Record ID: LANCUM-6932FD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Post Medieval copper alloy weight. The object is circular in plan and one face is concave. Possibly an imitation of an official trade weight. The marks usually found on such weights are missing from this example and this also makes it difficult to assign a period of manufacture. Probably dates to between c1500 and c1800 AD, but could well be earlier. The diameter is 36mm and the weight 23.92g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-692131
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy key probably for a barrel tap. There is a projecting tag near the wards which would be unusual for a barrel tap key so the possibility exists that it may have had some other function, for example, winding a clockwork mechanism. It has an oval bow. The terminal at the end of the shank has a small lengthways rectangular flange on either side and short projecting tab at the end that is curved back at an angle to the shank. Probably dates to between c1750 to c1900 AD. The length is 47mm, width is 25mm and the weight 6.31g Similar objects on the data base i…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th August 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-691425
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy buckle. It is an asymmetric double loop in plan with lobed nops at either end of the strap bar. The tongue is absent. It shares similarities with Whitehead's No.304 but is squarer in form. Dates to between c1500 to c1650 AD. The length is 36mm, width 32mm, and the weight 8.62g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-690BC7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy shoe buckle. It is undecorated & rectangular in plan and is similar to Whitehead's No.665. The spindle and tongue are absent. Dates to between c1720 to c1790 AD. The length is 49mm and the width is 43mm.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-68ECD4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy two piece button, sometimes known as tombac or dandy buttons. It is flat and circular in plan with a soldered shank on the back. The outer face is decorated with a finely incised feathered border. The back has the remnants of a central loop for thread. There is some damage to the edge of the button. The button has a remnant coating, probably some form of white metal. It probably dates from between c1675 and c1800 AD. The diameter is 27mm and the weight is 4.52g. Similar records on the database include NLM-F80432.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-68E1E2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy two piece button, sometimes known as tombac or dandy buttons. It is flat and circular in plan with a soldered shank on the back. The outer face is decorated with a machined pattern consisting of an outer stylised flower around a central stylised star, sunburst or flower. The back has a central loop for thread. The button has a remnant white metal coating, possibly a silver wash. It probably dates from between c1675 and c1800 AD. The diameter is 28mm and the weight is 4.11g. Similar records on the database include YORYM-76C531 and LANCUM-83C68A.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-68D784
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead or lead alloy toy whirligig or buzz disc. The toy consists of a flat disc of sheet lead alloy, or lead, with a serrated edge though this is now almost completely lost. The whirligig has two adjacent sub oval string holes near the centre. A similar whirligig is been recorded in Forsythe and Egan (2005), page 390, No 13.8. Dates to between c1600 and c1900 AD. The length is 47mm, width is 41mm and the weight 33.07g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-68A493
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval to Modern lead alloy palm guard or needle pad. It is more or less circular in plan. Objects like this would have been wrapped in cloth then strapped to the hand to protect the palm when tightening cord or using awls and punches in an industry such as leather working or sail making. Palm guards of this design are thought to have been cast on occasion in oyster shells. Dates to between c1600 and c1970 AD. The diameter is 40mm and the weight is 94.85g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-686660
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval to Modern copper alloy clog clasp. Sub rectangular in plan and a shallow curve in section with the outer face being convex. It is plain and undecorated, making precise dating problematic. Dates from c1750 to c1970 AD, probably from the 1840s to the 1920s. The length is 28mm, the width 17mm, and the weight is 1.77g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-67AC24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I. Dated 1574. London (Tower) mint. Eglantine initial mark both sides. Second Issue; North 1997. Obverse description: Crowned bust left; rose behind head. Obverse inscription: ELIZA[BETH D G] ANG FR ET HI REGINA. Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend; date 1574 above shield. Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV AD/[IVTORE/]M MEV (I have made God my Helper). The coin is very worn on the obverse and there is break through three-quarters of the diameter of the coin.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Hoathly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-67701D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I. Dated 1574. London (Tower) mint. Eglantine initial mark both sides. Second Issue; North No. 1997. Obverse description: Crowned bust left; rose behind head. Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA. Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend; date 1574 above shield. Reverse inscription: POSVI.DEV AD.IVTORE.M MEV (I have made God my Helper).
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-64469F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremly worn Post-Medieval copper-alloy probable Rose Farthing of Charles I (1625-1649) dating to the period 1636-1644. illegible mintmark and type Measurements: 12.63mm in diameter, 0.66mm thick and 0.28g in weight
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: KENT-643585
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn Post-Medieval copper-alloy Rose Farthing (Type 1) of Charles I (r.1625-1649) dating to the period 1636-1644. Star initial mark. North type 2289 or 2290. Measurements: 12.35mm in diameter, 1.08mm thick and 0.59g in weight
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: KENT-64145F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Post-Medieval copper-alloy Rose Farthing (probably Type 1) of Charles I (r.1625-1649) dating to the period 1636-1644. illegible mintmark. North type 2289. Measurements: 12.35mm in diameter, 0.89mm thick and 0.45g in weight
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-63C776
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy farthing traders' token issued by the City of Bristol, dating to the year AD 1652. A BRISTOLL FARTHING obverse, depicting a circular border with CB (for Civitas Bristol) above the date, 1652. THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL reverse, depicting within a circular border a port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort (Bristol's coat-of-arms). Cf. Williamson p.241 no.12.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: BH-639BEA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight, probably dating to the post medieval period. The weight is cylindrical in plan with an expanded body and possesses a central circular perforation. The weight measures 34mm in length, a maximum of 15mm in diameter and weighs 38.32g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: LIN-636514
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval buckle plate, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1650. The surviving portion consists of the front plate only. The plate is very broadly piriform in plan, with a rounded base, which narrows into a waisted section before expanding into a trilobed terminal. The front of the plate is deocrated with a deeply incised "vinescroll" motif, with a central stem flanked by scrolling leaves. From the attachment end of the plate two parallel arms extend, originally wrapping around the bar of the buckle and connecting the two halves of the plate, although they are now broken …
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
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Record ID: BH-63392A
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete rowel spur dating to the seventeenth century AD. The fragment comprises the rowel box and rowel. The rowel is in the shape of a six-pointed star, with small triangular projections marked with ribs between each point. At one end, the rowel slots between the two parallel arms of the rowel box and is secured with a circular-section iron rivet threaded through the pierced terminals of the arm. Each arm is rectangular in plan and hemispherical in section. At the other, the arms terminate and become a single curved projection which is triangular in section and broken. e athe m…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: BH-62F205
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy knife end-cap or stop dating to the sixteenth or early seventeenth century AD. The end-cap is semi-circular in plan and wedge-shaped in section. Both the upper and lower surfaces are decorated with a series of ribs and grooves giving the object the appearance of a scallop shell. At the wider end, there projects a hexagonal-section extension with a rectangular slot. The slot is filled with iron corrosion products, all that remains of the knife blade. The end-cap measures 16mm in length, 21mm in width and weighs 8.07g. A similar example is illustrated by Read (2001, 88…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: NARC-62EE56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Halfgroat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). Third coinage. Long cross Fourceé over squared shield reverse. London mint. A initial mark. AD 1583-1585. Diameter: 17.26mm, Thickness: 0.80mm, Weight: 0.9g. North Vol II, P 137, No 2016
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2018
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