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Record ID: BERK-492C3B
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval copper alloy Nuremberg Jetton of the "Dauphine" type, dating to the period c. AD 1480 -1490. No photograph
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
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Record ID: IOW-49176B
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy domed ('beehive') closed thimble (c. 1400-c. 1550). This thimble is circular in plan and the thick walls taper inwards from the base towards the crown. There is a plain rim and no manufacturing marks. The outer face has a line of evenly spaced sub-circular indentations/drilled pits which spiral in an anti-clockwise from the base to the top including the crown. The outer face of this thimble is reddish brown green copper-alloy corrosion products. The inside is smooth with corrosion products. Height: 21.0mm; diameter: 20.0mm; th…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Record ID: IOW-48E30D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1250-c. 1500). The neck and suspension lugs are missing. The main body is circular in plan and there is a raised design on each face. One face has a double rose and the other side has initials: W B. The edge of the face with the rose is grooved and 'billeted'. This ampulla has a buff patina and the break is ragged. Height: 29.4mm; width: 32.0mm; thickness: 6.0mm. Weight: 17.32g. Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, who made a life-time study of ampullae, has written: 'Ampullae or miniature p…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 4th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-48C441
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, worn and corroded medieval gilt copper alloy buckle, kidney-shaped frame with offset narrowed bar, triangular copper alloy sheet pin, rectangular plate folded widthways, recessed for frame and with pin-slot, back part narrowed and shortened. Face with remains of an engraved lozenge within bordering lines, rivet-hole at the attachment- end. Traces of gilding in engraving stand proud of the corroded surface. Frame length 13mm, width 27.5mm. Plate length 17.5mm, width 22mm. Combined length 26.5mm. 12th-13th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 10th August 2018
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Record ID: BERK-48B8C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Edward I, II or III, dating to the period 1279-1344. Long-cross coinage, uncertain class. Mint of London.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: BH-48A4EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut halfpenny of John of England (class 5b1) dating to c. AD 1205. Moneyer Ricard. Mint of London, Exeter, Lincoln or Winchester.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-488257
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval or post-medieval gilt copper alloy sword chape, hollow-backed, shield-shaped with two scrolling loops at the large semi-circular cut-out in attachment-end, heart-shaped perforation and knop at pointed terminal. The back-plate is missing. Length 42mm. Width 23mm. Cf. de Reuck (1991), p.28, thrird row from top, second from left. c.1485-1600.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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Record ID: NMS-485666
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted copper alloy sheet plate from a medieval buckle or strap, rectangular one end with slightly recessed sides and fold to form short loop with no back-plate. The plate has two rivet-holes at the fold, a central rivet-hole (with iron corrosion) and three rivet-holes at the other end. The face has traces of an engraved interrupted rocker-arm border. Width 16.5mm. Length (unbent) 47mm. 14th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-482C25
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and distorted medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame, bent offset, narrowed bar, pin missing. No traces of decoration on broad outside edge, which is set at an angle. Length c.17mm. Width 27mm. Mid 12th - 13th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-48175B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval sheet copper alloy strap fitting, a flat circular belt mount with a rivet hole in a low central dome. Diameter 21mm, Thickness 0.6mm. Height at centre 1mm. 14th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: GLO-480292
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt finger ring that has a bi-faceted bezel. There bezel is formed from two square panels with slightly concave faces, divided by a central transverse ridge. Each panel is decorated with two lines that span from one corner to the next creating a cross saltire that divides each panel into four triangles, the top and bottom triangles are decorated with a series of longitudinal lines; while the sides triangles have a triple set of central short lines. The shoulders are decorated with two deep transverse grooves with a v-shaped cross section; below is a flat panel with a central d…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th June 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-47F78A
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval sword or dagger chape. Part of the front face and part of the attachment plate is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It is made from sheet metal folded over to form a triangular shape. It tapers towards the terminal end where it has been flattened and closed. There is the remains of one hooked projection on the back face at the terminal end. This chape measures 51.52mm in length, 52.15mm in width, 10.71mm in thickness, 8.1g in weight.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2019
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Record ID: NMS-47E464
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual medieval copper alloy buckle, double-oval frame with knop on both outside edges (28.5 x 14mm), one pointed like the head of a bird, the other in the form of its tail, narrowed central bar, pin missing. See later broadly related types in Whitehead (2003), nos.275 and 388 (c.1550-c.1650). Perhaps 15th-16th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: NMS-47CDF6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, a rectangular frame with profuse file marks and sides and edges of pentagonal cross-section, and a pin of rectangular section with a boss or grip near the loop. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 425. Length 21.5mm. Width 34mm. c.1350 - c.1450.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: BH-47C590
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight, probably dating to the later Medieval or early post medieval period (AD 1400 to 1700). The weight is approximately rectangular in plan and hemispherical in section. The upper surface is decorated with an integrally-cast saltire cross and possesses a small circular piercing. The piercing is situated between two of the arms of the cross. The weight measures 25mm in length, 22mm in width, 8mm in thickness and weighs 25.22g.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-47B8EA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy trapezoidal buckle frame with offset, narrowed bar, a ridge on the exterior of the sides at each corner, and five filed grooves on the thick outside edge. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 438. Length 17mm. Width 16mm. Second half 14th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-479B3E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy asymmetrical double-looped buckle frame comprising the stumps of an oval outside loop and smaller rectangular inside loop, with a narrowing on the bar for the copper alloy pin (length 24.5mm) with transverse rib at loop. Extant length 18.5mm. Extant width 41mm. Width of smaller loop 28mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 472. 15th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2018
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Record ID: LON-4759B1
Object type: DRINKING VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval ceramic stoneware Siegburg drinking bowl dating from AD1350-1500. The sherd consists of part of the rim and bowl of the vessel. The rim is decorated with an applied round prunt. The vessel is unglazed and has a light grey fabric with some discoloration from its deposition environment. The complete vessel would have been a shallow drinking bowl with a thumbed pedestal foot, see Gaimster (1997:168 Fig 2) for a complete example. Dimensions: height: 27.39mm; length: 118.65mm; width: 58.54mm; thickness: 5.89mm; weight: 70.69mm. A similar Siegburg drinking …
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-474944
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut half penny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272), dating to AD 1248-1250. Voided long cross class 3c, probably minted in London
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2018
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Record ID: NARC-4723BC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Penny of Edward III (AD 1327-1377). Third 'Florin' coinage. Type 4. Long cross reverse with three pellets in each quadrant. London mint. AD 1344-1351. Diameter: 18.87mm, Thickness: 0.74mm, Weight: 1.0g. North Vol II, P 47, No 1116.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
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