Record ID: SWYOR-4E1C5D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uniface lead alloy probable token probably of Post Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1800. It is more ornate and complex than many lead alloy tokens. The decorated face has a an outer border containing some possible letters or a legend. Within this is a band of solid outward pointing triangles in relief. The centre of the token has a thick bar across it, serrated on one long edge, perhaps representing a saw. Below this is a chevron, the point meeting the centre of the saw, perhaps intended to depict compasses. In the angles created by these thick and heavy designs are the letters R and…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4E0013
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uniface lead alloy token, probably of Post Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1800. It is a uniface circular disc, with a design in relief on one face, of the initials BI with a + before the B and dots flanking the I. Lead tokens were in common use from about AD 1250-1850 but those with initials are usually Post Medieval in date. It is 28.8mm in diameter and 3.2mm thick. It weighs 15.93gm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4DE136
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval book clasp of the pierced and hinged type dating from about AD 1350 - 1450. The fitting consists of a circular plate body pierced with a central circular hole that would have fitted over a peg on the cover of the book. The plate is decorated with four slightly recessed circles, two plain, and two with radiating ribs in shallow relief. Each circle has a deeper hole in the centre, perhaps where further decorative elements were rivetted on. In one circle (the one at the terminal end) the central hole is larger and completely pierces the plate. Projecting from o…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-4DC369
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Nuremberg jetton of uncertain master dating from AD 1490-1585. It has been bent into an uneven U shape. It is probably a Rose/Orb type; the tressure and orb are just visible inside the fold. It is 22.9mm in diameter and 0.7mm thick. It weighs 0.9gm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-4DADC0
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy jetton dating from AD 1490 - 1585 and of Nuremberg manufacture. It is a ship jetton but the legends are illegible and the details are not visible. Obverse: Stylised ship (the 'Galley of France') sailing to the left. Unclear legend. Reverse: Four lys in a double-lined lozenge with three pellets along each side of the lozenge. Unclear legend. It is 26.4mm in diameter and mm in diameter and 0.5mm thick. It weighs 1.14gm. Compare Mitchiner (1988) Volume 1 number 1121 onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-4D756B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular lead weight, probably of Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1500. It is circular with a flat base, rounded sides and a deeply concave upper face, the hollow within a plain border. There appears to be the remains of a pointed and square-topped shield moulded in the base of the hollow, but mainly obliterated by a series of short deep scratches and a circular piercing; these could be attemps to cancel the weight. The weight is 35.7mm in diameter and 9.7mm thick. It weighs 80.11gm, perhaps approaching the suggested mass of quarter of a Tower or Troy pound (Egan, 1998, page 302). Th…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4CF6F8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy seal matrix of Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1400. It is oval in plan and has a faceted conical reverse, but the handle is missing. The central motif is a bird facing left (on the impression) appearing to stand on one long edge of the seal. The legend reads: " * S' ROGER [-] TOB(MA)N" (Seal of Roger Tobman) and it is flanked by beaded lines. The matrix is 24.4mm long, 18.3mm wide and 8.9mm high. It weighs 10.07gm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4CD46A
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy pilgrim's ampulla of Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1500. It has a scallop shell motif on one face (Spencer's type I), and a border of pellets containing a square topped shield bearing a wide Latin cross on the other. Above the shield, on the neck of the ampulla is a large cross pattee in relief. The ampulla has sharp corners at the top of the shell shaped body, and an unusually long and narrow neck. Much of the neck is missing on the shell side. The ampulla is 50.1mm long, 33mm wide and 9.5mm thick. It weighs 34.35gm. It has a light grey patina. Ampulla …
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-4CA20F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin: a Scottish long cross and stars first coinage penny of Alexander III (AD 1249 - 1286), dating from about AD 1250 - 1280. Probably Type IV minted by Simon at Ayr. Spink number 5044. It is 17.5mm in diameter and 0.8mm thick. it weighs 1.34gm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4C6907
