Record ID: PUBLIC-8825D4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval cast copper alloy pedestal/pendant seal matrix dating AD 1600-1700. The face of the die appears lead alloy and is oval in shape. It is15.9mm long and 13.8mm wide. It has an incised design of the initials G M separated by scrollwork, all within a beaded border. It has a conical handle 14.8 mm wide with an oval cross-section, which extends upwards from the back of the die, and tapers before flaring out again at the junction with a flat trefoil-shaped terminal. This terminal has three circular perforations across its width, one larger perforation above forming a …
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-880666
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four post-medieval copper alloy harness mounts with integral attachment spikes on the reverse, 17th century: - flat and in the form of a heart with an almost phallic, but angle-ended projection from base and two rectangular-sectioned spikes. A fairly common type, very similar to, for example, WILT-B638F3. Length and width 28.6 and 20.8mm. - incomplete mount with elaborate sub-classical decoration in counter-relief, an acron knop and one round-sectioned spike. Extant width 20.3mm. Very close to WILT-99C6B7. - elaborate cinquefoil with two oval-sectioned spikes. Diameter 12.5mm…
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-87E8A1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five small body sherds of medieval to post-medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessels, two with external sooting, weight 21.72g (4 weigh only 11.05g), 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-8776A4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four medieval sheet copper alloy "shield shaped" strap ends (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 156-8), c.1270 - c.1450: - angled inside edge, straight sides, bar-mount of arched section, two rivets, one with square rove, 13 x 8.9, bar-mount 4.7 x 8.9mm. - rounded inside edge, two notches on both sides, bar-mount of arched section, two rivets, one missing, one with rectangular rove, 14.5 x 10.4, bar-mount 3.7 x 10.6mm. - rounded inside edge, large rounded notch on both sides, bar mount lost, two rivets, one lost, one with rectangular rove (leather between rove and reverse), 15.7 x…
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Record ID: NMS-8723D2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three medieval copper alloy rectangular strap ends, each formed from a sheet folded widthways, mid 14th - mid 15th century: - single rivet, wide gap at the fold, length 19mm, width 10.6mm. - single rivet, length 23.2mm, width 18.5mm. - two rivets, length 22.1mm, width 20.4mm
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-871005
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A coper-alloy Roman nummus of unclear type, dating to the period c.AD 330-402. Unclear reverse type possibly depicting a standing figure left (Victory?)? Unclear mint.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-870E92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman bow brooch. It appears to be a Dolphin type with hinged pin although both the spring and pin are missing. The foot of the bow and catch plate are missing. The bow is circular in cross section but slightly flattened on the underside near the wings. Each wing has 2 parallel grooves around it near the outer end. Each wing is in the form of a tube with an oval outer cross section. There is no lug or hook present centrally but there is an indication which could be an old break at the top of the bow in this position. No decoration is visible on the bow except two parallel grooves aro…
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-86FE65
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval composite tongue-shaped strap end with a forked spacer collared knop, two rivets and concave attachment edge. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 676-80. Length 40.8mm. Width 11.1mm. 14th century.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-86E7CB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two outer plates from medieval composite strap ends, both with a grooved round aperture at the concave attachment edge, both with solder on the reverse, both distorted. They would have been attached to forked spacers. Mid 14th - mid 15th century: - outer face heavily tin-coated, two iron rivets near aperture, two rivet holes (one with rivet) near outside edge which is straight but with a central rectangular cut-out, length 26.5mm, width 18mm. - two rivet holes (one with rivet) near attachment edge, other edge missing, enraved decoration comprises longitudinal, transverse, obliqu…
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-86B1E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman numus, contemporary copy of the House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 355-361 (Reece period 18). [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] reverse type depicting a Soldier spearing a fallen horseman. Uncertan mint.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2017
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Record ID: NMS-867BA6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval two-piece elongated tongue-shaped strap end. One piece survives only as the rounded knop with trefoil terminal where it is secured to the second piece by a rivet. The second piece is incomplete, having lost its attachment edge. There is a cut-out on both sides above the neck of the knop. Extant length 57mm. Width 8.2mm. 14th century.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-8536C9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nine medieval copper alloy strap fittings, mounts with separate rivets, all except the first, of sheet, late 13th - mid 15th century: - cast, irregularly hexagonal, hollow-backed, single rivet, length 11.5mm, width 7.6mm, thickness 3mm. - two domed hexagonal, missing single rivet, stamped out to the shape of the lobes (Egan and Pritchard 1991, fig. 118 A), diameters 12.8 and 13.4mm, thickness 3.8 and 4mm. - domed hexagonal, two rivets with circular roves, irregularly trimmed (ibid. fig. 118 C), diameter 17.7mm, thickness 4.3mm. - almost flat but with a domed centre, missin…
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-8503D7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three medieval copper alloy strap fittings, 14th century: - hooked bar-mount with one rivet and a pendent loop, cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, fig. 138, Museum of London collection, mount 12.5 x 3.7mm, loop diameter 11.3mm. - bar-mount of arched cross-section, with one rivet, 6.4 x 10.7mm. - bar-mount of rectangular cross-section, with two rivet holes countersunk on the reverse, and a round aperture nearer one rivet hole than the other, 4.2 x 23.5mm.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-84CC65
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three medieval copper alloy strap loops with separate internal rivets, 14th century: - trapezoidal, three facets along top, rivet missing, 19.5 x 13.3mm. 16mm internally. - trapezoidal, three facets along top, 15.9 x 15.9mm. 12mm internally. - five-sided (i.e. with angled top), 12.4 x 9.2mm. 6.5mm internally.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-845376
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval kidney-shaped buckle frame, formed from a sheet copper alloy strip folded lengthways with the ends curled over to retain an iron pin bar, most of which is missing. Length 15mm. Width 39.5mm. See examples in a hoard from Blossom's Inn, Cheapside, London (Margeson 1993, 25, pl. IX). Mid 15th - mid 16th century.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-843C10
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval shoe buckle, an annular lead alloy (i.e. pewter) frame with an iron wire pin. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 115 - 210. Diameter 14.7mm. Length of pin 18.3mm. c.1270 - c.1600.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-842308
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and distorted arm from a medieval copper alloy locking buckle, with the narrower part, on which the socketed pin would have turned, missing. Extant length 36mm. Cf. Ward Perkins 1940, pl. LXXVII, nos. 11 and 12. Mid 14th - 15th century, but examples have been found in 16th-century contexts in London (Egan 2005, 37-8, nos. 116-7).
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-836E18
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, with a strip pin. The inside edge is angled or pointed. Length 18.5mm. Width 12.3mm. 14th - mid 15th century.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-83496D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval gilt copper alloy trapezoidal buckle frame, a stump of the narrowed bar, one side and a small part of the wider outside edge. At the corner of the side and outside edge a large, flat knop is set obliquely, defined by engraved grooves and decorated with transverse engraved lines and rows of close-set pecking. Approximate length 23.5mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-8303E3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three medieval copper alloy spur buckles with cast-in-one frames and plates, all with missing pins, 13th - 14th century: - rectangular frame with oblique grooves along the sides and outside edge, rectangular plate with notches along the sides and inside edge, a patch of extant gilding, a pin hole, and a single convex-headed rivet and rectangular rove placed off-centre near the inside edge. Length 27.7mm. Width of frame 14.1 - 15mm. Length and width of plate 16 and 10.5mm. - frame missing apart from stumps of the sides, gilt plate with a rectangular pin hole next to a rivet hole,…
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2017
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