Record ID: CORN-36CB88
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy counterfeit of a silver douzain of Henry III of France (1574-1589) with legends and date missing.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2018
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Record ID: WAW-350E3A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (1st to 2nd century) Trumpet brooch: The brooch is incomplete and is missing the bow head. The bow is D-shaped in section and has a moulded section with transverse ribs and grooves with an expanded central section. The lower portion tapers to a foot and is undecorated. The foot is slightly bulbous. On the reverse there is a small solid catchplate. The brooch has a mid-grey-green patina. It weighs 5.06g, and measures 7.07mm wide across the swollen section and 42.88mm long. The brooch is a Trumpet-headed type, dates to the late 1st to mid 2nd century (Bayley and Butcher, …
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: WAW-350096
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (mid 1st to 2nd century) Colchester derivative brooch: The lower portion of the bow remains. The bow is broken at the upper edge which is at the approximate midpoint of the bow. The break is not a recent. The bow tapers to a foot which is circular in section, and the sides are vertical decorated with two horizontal grooves. On the reverse of this portion of the bow there is a complete catchplate. The surface of the brooch has a well-developed mid grey-green coloured patina. The brooch measures 25.97mm in length, 7.68mm in width at the foot and weighs 4.37g. The bro…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2018
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Record ID: WAW-34F345
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (mid 1st to 2nd century) brooch: The lower portion of the bow remains. The bow is broken at the upper edge which is at the approximate midpoint of the bow. The break is not a recent. The bow tapers to a blunt foot. The outer face of the bow has a V-shaped indentation. On the reverse of this portion of the bow there is a complete catchplate with a triangular perforation. The surface of the brooch has a well-developed mid grey-green coloured patina. The brooch measures 32.48mm in length, 4.65mm in width across the upper edge and weighs 2.64g. The brooch is a Colchest…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: WAW-34BD50
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.j1. Plate 48, AD c. 120-240. The copper alloy brooch is incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical, and terminate with perforated wing caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. Integral to the upper edge of the wings there is an incomplete head loop, of which the loop is missing, but the remaining plate is decorated with two horizontal, grooves. The wings, on the outer face, are short in length compared to those of Polden Hill brooches, and the decoration travels o…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 14th April 2018
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Record ID: WAW-34720B
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Post Medieval (mid-1st and mid-18th centuries) furniture fitting; stud. The copper alloy stud or mount head is a domed circle with a hollow underside. The underside has an integral square sectioned shank protruding from the centre. The shank, which is slightly bent, tapers to a blunt point. The surface of the stud has an incomplete mottled mid green patina. It measures 19.71mm long, 28.68mm diameter and weighs 12.39g. It is difficult to date the stud, there are Post Medieval examples which are identified as furniture or household studs due to the square sectioned shank.…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: BERK-326442
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper alloy Roman nummus, probably of Maximian (AD 293-311) or Galerius (AD 305-311), dating to the period c.AD 293-310 (Reece Period 15). Unclear reverse type, but Probably GENIO POPVLI ROMANI or similar. Unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th July 2021
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Record ID: BERK-3243DB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A two-tone copper alloy protome in the form of beast/lion head terminal, of uncertain use but probably Roman in date c. 50 - 350 AD. The head depicts a wide open mouth with pronounced canine teeth to the upper and lower jaw. There is then a well-defined, downward curved tongue, forming a clear gap/hole beneath. The eyes are deep-set above the protruding cheeks and behind the snout, and may have contained enamel. The mane is then stylistically cast with the fringes being well depicted and the surface is decorated post casting, with unevenly applied dot and ring symbols. The lower edge …
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Record ID: BERK-323BC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost illegible, worn and clipped Medieval silver penny, possibly of Edward I (AD 1272-1307). VILLA [....] is the only legible section of the coin.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
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Record ID: BERK-31F88B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman Barbarous radiate dating to the period AD 275-285. Very worn. No photograph.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-31E08B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted and incomplete medieval copper alloy composite tongue-shaped strap end. Most of the rear sheet plate has survived but the attachment edge is missing. The front plate and the full-width spacer remain only towards the outside edge where the knop is composed of fourth (cast) element attached by a rivet to the other three. There are three pairs of lateral notches above the knop. The front of the knop is engraved with oblique grooves. Cf. an example from Norwich (Margeson 1993, no. 234). Extant length 61mm. Width 12mm. 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-31DF5C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Iron Age gold stater (possibly) of the Dobunni dating to the period Mid 1st Century BC to Mid 1st Century AD. No further information and no photograph.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-31B4EE
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Partly squashed medieval cast copper alloy heavy-duty domed thimble with two notches in the base and a circumferential groove above the base. All of the surface, apart from a small round ptch in th centre of the dome, is covered by a spiral of small round indentations. Diameter c.21mm. Height 20mm. Weigth 14.85g. 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018
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Record ID: DEV-31AEE8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval copper alloy Nuremberg Jetton of Hans Schultes III (AD 1608-1612). Rose/Orb type, GLICK IST WALCZET VND, depicting a rose surrounded by three lis and three crowns alternating. cf. Mitchiner no. 1403.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: BERK-3185C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver Siliqua of Valens dating to the period AD 364-367. Reece Period 19. RESTITVTOR REIP reverse type depicting emperor standing facing head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe. Mint of Lyon. RIC IX Lyons 6e.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-318556
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy book fitting, a cast strap end with a sheet backplate. The leather strap, of which a small amount remains, was secured in a rectangular box by two rivets. The front of the box is engraved with a monogram MAR, for Mary, on a finely cross-hatched ground. Beyond the box there is a raised lozengiform element with an octofoil engraved on the flat top and a central round aperture in the backplate. The lozenge morphs into a stylised animal head with an incomplete transverse loop at its mouth. The sides of the animal head are engraved with oblique lines r…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: WILT-317BC9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount with two rivet holes, dating to the period AD c.1350- c.1400. The mount consists of a rounded body with two terminal lobes. Both lobes show a central hole for the inserction of the rivets, one of which is still in place. The body is decorated with four vertical ridges and five horizontal grooves. The rounded body and the lobes are concave on the back part. The length of the mount is 18.45mm, the thickness is 4.00mm, the diameter of the central hemisphere is 9.54mm and the weight is 1.16g. Please see Read (2001) "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. …
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: KENT-316699
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn and abraded penny of Henry VII (r.1485-1509), minted between 1484-94 at Durham under Bishop John Sherwood. No mintmarks, DS by shield. North Vol 2, 1991, p.103, no.1730. Coin is quite worn and missing much of the outer flan including the legend. Measurements: 14.33mm in diameter, 0.59mm thick and 0.75g in weight
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-31569A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut Tealby halfpenny of Henry II. Probably London mint. Further details illegible. Circa AD 1158-1180.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-314A2F
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy harness mount for the suspension of a pendant, a D-sectioned bar with a moulded double cusp before a rivet hole at both lobed terminals (one hole with remains of an iron rivet). In the centre, above the suspension loop which is bifurcated and folded onto the reverse, a rectangular cell contains a tree covered with many tiny annulets within a field of red enamel. Most of the enamel has been lost. One terminal has been bent backwards. Length 65mm. Width (or height) at centre 21mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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