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver coin: a continental sterling imitation Edwardian coin of Gui de Dampierre, Count of Flanders (AD 1280-1305), probably dating from AD 1288 - 1292 and minted at Alost (modern Aalst, Belgium). The obverse shows a double headed eagle while the reverse has a long cross with three pellets in each angle. The legends have been identified from a list kindly provided to PAS by P and B Withers. Compare Mayhew, N. J. 1983. Sterling Imitations of Edwardian Type, ref. 1-3 and also BERK-1A4553 and NMS-8D1E15. The coin is 19.2mm long, 13.6mm wide and 0.9mm thick. It weig…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4C2A03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin; a cut farthing of Henry III - Edward I, Class 5 - 7 dating from AD 1250 - 1278. It was minted at London. It is 13.5mm long, 9.8mm wide and 0.9mm thick. It weighs 0.47gm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4BF432
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval silver coin; probably a penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), uncertain issue. It is 13.3mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.42gm. It has been clipped and is slightly bent. Compare North (1991) number 1988, 2001 and 2017.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4BB106
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin: a penny probably of Richard II (AD 1377 - 1399), Durham mint. It is 18.8mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.97gm. Compare North Volume 2 (1991) number 1328.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4B7895
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver coin; a sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), second issue (AD 1561 - 1582), coronet initial mark (AD 1567 -1570), dated 1568. Minted at the Tower, London. North Volume 2 (1991) number 1997 on page 134. It is 25.1mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 2.73gm. One edge of the flan is bent.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4B18AC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver coin; a sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), third issue (AD 1583 - 1603), dating from 1596, mintmark probably key (AD 1595 - 1598) but not visible. See North (1991) Volume 2, number 2015. It is 25.7mm in diameter and 0.7mm thick. It weighs 2.53gm. The coin is bent.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4AFA0D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy quarter ounce pan weight of post-Medieval date, dating from the Georgian period or later, about AD 1714 - 1850 It is circular and lathe turned, with a raised rim on the upper face, and an inner circular groove. In the centre is stamped a mark, probably a crown, above the letter GR. This may stand for George Rex and indicate the monarch when the weight was made, or may indicate a the place of issue: See DUR-85ED28 which cites "Biggs (1993, English Weights, An Illustrated Survey, 54) where it states that the markings refer to the place of issue. The crowned GR mark is sai…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-4A4B1D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman trumpet derivative brooch dating from about AD 50 - 175. It looks like a trumpet brooch except it does not have a trumpet head. It had an integrally cast head loop, though this is now missing, and a collar below it. The head is flat and rectangular with rounded corners. Behind the head is a tubular housing for the axis bar, and a slot for the hinged pin which is missing. The upper bow is D shaped in cross section. There is an acanthus button with a collar above below, but the moulding does not continue round the reverse of the bow. The lower bow is triangular in s…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4A1E79
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of the headstud type, dating from AD 75 - 200. It fits into Mackreth 2011, Chapter 4, Part 2, group 4, Plate 72. It has a hinged copper alloy pin, of which only the head survives. This is hinged on an axis bar housed in a tubular area behind the head. There is a raised crest parallel with the bow above the stud. The headstud is integrally cast and is circular with two concentric deep grooves. The front on the wings are decorated with a vertical row of decoration at each end of each wing; each row is a column of reserved lozenges. One wing is cor…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-49F4D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a very corroded copper alloy Roman brooch of the headstud type, dating from AD 75 - 200. It woul have had a hinged pin, but the tubular housing for the axis bar is damaged and incomplete, so no bar nor pin survives. There is a raised crest on the head above the stud. The wings curve outwards from the bow. The headstud is missing, leaving only a circular attachment hole through the bow. The lower bow tapers to a point and has corroded away. The broch has a light green patina. It is 25.4mm long, 16.8mm wide and 10.6mm thick. It weighs 7.58gm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-49B761
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of the headstud type, dating from AD 75 - 200. It fits into Mackreth 2011, headstud type 4 and is similar to his number 11860. It has a missing hinged pin, a copper alloy axis bar supported in a tubular housing, but no integral head loop nor crest. The front of the wings are decorated with a single vertical raised band on each wing, this decorated with transverse grooved lines. The headstud is integral and is circular with a single groove round the central dot. The bow is enamelled with nine surviving rectangular cells. They are filled alternat…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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