Record ID: IOW-BBA881
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy single loop buckle (c. 1350-c. 1400). The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It is short and wide and lipped at the outer edge. The slightly off-set, narrowed strap bar is rectangular in cross-section. The lip is triangular in plan and has a prominent notch for a pin-rest. The sheet copper-alloy pin tapers to a sharp point. The sheet copper-alloy plate is folded widthways and is recessed to accommodate the frame. It has a slot for the pin. The plate is incomplete as part of the back is missing. There are three circular rivet holes…
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-BACA51
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy weight (c. 450-c. 1000). This weight is circular in plan. The sides are facetted and chamfered curving to a smaller, slightly convex, almost flat base. It is unclear how many facets there are. The flat upper face is decorated with seven ring-and-dot motifs. Six motifs form a circle close to the edge and another is close to the centre. This object has a coarse surface with a greenish brown patina. There are small breaks on the edge of the upper surface. Diameter: 12.6mm; thickness: 4.0mm. Weight: 3.21g. (49.6 grains)…
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Saturday 28th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-BA79E1
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval lead alloy powder measure cap used for measuring a charge of gunpowder (c. 1600-c. 1700). Courtney 1988: 2, fig. 3. The open end is circular, the closed end is oval and it is sub-trapezoidal in side view. The sides flare from the closed end towards the plain rim. It has two loops, one at each side, near the closed end. A casting seam can be seen on both sides between the loops. The closed end is slightly concave and has a small pellet at the centre. This measure is grey with a patchy buff patina. There is a small hole beneath the rim. Height: …
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B9F156
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval Scottish silver cut halfpenny of William I 'The Lion' (1165-1214), minted jointly by Hue and Walter, either at Perth or at Edinburgh. Short Cross Phase B, probably bust type III or V (c. 1205-c. 1230). Obverse: LE R[EI WILAM]; Head left with sceptre. Reverse: [ ]; Voided short cross with a star in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.0mm. Weight: 0.64g.
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B89CF2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount resembling an acorn (c. 1600-c. 1700). The mount is convex at the front and concave at the rear. The 'stalk' at the bottom is missing. At the rear there are two tapering spikes, one at each end. Both are circular in cross-section. This mount is green with minute flecks of a white metal coating at the front. Height: 21.4mm; width: 10.4mm; thickness: 2.0mm; thickness including spikes: 8.1mm. Weight: 1.71g. Mounts in similar form and style have been published by Brian Read. These published mounts have been dated by Read to c…
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Sunday 22nd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B8395C
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead (4000 BC-2350 BC). A incomplete broad leaf-shaped arrowhead formed from a thin flake. The tip is lost but what remains suggests that the object was of elongated ogival form when complete. Both sides are invasively worked and retouch around the edges of both sides are short, low angled and parallel. This arrowhead is grey and semi-translucent. It is unclear whether the tip of the arrowhead was lost in antiquity or recently. Length: 33.3mm; width: 19.2mm; thickness: 3.2mm. Weight: 2.09g.
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B7F47F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy medieval composite strap end, dating to the 14th century. It is made from two sheets of copper alloy, held together by two separate copper-alloy rivets, one at the attachment end (holding the fabric strap, part of it still present) and one at the terminal, both central at their respective ends of the sheets. The plates are sub trapezoidal, tapering towards the closed terminal which is angled and terminates in a small knop. The upper end has two triangular cut outs; the rivet sits in the rounded central triangle thus created. Neither main face of the strap end i…
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B752F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A pierced post-medieval silver groat of Mary I (1553-1558). Privy mark: pomegranate (North 1960), dating to 1553-1554. Mint of London. North (1991, 126). It measures 25.02mm in diameter and weighs 1.82 g The silver post-medieval coin has been pierced, indicating a secondary function, probably as an item of jewellery. The piercing is located at 5 o'clock on the obverse, corresponding to 10 o'clock on the reverse, just within the inner circle.
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B6E399
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester two-piece type. It is missing its spring, pin, and one of its two pierced central integral lugs due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical with flat backs, each wing decorated with a single diagonal groove and a single vertical groove either side of the centre. On the reverse, the lower lug in the centre of the wings is quite long, with an oval perforation; the upper lug is broken through the perforation. The bow has been bent slightly sideways. It is triangular in cross-section, with a raised central rib down its en…
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B6D102
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). First Issue (AD 1558-1561), Initial mark: martlet, dating to AD 1560-1561. Mint of London (Tower). North (1991, 133) no.1988. This coin measures 14.45 mm in diameter, and weighs 0.63 g. Reference: North 1991, English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 London : Spink and Son Ltd.
