Record ID: DOR-BA8A9D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete large copper alloy plate brooch. A plate brooch in the form of rosette bow brooch. Part of a brooch of composite construction. A large plate with traces of white metal coating on the front face. The plate has a circular upper paert with a narrowed leg below. The large rounded end of the plate is slightly dished and has a central iron rivet. It is decorated with a faintly incised double-stranded circular framing band. The leg of the brooch extends outward from the rounded end and may have formerly flared out into a fantail, however this is now tapering to a gently rounded…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B346D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius, possibly of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) dating to the period c.19-18 BC (Reece period 1) or perhaps the Civil Wars (AD 68-69) dating to c.AD 68-69 (Reece period 4). DIVVS IVLIVS reverse type depicting the legend to left and right of an eight-rayed comet, tail downwards. Probably Spanish mint I (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Cf. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 44, no. 37a. The weight and pelleted border are closer to the Augustan issues (RIC 37a, 102), although the slightly crude nature of the dies and the comet with tail downwards finds parallels in the Augustus series issued du…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-B72E71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Constantine II (AD 317 - 340) dating to AD 330 - 335 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS (two soldiers and two standards) reverse. Mint of Trier. Mint mark: //.STR Reference: LRBC Pt II, Date: Roman Diameter: 17.66 mm Weight: 1.89 g Diameter: 6
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-B74CA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the house of Valentinian dating to AD 364 - 378 (Reece period 19). GLORIA ROMANORVM (Emperor standing holding standard, captive to rear) reverse. Date: Roman Diameter: 16.55 mm Weight: 1.78 g Diameter: 6
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-B76219
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Gratian (AD 367 - 378) dating to AD 367 - 378 (Reece period 19). GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI (Gratian standing holding standard and shield) reverse. Mint of Arles. Date: Roman Diameter: 18.02 mm Weight: 2.08 g Diameter: 6
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B77997
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch. A Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type. The wings are complete, open to the top and rear and terminating in a perforated wing cap at either end. These are sub-oval, expanding backwards and have an off-centre drilled circular perforation, holding a copper alloy axis bar in situ. The wings are plain. Around the axis bar are the remnants of the coils of the sprung pin mechanism. The coils are in three pieces; two coils on one side, five on the other and one and a half coils extending into the stub of the pin and remnant of the chord. There is a furth…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-BAAF0B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap end. A Roman cvalry strap terminal or apron mount.. A D-sectioned plate of curvilinear outline with a rounded attachment loop at the top which retains a copper alloy rivet in the circular hole. Beyond it the plate is baluster shaped with a rounded, circular cross sectioned knop at the end. At the rear, above the knop is a short upward projecting lip. Date: Roman - AD 43 - 150 Dimensions:28.10 mm x 6.15 mm x 6.77 mm Weight: 2.93 g Similar to WILT-80CAA7 where the author notes: The object belongs to a group of distinctive strap fittings relatin…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-BACEBC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Black Burnished ware. Poole/Wareham fabric.Dark grey to black reduced fabric with abundant rounded quartz sand temper. Some of the surfaces are heavily burnished.Two rim sherds from jars and one undiagnostic body sherd. One rim is beaded and the other is upright with a beaded edge. Handmade. The sherds a heavily abraded. Date:Late Iron Age to Early Roman - c.50 BC to 150 AD Weight: 21 g
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-BAE780
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five sherds of Black Burnished type ware. South Western variant fabric. Dark grey to black reduced fabric with oxidised dark red and reduced pale gray margins. Poorly sorted mixed temper, including sand, shale and iron rich pieces. Some of the surfaces are slipped..Two rim sherds from jars and one undiagnostic body sherd. One rim is beaded and the other is upright with a beaded edge. Handmade. The sherds a heavily abraded. One moderately everted rim sherd from a jar. One rim sherd from a flanged bowl. Three undiagnostic body sherds. Handmade. The sherds are heavily abraded. Date:Earl…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BC81AD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy radiate struck for Gallienus' sole reign (AD 260-268) dating to c. AD 260-268. Reece period 13. Reverse: FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopia. Mint of Rome. C.f Cunetio p. 116, no. 1215.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BCAC8B
