Record ID: WAW-EBB775
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (13th to 14th century) copper alloy seal matrix: The matrix is a variant of a flat-backed type which has a transverse ridge on the reverse, which tapers in profile. At the widest terminal of the ridge, there is an incomplete perforation in the upper corner. In plan the matrix is a pointed oval, although the edges are heavily abraded. The underside of the matrix has a legend and central device. The legend, possibly reads CREDE MIChI. The device is a crescent and a star. The surface of the matrix has an abraded mid green. The matrix measures 17.63mm long, 11.54mm wide…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Record ID: BERK-ED0407
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age copper alloy fragment of a socketed axe which comprises the blade cutting section, most of which is intact. The rest is broken away as a result of old damage. The socket is triangular in profile. Dates to the Ewart Park phase, c. 1000 - 800 BC. This axe cannot be typified more exactly due to the lack of more diagnostic features such as the socket mouth, mouldings and side-loop.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
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Record ID: BERK-ED3B14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Republic silver denarius struck by the moneyer L Memmius Denarius and dating to the period 109-108 BC (Reece Period 1). Reverse depicts the Dioscuri standing facing between their horses, each holding spear; L MEMMI in ex. Syd 558, Cr304/1..
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: BERK-ED6A62
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy finger ring with a green glass insert and an inset circular bezel with sectioned shoulders. The lower hoop is broken away. The bezal measures 13.8mm X 3.41mm. Dates to the period c. AD 200 - 300
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: BERK-EDEACD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A roman copper alloy Colchester type brooch with winged head, spring and chord intact, bent due to post-deposition/damage. Dates to the period AD 25 - 60
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-EE1345
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 330 - 335. Reece Period 17. Victory on prow reverse type, probably mint of Lyon. No photograph
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-EE4851
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy silveredpPlated unit (contemporary copy) of the Western Region Dobunni, dating to the period 60 - 25 BC. ABC 'Cotswold Crosses' type. ABC 2036. VA 1135. Please not that the reverse is upside-down in the image.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: BERK-EE85F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold quarter stater of the Western Region Dobunni tribe, possibly of the ruler Corio and dating to the period c. 20 BC - AD 5. ABC 2051. VA 1035.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: BERK-EEB9A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of uncertain Tetrarchic ruler, dating to the period AD c.294-313 (Reece Period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys across left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
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Record ID: BERK-EF023C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivitive, Polden Hill brooch with end caps, one wing broken away, catchplate missing. Rearhead facing down at mid-point of heal. The brooch is"O" in section with a slight crest at the upper section. Dates to the period c. AD 43 - 100
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F1C34A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Medieval to Post Medieval lead weights, oned conical with a centralish hole, the other is cylindrical. Date uncertain. No photograph
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F1FC7B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus, possibly of Constantius II, dating to the period AD 324 - 330. Reece Period 16. PROVIDENTIAE CAESS reverse type depicting town gate. Uncertain mint. No photograph
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F22F2D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cut half silver long cross penny, badly damaged and ruler uncertain but probably for Edward I - III, dating to the period AD 1279 - 1377. No photograph
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F25967
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early copper alloy Roman Polden Hill style brooch with missing wings, spring and pin. Dates to the period Ad 75 - 175.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2018
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Record ID: IOW-F27064
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), minted at Durham. Class 2b, 1279-1280 (North 1991: 28, ref: 1015). Obverse: EDWR'ANGL'DNS hYB (Ns with reversed bars); Crowned bust facing with a trifoliate crown and wedged drapery. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/DVR/EME; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.9mm. Weight: 0.98g. DA=12:1. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F2807A
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy steelyard weight in the form of the goddess Minerva. The weight survives as the back of the head with most of the crest of the helmet surviving. The entire face is missing however the lead infill is visible within this void. The object is suffering from bronze disease. AD 43-300.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F2BB64
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine II as Caesar, dating to the period AD 318 - 324. Reece Period 16. BEATA TRANQUILLITAS reverse type depciting globe on altar inscribed with VOTIS XX and stars above. Uncertain mint. No photograph
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: IOW-F2D03E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and slightly squashed Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy domed ('beehive') closed thimble (c. 1400-c. 1550). This thimble would have originally been circular in plan. It has thick walls which 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 clockwise from the base to the top including the crown. The outer face of this thimble has a green patina and the pits are filled with off-white deposits. The inside is green with patches…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Record ID: BERK-F2E2B2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead tip fragment with some corrosion. The blade edge narrows to a flat tip, still relatively sharp, and is curved in form with crescentic sides that narrow in towards the main section of the axe. In cross section the axe head is rectangular in plan and is hollow, showing the beginnings (or end) of a socket. This is a fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe, possibly from the Ewart Park phase of metalwork c. 1000 - 800 BC.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Record ID: BERK-F30599
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Henry II, Richard I, John or Henry III, dating to the period 1180-1247. Voided short-cross coinage, uncertain class. Mint of Winchester.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
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