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B685BF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A profile issue, silver, halfgroat of Henry VII (AD. 1485-1509). Dated to 1508-1509. York mint, Mintmark: Martlet both sides. North 1991 No.1751/1 Obverse: crowned bust facing right. Obverse inscription: HENRIC VII DI GRA REX AGL. Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross, two keys at the base of the shield. Reverse inscription: POSVI DEU ADIVTOE MEV. This coin was minted in York under Archbishop Bainbridge. The coin has a diagonal split three quaters of its width and a part of the flan is abraded.
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B64DDC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle dating to 1200-1400. The buckle is of a single loop type and is D-shaped with a narrowed and offset strap bar with a knop at each end. The loop has a thickened and expanded outside edge with incised wiggle work decoration along either outside edge. The pin is absent. The reverse is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. Date: Medieval. Dimensions: 33.8mm x 24.6mm x 3.9mm. Weight: 4.64g. Reference: Similar undecorated examples are illustrated in Whitehead (1996), p.19, no.51-52
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B648F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Second coinage (North 1997). Initial mark: pheon, dated 1562 (on coin). Mint of London. North (1991, 134). It measures 26.61 mm in diameter, and weighs 2.31 g. There is a small area of minor losses at one part of the circumference.
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
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Record ID: DOR-B5CDAE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double loop buckle dating to 1350-1650. The object is the frame which consists of two equal sized oval loops with bevelled edges and slight expansion to the outside edge, the strap bar is narrowed with a D-shaped cross section. The outside edge is plain and the pin is missing. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Whitehead illustrates a similar buckle pg.53. no.294. Date: Medieval - Post Medieval. Dimensions: 34.76mm x 38.43mm x 2.3mm. Weight: 7.58g.
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-B51FDB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy hinged developed T-shaped brooch dating to AD 50-150. The fragment consists of part of the bow which is separated into four waisted sections with an inscised grooved section at the base. The wings are cylindrical one of which has broken two thirds of the way along, the surviving wing has a possible incised grooved section at the end where it terminates, although the piece is heavily corroded. The mechanism, pin and catchplate are missing. Reference: A similar brooch is illustrated in Hattatt, pg.302, no.1519 Date: Roman Dimensions: 16.56mm x …
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B500A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Halfgroat of Henry VII (AD.1485-1509), struck for the King and Archbishop Morton jointly, dating from c. AD1493-1499. No stops. Canterbury Mint. Initial mark: tun both sides. North 1991 No.1712 class IIIc Obverse: Crowned bust facing within a seven arched tressure. Obverse inscription: HENRIC DI G[RA]REX AGL Z F. Reverse: Long cross fourchée dividing the legends; three pellets in each angle. Reverse inscription: Outer: POSVI/ DEV A/DI[VTOE] /MEV; Inner: CIVI/TAS/ CAN/TOR. The coin has a fracture at the base of the bust neckline along with a fragment of the flan…
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishopstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B31DD5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy composite strap end dating to 1200-1500. The object is the front plate of the strap end which would have been formed by two sheets. It is tongue shaped with an incurved upper edge and a central pointed knop at the other end. There are two insitu rivets at the attachment end situated in either corner and a central triangular hole is punched inbetween. There is no visible decoration but one of the surfaces shows fine hatching, probably to aid attachment to the spacer. Reference: Egan and Pritchard 2002 illustrates similar examples pg 142. Similar example…
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-B2ADB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603). Reverse: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV; cross fourchee over square shield, 1574 above. IM: Eglantine, (1574-1578). North no. 1997.
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-B28712
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver voided short cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272) dating to 1217-1248 class 7b. Minted by Ioan in Canterbury. Date: Medieval. Diameter: 16.5mm. Weight: 0.84g. Die axis: 9
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-B1F270
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272) dating to 1247-1279. Probably class 5, minted in London. Date: Medieval. Diameter: 18.54mm. Weight: 1.47g. Die axis: 5
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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