Record ID: DEV-2EDC49
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy trader's token farthing, dating to 1648-1672. Uncertain issuer, first name John, probably in Sherborne. Probably dating to 1657, issued by John Whetcombe in Sherborne. Probably Williamson (1967) Dorset 180.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2ED93C
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy purse bar fragment dating to the Medieval period c. 1400 - 1500. The remaining portion of the artefact comprises one of the side bar arms. The item is cylindrical in section with a narrowed collar and knopped terminal. The arm is solid throughout. There is a flanged tab on the lower edge of the arm with two circular drilled holes. There is moulded decoration on the surface in the form of double cross-hatching. Dimensions: weight: 13.1g, length: 40.5mm, height (including tab): 11.5mm, diameter: 7.4mm
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2ED677
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper-alloy purse bar fragment dating to the Medieval period, c. 1400 - 1500. The item retains the side bars and central boss, though the looped pendant is missing. The side bars are cylindrical in profile and emerge from a 'V' shaped moulding connected to the central boss. One of the side bar terminals is broken, showing a partially hollow interior. The opposite side bar terminates in a circular knop. Attached to the bottom of the side bars are two tabs with sewing holes drilled into their length. They both show the remains of three holes per tab. The centra…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2ED198
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy button of late medieval or early post-medieval date. The button is solid, with a hemispherical front with small central boss, and a more shallowly convex back. It has a long drop-shaped lug projecting from the reverse, with a drilled sewing hole at its far end.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2019
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Record ID: ESS-2EC979
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy single looped buckle, dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250 - 1400. The buckle frame is sub-circular in shape, with a straight pin par and an enlarged pin rest bar. The ends of this enlarged bar extend slightly past the side arms of the buckle frame. The pin is no longer present Dimensions: weight: 8.29g, length: 25.3mm, width: 25.9mm, thickness of pin rest bar: 6.4mm
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2EC59E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy finger ring of Roman date. C. 1st - 3rd centuries AD. The ring in intact and retains a raised pointed oval bezel, also compose of copper-alloy. The ring band is 'D' shaped in section, and the shoulders are slightly flared. The lower portion of the band (directly opposite the bezel) is slightly thicker and features a slight point. The entire band is keeled. The top of the bezel features incised initials showing 'S S'. Dimensions: weight: 2.1g, diameter: 20.4mm, band thickness: 2.4mm, bezel height: 2.3mm
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2EC14B
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy toggle of late Iron Age to Roman date c. 300 BC - 100 AD. The item is cylindrical with a bulbous central portion and two flat circular terminals. There is an intact attachment loop rising from the central portion of the body, though the void underneath is now filled with hardened soil containing oxidised iron remains. Opposite the attachment loop there is a circular indent into which a decorative enamel disc was likely fitted. This decoration is no longer present. The patina is mostly smooth and even, dark brown with some iron staining. Dimensions: weight…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: BH-2EBE24
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy buckle frame with integral plate dating to the mid fourteenth to early fifteenth century AD. The buckle frame is oval in plan and D-shaped in section. The outer edge of the frame possesses a slight lip and there is a notch to accommodate the pin. The frame extends to the remains of an integral forked spacer, which is incomplete. The buckle measures 33mm in length, 28mm in width and 3mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
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Record ID: ESS-2EBE2A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Iron Age Flat Linear potin of the Cantiaci, c.115-100 BC, of Holman type B4/2-1 (D. Holman, pers. comm.). The obverse depicts a stylised head of Apollo left. The reverse has a bull butting right with exergual line below. The remains of a casting sprue are visible at top and bottom of the flan, of which approximately one third is missing. As Holman, 2016 ('A new classification system for the Flat Linear potin coinage', BNJ 86, 2016: pp. 1-67): pp. 25-26, 45, 57, Type B4/2-1, possibly dating to c.115-100 BC (Holman, 2016: p. 11).
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2EB953
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver hammered penny of Mary I (1553 to 1554) Left facing bust with inscription [M D G] ROSA SI[NE SPINA]. Obverse is a square topped sheild divided by long cross. Inscription CIV[IT]AS LONDON.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2EB53C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward I or Edward II. Class 10cf. Obverse: crowned bust facing. Bifoliate crown. EDW' AR R ANGL DNS HYB Reverse: long cross with three pellets in each quarter. CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2EB31C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and heavily clipped silver penny of Henry V (1413 - 1422). The obverse shows a forward facing bust with bifoliate crown. To the left of the crown is a mullet and to the right another mark though it is too worn to decipher. The reverse shows a long cross with three pellets in each quarter. There is a quatrefoil in the centre of the reverse. Legend illegible North (1991) 1400
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2EB095
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily clipped silver penny, probably of Edward III (1327 - 1377) Obverse: crowned bust facing, legend illegible. Reverse: long cross with three pellets in each angle.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-2EB026
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Roman clipped siliqua of the House of Valentinian. Mint uncertain. Circa AD 364-383.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: WMID-2EAF8C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy, anomorphic, probable harness mount of late Post Medieval date. The mount is in the shape of a probable dog's head and neck. There is evidence of at least 3 mounting lugs on the reverse, though these have corroded somewhat in antiquity. The mount probably dates to the 17th or 18th century. The mount measures 36.1mm in height, is 36.82mm wide at the base, and is 5.44mm thick. The object weighs 19.5 grams. The surface has a grey-green patina and there is damage to the nose of the dog.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2EA909
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Struck silver farthing, probably of Edward III (1327 - 1377). Obverse: crowned bust facing, legend illegible. Reverse: long cross with three pellets in each angle. One pellet in a quarter is broken
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: BH-2E9CEF
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy rotary key dating the thirteenth or fourteenth century AD.. 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 circular in shape with a circular perforation. It extends to a hollow stem, which is rectangular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The bit tapers away from the stem making it wedge-shaped. It has two rectangular notches in it, creating a 'T'-shaped tooth. A number of very similar crude and simple rotary keys are shown in Egan (1998, 112), which he dates as f…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2E96C8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy seal matrix dating to the Medieval period, c. 1200 - 1400. It is of pointed oval form. The rear features an integral loop at the apex, from which a midrib descends, tapering toward the opposite point of the oval. The central devise on the seal die depicts a bird standing on top of a flowering plant. This image is inside a beaded border, around which there is a legend, which appears to read: S' WILLI PARV Dimensions: weight: 5.99g, length: 27.9mm, width: 16.8mm, thickness: 3.5mm, thickness inc. loop: 7.1mm
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: DEV-2E8595
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy trader's token farthing, dating to 1668. Issued by Thomas Humphreys in Honiton. Williamson (1967) Devon 183.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: BH-2E7A90
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy zoomorphic mount, possibly Late Iron Age or Roman in date. The mount is intended to represent an animal, possibly a hunting dog and comprises a hemispherical section body, the upper surface of which is decorated with two pairs of ribs and grooves flanking a central circular perforation, which is filled with a circular-section rivet. The lower surface of the body is plain with slight depressions either side of the rivet which pierces the body. At one end, the body possesses a rounded terminal. At the other, an oval-section neck extends at right angles before terminating …
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2019
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