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large section of a tegula type rooftile dating to the Roman period, c. 43-410 AD. The fragment consists around 25% of the original tile, demonstrating the outer body and part of the raised edge. Demonstrating a high-fired bright orange fabric, the fragment is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and 'L' shaped in profile, it survives to a length of 127.62mm, 64mm wide at its widest point, and 46.51mm thick at the midpoint of its raised outer edge. It weighs 324g.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BD75B3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small assemblage of 17 greyware sherds dating to the Roman period, c. 100-400 AD. The assemblage consists 7 rim sherds, 6 body sherds and 4 base sherds from a variety of vessel forms, all with hard greyish or greyish buff fabrics and silvery micaceous inclusions. Combined weight: 228g.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B35E9B
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead alnage bag seal likely dating to the reign of James I (1603-1625). The seal survives oval in plan with the sides and attachment tab folded over the front of the object. The front is emblazoned with a trifolate crown motif, with high central fleur. There is a fleur de lis below The reverse is plain and flat. A similar alnage seal of James as indicated by the initials "I-R" and thought to be of a pre-restoration type therefore James I rather than James II, is illustrated by Egan (1994, No.125, Fig.26)
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B38512
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy hooked clasp dress fastener.The front is moulded and the rear face is flat. It has an openwork plate pierced with six perforations two circular flanking the main part of the plae, two kidney-shaped and two sub circular set around the central element of an inverted fleur de lys. The central element is framed by a V (the point above the top of the lys). The side edges are curvilinear in outline. There is a moulded collar below the plate at the top of the tapering hook. The hook curves rearwards and is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The hook termin…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B4BDEF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Post Medieval halfgroat of the Commonwealth dating to 1649-1660 AD. No initial mark. Tower of London mint. North Vol. II Page 205. No. 2728. The coin is very worn and with abraded flan. Obverse description: English Shield of St. George within a wreath formed of a palm and laurel branch. Reverse description: Two conjoined shields of England and Ireland, with the mark of value II above.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 25th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Heighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B59048
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete base silver penny of Philip and Mary (1554-1558). Initial mark: halved rose and castle. London mint. (North 1991: 129, ref: 1976). Abraded and clipped flan. Obverse description: Double rose. Obverse inscription: P.Z.M.DG.RO[SA SINE]. Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over royal shield. Reverse inscription: [CI]VI/TA[S]/LON]DON
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishopstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B8549C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-medieval silver groat of Mary. Dated 1553-1554. London mint. Privy mark: pomegranate. North 1991: 126, ref: 1960. Cracked flan behind bust. Obverse description: Crowned bust left. Obverse inscription: MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI. Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over royal shield. Reverse inscription: VERITA/S TEM/PORIS/FILIA (Truth, the daughter of Time).
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BB0657
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A creased and flan damaged halfgroat of Henry VIII (1509-47) from the Canterbury mint under archbishop Warham mm : cross patonce c.1526-32. Obverse: crowned bust right with legend hEnRIC VIII D G R AGL Z F R Reverse: letters W A divided by shield with legend CIVI / TAS / CAN / TOR
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B950F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward IV. Dated 1461-1462. Minted in Durham under the Kings Reciever. Heavy coinage. Local die. Rose in centre of reverse. North vol.II, no.1544. Obverse description: Crowned bust facing. Obverse isnscription: EDWAR[D RE]X ANGL. Reverse description: Long cross with rose at centre and three pellets in each quadrant dividing legend. Reverse inscription: CIVI [TAS] DON OLM.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B216DD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval copper alloy French crown type jetton c.1385-1422. The obverse depicts a crown with a central fleur de lis in the centre and two smaller lateral lis and three mullets across the face of the crown. The legend is blundered, starting with a cross patee +BADAIVPABVRADBVAPBADVAI The reverse has a triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within a four arched tressure. There are letter A's within the four angles formed by the tressure and also inside the tressure adjacent to these.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.