Record ID: BH-342FC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy radiate of Tetricus I dating to the period AD 271 to 274 (Reece period 13). VICTORIA AVG reverse type depicting Victory advancing left with wreath and palm. Gaul Mint I. cf. Normanby p. 195, no. 1457 passim.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: BH-34115E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy barbarous radiate copying an issue of Divus Claudius II and dating to the period AD 275 to 285 (Reece period 14). CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting altar.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: BH-33FD04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy barbarous radiate copying an issue of Divus Claudius II and dating to the period AD 275 to 285 (Reece period 14). CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting altar.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: BH-33EE5A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy barbarous radiate copying an issue of Tetricus I and dating to the period AD 275 to 285 (Reece period 14). PAX AVG reverse type depicting Pax standing left with vertical sceptre.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: BH-33D509
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy radiate of Allectus dating to the period AD 293 to 296 (Reece period 14). LAETITIA AVG reverse type depicting galley. 'C' Mint.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: SOM-33BFA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy hinged developed T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 75-150. The lower half of the bow has been lost, along with the catch-plate, as has the pin. The upper half of the bow has been bent to one side as a result of old damage. At the head of the brooch the wings survive largely complete to a width of 20.2 mm, though there is some damage visible to the lefhand wing at its tip. The wings are slightly irregular, sub-cylindrical, with the left wing c. 2.9 mm in diameter and the right wing 3.1 mm. A c. 1.5 mm slot to accommodate a hinged pin, now los…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-328229
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small fragment of blue-green vessel glass, possibly from a vessel dating to the Roman period. The fragment is slightly convex in section and the outer surface of the fragment is horizontally ribbed and grooved. The fragment is 21mm in length, 15mm in width and 3mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2019
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Record ID: SOM-3279AC
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy rotary key dating c. 1200-1400. From the size of the key and the presence of a hollow stem it is likely that the key would have been used to lock a casket. The bow is slightly irregular and sub circular in shape. Its sides are flattened to varying extents giving a mainly oval cross-section. It is 10.5 mm long (i.e. from the join with the stem to the opposite side) and 11.3 mm wide. A transverse moulding or collar can be seen at the junction between stem and bow. The stem consists of a hollow rod, rectangular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. It is 1…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-30C850
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver pyramidal mount, probably from a sword scabbard dating from the 7th century. The mount is hollow with four triangular faces and a flat top. Each face is decorated with a single-line raised border and a central tripod-like motif resembling a reversed 'x' (sedge) rune, some clearer and better preserved than others. On two opposing panels, two short lines extend from each side of the central line, flanking the forked end. On one of these panels, there are also two extra lines extending from the apex and flanking the central line. The incised lines contain …
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: SOM-30B478
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly clipped and bent post-medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Second coinage (North 1997). Initial mark: lion, dated 1567 (on coin). Mint of London. North (1991, 134). Diameter: 24.6 mm, thickness 0.7 mm, weight: 2.61 g
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-302794
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy wire ring possibly dating to the Roman period. The object consists of two strips of wire which are bent into a circle to form the band. The ends overlap and curl around the band forming two slip knots. The strips of wire are circular in cross-section. Dimensions: 19mm in diameter, 11mm in width at the bezel, 1.50g. This basic style of slip-knotted wire ring had a long life (there are Roman examples) but was perhaps most popular in the 7th century AD, when it was most commonly used on necklaces. Similar finger rings are known from Viking graves and hoards of the la…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: SOM-2FDB18
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A large fragment of a broken post-medieval copper-alloy strap-fitting, probably a sword belt hanger/mount dating to c. 1500-1650. The strap-fitting would probably have had three suspension loops from which a trio of hooked plates would have hung, and with a trefoliate terminal (knop) at either end. The other terminal and two of the loops and all hooked plates are missing. The fragment consists of the one end of the mount, just under half of the complete object, including one surviving attachment loop (that which would originally have been at the mount's centre). The mount terminate…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Minterne Parva', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2F47CD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy late Iron Age or Roman penannular brooch dating to the first century BC or AD. The frame is circular in cross-section. The terminal ends are spirally coiled outwards from the frame and on the same plane, turning three times. The pin survives and is mobile. It is a strip of copper alloy bent around the frame tapering to a point and intended to rest between the terminals. The pin is circular in cross-section. Dimensions: 25mm in length, 19mm in width, 1mm thick, 1.90g. This type is quite rare and an example can be seen in Fowler (1960, 151), as B in Fig. 1. Fowle…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: SOM-2EA116
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval cast copper-alloy bar mount in the form of a central circular element flanked by two small sub-rectangular, squared off ends. The centre is domed with a concave reverse and convex front, while the terminal elements are thinner and D-shaped or trapezoidal in cross-section. The ends each have a pierced hole though the centre, one clear, the other containing either corrosion product, solder or the remains of a rivet, giving the reverse a recessed effect; at the front this material is flush with the mount and its slighly paler and browner shade suggests a different alloy. The f…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Minterne Parva', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2E0E7D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete gilded silver finger-ring. The bezel is divided into three concave panels by four transverse ridges. The central panel has a cross-hatched design within a line border. The panel on either side has a quatrefoil motif. The shoulders have engraved geometric design and both terminate in an old break. Dimensions: Extant diameter: 17.5mm, width: 7.1mm, maximum thickness: 2.5mm, minimum thickness: 1.1mm, weight: 1.5g. Discussion: Rings of this form are closely related to iconographic rings bearing images of saints of the same date. Oman (1974, 22) proposes t…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2E07D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of punched gold sheet, comprising a flat, pointed oval piece with a jagged transverse break at either end. One face is decorated all over with punched annulets, and the other side is undecorated. Both faces are heavily scratched. Dimensions: Length: 19mm, maximum width: 12mm, minimum width: 4.2mm, thickness: 1mm, weight: 1.2g. Discussion: This fragment is of uncertain function, but feasibly could be from the bezel of an early medieval gold finger-ring. Sheet metal finger-rings with wide bezels decorated with punches are typical of the ninth to tenth centuries in…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 10th September 2023
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