Record ID: PUBLIC-9A02EB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval groat of Edward IV Groat, Light Coinage dating to AD 1461-75. London mint. Coronet initial mark. Obverse - Polylobe of 9 arcs with crown-facing bust , outer inscription EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC (Edward by the Grace of God King of England and France). Quatrefoils at neck . Reverse - long cross, three pellets in each of the 4 quadrants, outer inscription POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM (I have made God my helper), inner inscription CIVITAS LONDON (City of London).
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Draycot Cerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9F09A3
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy ring-shaped annular bead, possibly of Iron Age or Roman in date. c. 800BC-410AD Description: The bead is in the form of annular ring with a medium central hole. The central perforation is evenly shaped.. The object is a like grey-green colour, possibly high tin copper-alloy Measurements: 20mm in diameter, Width: 20mm, Thickness: 5.5mm and Weight: 8g Discussion: Dating is uncertain as there is little consensus on the PAS database abd the literature despite a realtively large number of examples known and it seems likely that objects of this type were widely us…
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A83916
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy, eye from a Post Medieval clasp. The eye consists of a lozange-shaped plate with a circular loop on one apex. The plate is decorated in relief with an interwined square and quatrefoil, within engrailed edges.In the centre of the plate is a rivet hole. There are globular knops on the apex opposite the loop and to one side. The fourth apex is broken, but longer and wider than the opposite knopped ones and is decorated in a way that suggests it joined to another eye. The eye has a deep green, smooth patina. In the recesses are patches of black indicating the fitting …
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kempley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9FAA8B
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large and fresh sherd of a medieval Grimston ware pottery jug, body and lower end of a strap handle with external lead glaze and parts of three applied strips with iron-rich slip and transverse notches, reduced with oxidised inner margin and pale brown interior. Where glaze is absent the exterior is oxidised. Width and thickness of handle 41 and 11mm, weight 113g. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st October 2021
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Record ID: LON-9ABEE5
Object type: COSTREL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete North Italian Marbled (marmorizzata) bichrome lion headed baluster shaped costrel (fiascha da viaggio), dating from AD1600-1650. The remaining costrel consists of base, body and part of the neck. This constitutes approximately nine tenths of the original vessel with only the top part of the neck and thick flanged rim missing. The vessel has a tapering neck which swells into a near spherical 'bulb' shaped body before contracting to a pedestal shaped base. Two sets of diametrically opposed evenly spaced lion head lugs are attached to the body. The first set are attached ju…
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: LON-A09F9A
Object type: CHARGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Post Medieval ceramic base sherds from a polychrome tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware) charger, possibly manufactured at Hermitage Pot house, Wapping, AD 1665-1700. The base of a charger exhibits traits found in Hermitage-produced chargers: shallow open vessel, sitting on a distinctive pierced splayed foot ring. This sherd is decorated with a unicorn in green and yellow on a white background within two green bands. Fragment 1 Dimensions: length: 142.41mm; width: 69.05mm; weight: 72.63g Fragment 2 Dimensions: length: 122.05mm; width: 114.48mm; weight: 125.66g Identif…
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: LON-A5D90E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post medieval copper alloy thimble dating AD1520-1620. The thimble has a wide margin between the base and the regularly spaced pits. The pits are drilled in a spiral and they cover the peak. Where the pits terminate, there is a makers stamp in the form of a capital letter 'R'. Holmes (1988:3) writes "Thimbles with hand punched indentations often have a maker's mark which is struck where the spiral of the indentations begins near the base. These would appear to have been imported mostly from Nuremberg where, under the ordinances of the Guild of Thimble-makers, all thimbles a…
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
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Record ID: LON-A62256
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy token dating from the first half of the 16th century. Other Early Tudor tokens can be found in Mitchiner and Skinner (1984:148-49, nos.18-47) which are dated to early 16th century. Obverse: Cross pattée: border annulets. Reverse: Star of David, the legend in the margin is uncertain. Dimensions: diameter: 18.49mm; weight: 2.03g. Reference: Mitchiner, M. and Skinner, A. 1984. English Tokens C.1425 - 1672.
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
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