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Record ID: NMS-F2C58B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular copper alloy weight, uniface with, on the upper face, a central dimple and two incised lines around the edge - these are the result of turning on a wheel. A crown puncheon has been punched into the field just above the dimple. Weight 4.76g, diameter 15mm on punched upper face, 16mm on lower face. Probably first half of the 16th century
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th 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-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: BH-F62237
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy unidentified object of uncertain date. The object comprises a D-section body. The upper surface of the object is decorated at its mid point with a groove. At one end it flattens and widens to form a triangular terminal with moulded decoration at its tip. The terminal is separated from the body on its upper surface by two grooves. The triangular terminal possesses a circular perforation . At the other end, the body flattens to form a wedge-shaped terminal, which is possibly incomplete. The object measures 48mm in length. The body is 4mm in width, the triangular terminal …
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd 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.

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Record ID: NMS-F63EEB
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One bent and incomplete arm of a pair of probably Roman tweezers, bent and broken at both ends. Width at terminal 7.5mm. Length (unbent) 73mm. 1mm thick. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: SF-F67D4B
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pair of copper-alloy Roman tweezers dating to the period AD 43-410. They are made from a single strip of copper-alloy which has been folded over on itself creating an expanded loop. They are rectangular in plan, with a rectangular cross section. The edges of the long sides of both arms of the tweezers are marked with a pattern of three groups of three nicks Length: 28.91 mm Width: 4.55 mm Overall thickness: 2.46 mm Weight: 1.15 g
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F3ECBC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval lead or lead alloy circular double-sided token (c. 1500-c. 1850). Powell Type 2/2. The token has a raised design on each side. One side has initials H F (or possibly F H) and the other side has a cross over two cirlcles. This token is greyish buff. Diameter: 23.47mm. 1.5mm Thick. Weight: 7.03g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be post-…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2018
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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: BERK-F4DD6C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy token or tally of post-medieval date. The token bears the faint remains of a raised design of a grid pattern of diagonal lines on one side and the initials R D on the other (Powell Type 22). It has been suggested that such grid designs may represent ploughing lines. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be Post Medieval in date (c. AD 1500 - 1850), although this …
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F5C438
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of King's Lynn Corporation, Williamson 64, weight 2.02g, die axis 6 o'clock, 1668
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F6368B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of Diss Corporation, Williamson 27, weight 1.53g, die axis 12 o'clock, 1669
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F76502
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing of John Watson, from Gravesend, dated AD1653. Williamson (1889, no. 308). John Watson was Mayor of Gravesend in 1660 and again in 1670. Obverse heart pierced with arrow and inscription IOHN WATSON. Reverse W over I K within central line, inscription indistinct but probably GRAVESEND 1653. Dimensions: diameter: 15.28mm; weight: 1.04g. Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2018
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Record ID: BH-F3E4E9
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hooked mount, possibly a baldrick fitting dating to the seventeenth century AD. The mount comprises a D-sectioned body which is cruciform in plan. The body possesses a central circular perforation filled with iron corrosion products. On the underside of the body, there is a small circular depression surrounding this perforation. At one end, there extends a bifurcated terminal, at the other, a D-section hook which is bent back on itself. The mount measures 32mm in length, 14mm in width and 2mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Record ID: BH-F51833
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stud or mount, possibly an element of horse harness and dating to the twelfth to fifteenth centuries AD. The stud is circular in plan with a circular-section lug extending from its underside. The stud head comprises a sheet of copper-alloy with repousse decoration in the form of a rampant griffin facing left. The stud measures 21mm in diameter. The sheet head has a thickness of 2mm and with the lug, the stud measures 7mm in thickness. A similar example is published in Clark (1995), p. 70-1, no. 79 where it is suggested that it was a harness stud or mount.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Record ID: BH-F34C93
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy object, possibly from a fitting from a sword belt or baldrick and dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century AD. The object comprises a flat, approximately oval plate from which there extends a tapering circular-section hook, which is broken. The upper and lower surface of the plate is decorated with an intertwined square and quatrefoil motif in cast relief. The plate possesses a central circular rivet hole. The object measures 35mm in length, a maximum of 17mm in width and 3mm in thickness. For a parallel, see IOW-77DB28 from the Isle of Wight, published in Read (2…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
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Record ID: IOW-F41E7E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy hooked strap fitting for a sword-belt (c. 1600-c. 1700). The main body of the fitting is sub-circular in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. The front of the main body has three vertical facets. At one end there is a horizontal ridge where there is a break. Here, there would have been a rounded knop, pierced for a separate rivet. The rearwards projecting hook is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. There is an integral rivet on the rear face situated on the lower part of the main body. The fitting has small are…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F5BDCA
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
One element of a two-part, cast copper-alloy swivel, of medieval date, about AD 1100 to 1500. It consists of a D-sectioned ring of metal with an oval extension at one end, reminiscent of a pierced bezel to take a bolt which would connect it to the other, similar element. The rivet and the second element are missing. The extension is decorated with a series of diagonal grooves. It is 14mm long, 13mm wide and 8mm in thickness at the bezel. Compare Griffiths, Philpott and Egan (2007, Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast) pl. 35, Nos. 2324/5 for a complete example of slightly …
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F66B66
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast copper alloy strap fitting or belt mount in the form of a stylised acorn, dating to the Post Medieval period. The front of the mount is convex, and the reverse concave. The large acorn has moulded nut and shell or cup elements with a forked rectangular lug at the base and knop at the opposing end. The cup section has been cross hatched and the internal triangular elements alternate between plain and those with a central circular indentation. The top half of the mount has been decorated with raised lines at the top of the nut while two scrolled arms may have been…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: SOM-F6C45E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The mount comprises of a rectangular strip of copper alloy, folded by approximately 45 degrees along one of its long edges, with this respected by the incised decoration. The mount features a roughtly central crudely cut rectangualr perforation, flanked on either end by a circular drilled rivet hole; neither rivet survives. A pair of incised lines along either edge of the broader facet of the fitting define a central rectangular field containing four sets of obliquely angled lines, in groups of 3 and 4. S…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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