumably caused by wear. Broadly comparable with Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 434-6. Length and width 14.5 and 15mm. Second half 14th century. Field ASH1
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Record ID: SUR-F9E3B7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval domed, circular lead trade weight with a flat back. The weight is 159g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: SUR-F9DB59
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval to Modern domed copper-alloy button of a volunteer company dating from 1798-1800. The button has a hollow back and a separate loop. The face of the button displays the legend SOMERSET around a crown.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F9D74A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy spindle whorl or weight dating to the Medieval or Post Medieval periods, c. 1200-1700 AD. In plan view the weight is circular and plano-convex in section with a domed top and a flattened base. The shape of the weight is rather irregular, with one side standing slightly higher than the other. In the centre of the object, a circular aperture is visible. The weight survives in relatively good condition, with an even brownish patina covering most of its surfaces. It measures 20.41mm in diameter, stands 11.05mm high at its highest point, and the circular aperture…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Record ID: SUR-F9D258
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval copper-alloy button with an integral loop. The convex face is decorated with seven double circles arranged in a sexfoil. This is similar to Read nos. 35-37. Read suggests a 15th century date although a later date is also quite possible.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F9C960
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative double pierced lug bow brooch. It is missing its pin due to old breaks but is otherwise complete. The wings are semi-cylindrical in form and undecorated, separated at their centre by an integrally cast double-pierced lug. This holds in place the spring of coils, spring chord and top of the pin, now missing due to old breaks. The bow is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face, tapering towards a rounded tip. It has decoration comprising of a centrally raised spine along the the head of the brooch terminating at th…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2016
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Record ID: SUR-F9C919
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy seal matrix with an oval face and three collared projecting arms set around the suspension hole. The face is corroded but may possibly depict a lys.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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