Record ID: BERK-18C5A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver cut farthing of Edward the Confessor, AD 1042 - 1066, of the Pointed Helmet type - which dates to the period AD 1053 - 1056. Moneyer Ed... so could be Winchester, Thetford or Rochester Mints.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-185E67
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 750 - 950. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 2 being tongue shaped with a zoomorphic terminal. The opposite terminal is broken and worn. The upper surface of the strap end bears an off-central rectangular panel of incised cross-hatched decoration flanked by irregularly spaced double banded borders. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a crude forward facing animal head with worn eyes and snout. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-green delaminated patina with red patches beneath an…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: BERK-18360E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper alloy large brooch pin and plate, in two pieces. It looks like the back of a Saxon (composite?) disc brooch probably dating to the period c.7th Century AD.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-1812E0
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron knife of possible Early-Medieval date, c.AD 500 - 1000. The blade is sub-triangular in both plan and section with a straight back and curved cutting edge, blunted point to one end and sloping shoulders to a narrower sub-ovate tang at the other. The knife is extremely rusted and the organic handle is missing. The object is 111.2mm long, 16.3mm wide, 7.4mm thick and weighs 21g.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Record ID: ASHM-17FFEB
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval copper-alloy escutcheon dating c.AD 625-675. It is round and slightly dished in shape, with an overall diameter of 40mm and a large central hole (11 mm in diameter). The front is decorated with eight interlaced peltae forming an equal-armed cross around the central hole, and the design is filled with enamel. The rear of the escutcheon is undecorated. The escutcheon would have also included a frame, into which this piece would have been fitted, and a hook.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2018
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Record ID: NLM-16F7F2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible weight. Cast rectangular block with cut ends, and with tiny pits over its largest opposed flat surfaces. Lightly patinated. Marks of this character are sometimes ascribed to chewing by vermin or children, but in this case they do not appear anywhere except on opposed sides, and so may be formed deliberately, perhaps with the point of a knife. The mass equates to one ora/ore, the slightly underweight Viking-Age equivalent to the ounce, and in this case may comprise six (slightly underweight) Scandinavian units of 4.07gms. Weights thought to have observed this or contempor…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-16EB83
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy Small-long brooch of either Leeds 1945 trefoil-headed or cross potent type, slight raised panel. Most of the edges of the headplate are missing, and the bow and all below. On the reverse the single pin lug sits amongst traces of an iron spring. Extant length 16mm. Extant width 21.5mm. Weight 3.99g. c.480 - c.500.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2020
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Record ID: NMS-16C3E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unusual Early Saxon copper alloy small-long brooch, worn and broken, upper part and most of bow missing, fragment of one end with facets, footplate with flanking lappets, broken grooved transverse moulding, terminal missing. Extant length 28mm. Width 25.5mm. Weighs 5.86g. See related forms of brooch from Oxborough (HER 34355, NMS-ED02C6), Hillington (HER 35913) and Holywell Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk (Lethbridge 1931, 34, Plate IID and Leeds 1945, 42-3, fig.26d). c.480-c.530.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-169595
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval, Late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' (2004) Class E, possibly Type 4 and of 10th century date The cast, tongue-shaped strap-end is incomplete, missing the attachment end and is now distorted (with a surviving distorted length of 38.9mm and a weight of 13.4g). The strap-end was thinner at the attachment end, now lost but has the discernible remnants of the integral flange (2mm thick). The strap-end is also widest at the attachment end (with a width of 25.7mm and a thickness of 3.2mm) with straight sides below, gradually narrowing to the rounded terminal.…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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