Record ID: IOW-DDDA05
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped Irish Medieval silver groat of Edward IV (1461-83), minted at Dublin. Heavy 'Cross and Pellets' Coinage, (c. 1470-c. 1473). Initial marks: rose/rose. Spink: 6303. Obverse: EDWARDVS DEI GRA DnS hYBERnIE (double saltire stops); Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches. Reverse: POSVI/DEVm A/DIVTOR/E mEVm (saltire stops) (I have made God my Helper) CIVI/TAS/DVBL/InIE (double saltire stops); Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 25.8mm. Weight: 2.38g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DD462A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped Medieval silver groat of Edward IV (1461-1470), minted at Bristol. Light Coinage, 1464/5-1470. Initial marks: sun/rose (North 1991: 87, ref: 1580). Obverse: EDWARD DI GRA REX AnGLE Z FRAnC (or similar); Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches, B on breast, quatrefoils by neck. Reverse: POSVI/DEV A/DIVTOR/E mEVm (I have made God my Helper)/ VIL/LAB/RIS/TOW; Long cross dividing the inscriptions with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 23.0mm. Weight: 2.45g. DA=12:4. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 12…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DCBC58
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete and slightly worn post-Medieval silver shilling of Charles II (1660-1685), dated 1675 (probably) on coin. No mark of value or inner circles (North 1991: 209, ref: 2762). Obverse: CAROLVS·II·DEI·GRATIA; Laureate draped bust right. Reverse: 75·MAG·BR·FRA·ET·HIB·REX·16; Cruciform crowned shields with interlocked C's in the angles. Diameter: 25.4mm. Weight: 5.70g. DA=12:6. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DC40E2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy scabbard chape (c.1200-c. 1700). The main part of the chape is made from a single trapezoidal-shaped piece of sheet copper-alloy rolled to form a tapering tube. The seam abuts and may be soldered. The chape is open at the wider end but is squashed and misshapen. The open end has a crenulated rim consisting of four semi-circular lobes. Each lobe is pierced with a circular hole for rivets or pins. Each hole is about 1.4mm in diameter. The terminal end is in the form of a separate soldered spherical copper-alloy knop which has a diame…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DB4847
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and worn Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, probably Constans, dating to the period AD 347-348 (Reece period 17). Possibly a contemporary copy. VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN reverse type depicting Two Victories standing facing one another holding wreaths. Prototype of the mint of Trier. Mintmark: D//TR[P] Obverse: [CON](STAN)-[]; Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VICTORIAE [DD AVGGQ NN]; Two Victories standing facing one another holding wreaths. Diameter: 14.5mm. Weight: 1.14g. DA=12:1. CF. RIC VIII, p. 152, no. 196.
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DB0501
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and worn Medieval silver penny of Edward IV 'Second Reign' (1471-1483), minted by Bishop Lawrence Booth at Durham and dating to the period 1471-1476 (North 1991: 95) Obverse: [ ]; Crowned bust facing. Reverse: [ ]; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant, D or B at centre of cross. Diameter: 13.7mm. Weight: 0.47g. DA=12:3. North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DACC77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch (c. 1200-c. 1400). This brooch fragment is flat at the front and rear. An inner and outer incised line forms a border on each face. Within the borders on each face there are straight and oblique incised lines forming pseudo inscriptions. The fragment is corroded and drab green with abraded breaks. Length: 28.7mm; width: 6.8mm; thickness: 1.8mm. Weight: 2.33g. When complete, it is estimated that the outer diameter could have been about 40.0mm.
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.