Record ID: LEIC-2BB7CD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216 - 1272), dating to c.AD 1247 - 1278. Moneyer Nicole, Canterbury mint. Diameter: 19 mm Weight: 1.27 g
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-2D7578
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete cast copper-alloy socketed side-looped spearhead of early Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1550-1250BC. Acton Park I-II Type, (Needham Period 5) - Burgess's Metal Working Stage VIII and IX. Davis Group 5, wide blade side looped. The spearhead comprises a leaf shaped blade with chamfered edges and a conical socket with protruding, semi-circular side loops; one to either side of the socket which are positioned in line with the cutting edge of the blade. A protruding mid-rib is present to both surfaces of the blade where the socket tapers to the tip. The edges of the blad…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: BERK-2BC9B5
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy knife or dagger scabbard chape dating 1200-1600AD. The chape is triangular in form and oval in cross section. It is formed from a sheet of copper alloy to create a cone shaped chape with folded, rounded tip. The closed end of the chape has been formed by cutting the sheet into triangles and pressing them shut. There is some damage at this end resulting in the loss of some of the closure. The top of the chape is also damaged around the top edges. The chape is undecorated save for two bands of incised lines that follow the curve of the upper front …
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: BERK-2C1328
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early to Middle Bronze Age (1800 - 1400 BC) copper alloy dirk or dagger. Ogival blade expanded centrally. The butt is trapezoid in form with shoulders that curve inwards to the narrow blade. Two rivet holes to the bottom of either side would secure the hilt in place, both of which still retains its rivet; the rivet is 11.5mm long with a 7.4mm diameter and has a slightly expanded domed head at either terminal. The sides of the blade are straight and gradually taper to the point, running down the length of the blade on both sides is a very low central spine. Post depositional corrosi…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-2DD34E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy harness pendant of medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1400. The pendant is shield shaped with an integral suspension loop projecting centrally from the upper edge. The shield is heraldic featuring a relief design of an eagle with outstretched wings, splayed legs and its head facing left set on a field of red enamel. The reverse of the pendant is undecorated and it is slightly bowed in profile. The metal has a dark brown patina and is worn. The pendant is 42mm long, 25.1mm wide, 2.8mm thick and weighs 10.8g. The loop is 7mm in diameter. Harness pendants are ge…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-2F73F9
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the mouth of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe. Extant length 16mm. Extant width 18mm. Weight 5.08g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2FCE31
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy open-work hooked tag of post-medieval date (c. 1500-1650). Description: There is an integral sub-rectangular fixing loop above the central open-work plate that terminates in the inward curved hook, the tip of which has been broken off and is missing. The reverse is plain and flat. Measurements: Length 31.3mm, width 16.2mm, thickness 2.0mm and weight 3.1 gram.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-2C9366
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver Scottish penny of Alexander III (AD 1249-86), second coinage, class Mb2 (Spink S5054) dating to 1280-92 AD. A six-pointed mullet in each quarter of reverse giving a total of 24 points. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 19.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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: 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: SF-2EDF87
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Scandinavian bridle link dating to the late Early Medieval period, c. 1000-1100. The object consists of a central zoomorphic mask decorated on its upper edge with closely spaced transverse grooves, demonstrating a prominent brow, circular eyes and a tapered snout. From the sides of this central element on each side of the object protrude 'D' sectioned arms terminating in sub-rectangular loops (the left hand of which is partially broken away). Preserved in good condition with an uneven brownish patina covering its surfaces, the central mask measure…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witnesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-2F904A
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy shield shaped mount with engraved cross pattee design on the face. The item is shield shaped with a protruding cylindrical stem emerging from the centre of the back of the item. The end of the stem is circular and the edges extend beyond the circumference of the stem, suggesting the end has been hammered as a rivet to keep the mount in place. A medieval date of between 1275 and 1400 is suggested. Dimensions: weight: 3.2g, width: 15.1mm, thickness: 1.7mm, depth (including rivet): 9.5mm
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2021
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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: 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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Record ID: NMS-310050
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat. Circular, diameter 27mm, thickness 3mm. Elaborate quatrefoil. + SIG' · hENR' · PISTOR' (Seal of Henry the baker). The word pistor used here is Latin, and Pistor is rare as an English surname. Pester, an alternative spelling, is not common (Reaney and Wilson 1991, 347). 13th century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: BH-2C7892
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy fob-seal matrix dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century AD. It has a flat circular die with a conical terminal that tapers to an old break. The face is engraved with a central image of a squirrel facing right. A circumferential legend surrounds the central squirrel motif and probably reads 'I CRAKE NOTI'. Wildlife, particularly squirrels, hares and rabbits appear frequently on matrices of this type. Seal matrices of this type bearing imaginative legends in French or English and with decorative rather than heraldic central elements ar…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st September 2020
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Record ID: WMID-2C9507
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver seal matrix with lion rampant (right) motif, of Post medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1700). Around 50% of the matrix is present, with an incomplete handle. The die face is oval and it has a hexagonally facetted conical handle. The handle is a double-collared probable trefoil terminal. The motif is a lion rampant within incised line and beaded border. The seal matrix has a height of 11.3 mm. The die face measures 17.2 mm by 15.6 mm. It weighs 3.8 g. The lion rampant motif was a familiar heraldic symbol, and a matrix of this type would have been a gene…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-3069E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), North Third issue coinage (1583-1603), Spink seventh Issue (1582-1600), Mintmark escallop, 1584-87 .North (1991, 137) no.2017. Some wear around circumference obscure parts of legend and some signs of post depositional folding. Measurements: 13.02mm in diameter and 0.63mm thick. 0.47g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2020
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Record ID: WMID-2EF945
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy rowel spur, of Post Medieval dating (AD 1700 to AD 1900). Around 50% of the spur is present, consisting of a small amount of each arm, the neck and a nearly complete rowel box. The arms have a flattish oval cross section. Originally both arms would have formed a 'U' shape with the neck. The neck curves towards the rowel box. The piercings on both arms of the rowel box are broken. There is a decorative element near the start of the neck. The object measures 55.0 mm in length, 50.2 mm in width and is 5.5mm at its thickest point. The rowel spur fragme…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 14th June 2020
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Record ID: BH-2BCC7D
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead seal matrix dating to thirteenth or fourteenth century AD. It is vesica shaped in plan and flat. The reverse is plain and the suspension loop is missing. In the centre of the die there is a foliate motif (a tree or branch?) surrounded by an incised pointed oval. The circumference is incised with a legend which reads [S]' WILL. FIL' RO[B]... (Seal of William son of Robert). The seal matrix measures 27mm in length and a maximum of 20mm in width. It measures 3mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 16th February 2020
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