Record ID: WILT-F827E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Theodora, dating to the period AD 337-341 (Reece Period 17). PIETAS ROMANA reverse type, depicting Pietas standing right, holding two infants. Uncertain mint. The reverse of this coin is blank due to a mistriking.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F7C65D
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy spearhead Middle Bronze Age, dating to the period of 1500-800 BC. It measures 32.75mm in length and 14.17mm in width. It is 6.54mm thick and weighs 3.55g. The patina is smooth, the colour is dark green. The blade is triangular, one of the lower corners have been bent backwards. The stem of the arrowhead is hollow, broadly diamond-shaped in section and the socket is damaged. Where the object is broken, there is a protrusion to one side.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F788D4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval pendent loop dating to the period AD 1300 - 1500. The loop is quatrefoil in shape with an external knop on three of the four arches. The fourth arch is furrowed where the strap suspending the pendant would have rested. The pendent is 22.21 mm at it widest point and weighs 2.57 g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F76DEC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval strap end, dating to the period AD 750-900. The strap end measures 37.59mm in length and 9.41mm in width. It is 1.59mm thick and weighs 2.62g. The patina is relatively smooth, the colour is dark green. The terminal end is flat, diamond-shaped and pointed. The attachment end tapers outwards and ends in a break. The line of the break suggests that there used to be at least one rivet hole at that point. The entire front of the strap end is decorated with diagonal incised lines.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F6AA87
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of an incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy badge with remains of gold gilding, dating to the period AD 1500-1700. The badge is in the form of a dog, or possibly wolf, facing left. The dog sports shaggy forequarters and stands on a base, possibly an heraldic cushion, decorated with diagonal grooves. On the slightly concave reverse, evidence of four attachment points remains, one on the head, one on the animal's back and one either end of the base. The badge is broken in two and there are fragments missing of the animal's trunk and the base. At its tallest point, the t…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F6499D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval coin weight, dating to the period AD 1400-1600. The coin weight is unifaced, circular in plan and was used for weighing the ryal. The obverse is stamped with a king holding a sword and shield, standing aboard a ship, possibly with a rose. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is grey/green in colour. Diameter: 16.35 mm, Thickness: 4.13 mm, Weight: 6.91 g. Cf Withers, P and BR, 2011, Lions Ships and Angels: Identifying Coin-Weights found in Britain, Galata 2011, p 24.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F59A4C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object, dating to the period of 1500-1150 BC. It measures 26.68mm in length and 19.5mm in width. It is 7.92mm thick and weighs 21.37g. The object is round on one side and features a straight break on the opposing side. It is convex on one the front and flat on the back. The object is D shaped in cross section.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F57B94
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead of the Middle Bronze Age, dating to the period of 1500-1150 BC. It measures 15.49mm in length and 30.08mm in width. It is 7.67mm thick and weighs 12.67g. The spearhead is broadly triangular in surviving section and lozengeform in cross section at the break. The object is broken along the socket and there is potential evidence of modification in the form of hammer marks along the central rib.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F4DA81
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy medal or token, probably dating to the period AD 1600 - 1800. The obverse shows a bare-headed male bust, the reverse is in a classical style showing a draped standing female figure holding a tall cross in her left hand. She is leaning with her right elbow on an altar. The altar is supporting an urn. The token is 32.34 mm in diameter and weighs 9.27 g. The legends are largely illegible.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F4C17F
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead or blade of the Middle Bronze Age, dating to the period of 1500-1150 BC. It measures 35.07mm in length and 15.19mm in width. It is 5.07mm thick and weighs 8.98g. The patina is smooth, the colour is dark green with patches of brown at the sides. The spearhead is lozengeform in section. The spearhead tapers from the break towards the tip measuring 8.12mm at the narrowest point, where it is broken.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F419D9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper-alloy circular buckle dating to c AD 1250 - 1450. The buckle has an external diameter of 40.99 mm and internal of 32.66 mm. The thickness of the frame is 3.54 mm. The pin is 44.39 mm long and is wrapped around the ring of the buckle, moving freely around the frame. It is 4.08 mm thick at the loop, narrowing to 2.58 mm at its blunt end. The pin has a lateral ridge near the top of the shaft with three transverse grooves. The buckle has a smooth surface with a green patina. It weighs 16.96 g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F40873
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver cut halfpenny oof Richard I or John dating to the period AD 1194-1204. Reverse depicting a short cross voided with four pellets in each quarter. Uncertain mint and moneyer. Possibly class 4b.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F37410
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval cut halfpenny of Henry III, dating to the period AD 1217-1242. Voided short cross reverse type with four pellets in each quarter. Uncertain moneyer and mint.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F3492C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman nummus of Magnentius or Decentius dating to the period AD 350-353 (Reece period 18). SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES reverse type, depicting the first two letters of the name Christ in Greek, chi-rho, with alpha and omega. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F328A7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three rim sherds of a Roman Oxfordshire fineware ceramic vessels dating to the period AD 250-410. One sherd measures 59.24mm in length and 39.42mm in width, another one 57.36mm in length and 31.05mm in width and the smallest one 49.92mm in length and 26.84mm in width. They are 4.23mm thick and together they weigh 46.47g. The fabric has abundant orange inclusions and has a reduced grey fabric with an orangle slip.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F2C31C
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver clay pipe collar, probably dating to c 1800 -1900. A few millimetres of the clay pipe stem remain in situ at the wider end of the collar, snapped off at an angle. The collar consists of a sheet of silver wrapped around the stem. There is some nicking of the top edge of the collar in one site. A vertical join is visible along the length of the collar where the two edges of the sheet meet; the area around this join shows more corrosion than the rest of the collar. The metal is decorated with eight transverse ridges of various widths and textures: at the top is a s…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F2BF3A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two body sherds of Roman New Forest fineware ceramic vessels dating to the period AD 260-410. One sherd is decorated and measures 48.48mm in length and 40.8mm in width, the other one 45.32mm in length and 40.36mm in width. The fabricis dark grey with a black slip. One of the sherds is decorated with an incised groove, which has an orange-tinted beige coloured border. On top of this is a decoration of the same colour, consisting of shapes resembling eights next to each other, the circles of the eights being incised.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F1DBAD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Iron Age contemporary copy of a Dobunni unit of the Eisu Arrowhead type, dating to the period AD 20-43. Obverse depicting a head facing right. Reverse depicting a triple-tailed annulate horse advancing left with an arrowhead above. ABC p.106 no.2084.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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