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Record ID: WILT-41DDB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of the Emperor Valentinian I dating to the period AD 364-375 (Reece period 19),SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory walking left holding wreath. Mint of Aquileia.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
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Record ID: WILT-3E98B7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to early post-medieval (c.1000-1550) wrought iron 'bearded' axehead. It has a triangular or wedge-shaped blade with a slight curve to the cutting edge; it projects downwards a little more than it projects upwards from the central body of the axe. The socket is drop or sub-oval in shape with a triangular extension to either side, extending downwards, and similarly a rounded extension on each side, extending upwards. The back of the socket is rectangular. The object is badly corroded and the wooden haft missing. It measures 200mm in length, 88.23mm in max.width (at the cuttin…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Record ID: WILT-3F8BB2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. Traces of gilding remain. The pendant is roughly circular and of flat section, with an incomplete pendant loop which would have projected upwards from the top. The upper surface (obverse) of the pendant has a relief-moulded design, the central element of which is an eagle, which stands facing forwards, wings spread and head turned to the left. A circular border separates this design from a circumferential inscription. This probably reads from 12 o'clock * . IE: SV I: CI: EN: LV: D A (I am here in place of a friend). The reverse is undec…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Record ID: WILT-3FE41D
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy open-work escutcheon of post-medieval to modern date. The escutcheon is broadly circular but wth eight arched projections (creating an octfoil) with pointed projections between the foils. There is a central sub-rectangular perforation surrounded by four heart shape perforations, intersected by fleur de lys or acorns. The escutcheon has a dull green surface patina across most of the surface. The mount measures 39.88mm in diameter, 1.87mm thick and weighs 7.03g. See HESH-12412D and LANCUM-A76188 for similar, although the example described here is le…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Record ID: WILT-40A749
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy gilded unidentified object of unknown date. It appears to have been a ring, part now missing, composed mainly of a simple plain oval loop with a hoop that is thicker sectioned top than underside and which has obvious signs of wear to one side. Part of the original item is missing but the assumption might be that the narrowed, off set lower part of the ring , of which only a stub remains, would have extended and joined the other side of the ring in the same way as the extant part. It is 21.36mm in length, 20.68mm in width, the hoop varies but is c 5.3…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-418645
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a bird, dating to 2nd century AD. it is missing its pin but the catchplate and hinge are intact. The bird, possbly a duck, has been stylised, to a degree, into a series of flat geometric shapes. The outstretched wings form two sub rectangular shapes either side of a broadly trangular body. This body in slightly convex, hollow underneath. The tail, curving upwards, is a triangular extension of the body with a semi circular knop at the outer end. The double lug to hold the pin lies beneath the tail. The head and neck…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-4206BF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early early-medieval (Anglo Saxon, c.AD450-550) gilded copper alloy saucer brooch, with a short section (9.86mm) missing from the edge, damaged catchplate and attachment lug, and missing its pin. It is circular in shape with an upturned, saucer-like rim. The decoration consists of two raised concentric rings with a pattern of rings stamped into them and an ornate, zoomorphic moulder relief decoration encircling a raised centrepiece. The centepiece is a low dome or boss, divided into four by an incised cross. Wthin each quarter thus formed is a single ring echoing those i…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-42A94B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Continental disc brooch with zoomorphic terminal with peripheral lugs, dating to 2nd century AD. One of the lugs is largely missing and the pin is missing. The central circular plate has a raised rim with a smaller circular raised ridge enclosing a central roundel. The outer cell thus formed has a blue fillng in which there are 8 - 10 small circular pits which must once have held stones or a different colour fill, none of which now remains. The centre roundel is encrusted with debris and possibly corrosion and it is not possible to ascertain detai…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-436942
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy dirk or knife, dating from perhaps the Bronze Age c BC1500 - 800. The item consists of a short section of blade, slightly lenticular in cross section, and trapezoidal in form, with breaks at both ends. It is 34.09mm in length overall from break to break, widening from 20.30mm to 26.62mm c 10mm below, then tapering inwards over a length of 24.22mm to 19.79mm wide. It is 3.23mm thick. It is pierced with two drilled holes, one either side of the slightly raised central section and about halfway along the extant length. This was likely to attach a handle…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-3DBD98
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval (c. 12th to mid-19th century) cooking vessel rim fragment which is broken: The rim, in profile, is a slender 'D' and tapers to a blunt edge. Note the convex element of the rim is on the interior of the vessel. The exterior surface of the rim wall is straight in profile. The only original edge of the fragment is the rim, the other edges of the fragment are all broken, but not recently. The interior surface is smooth, the rim is shiny and it has a dark green-grey colour, with the external surface being slightly rough with horizontal striations and with a bl…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Record ID: WAW-3E116A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post Medieval (12th to mid 19th centuries) vessel leg: In plan the leg is an asymmetrical lozenge with the upper edges having a broken edge. The break is not too recent. The reverse of the upper edge is obliquely angled forming the interior of the vessel. The leg is trapezoidal in section and it tapers to a blunt point. The surface of the leg is smooth and is a mottled dark green-grey colour. The leg measures 37.29mm tall, 12.92mm wide and 9.75mm thick. It weighs 14.87g. It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from whether it is a cooking vessel or ta…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Record ID: WAW-3EC7AB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
oman brooch of Colchester derivative, double lugged, Harlow type (Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 1, Group 4), c.f. Mackreth Type 4, Plate 35. The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical short, undecorated wings which are incomplete. On the reverse there is a central doubly perforated lug which supports the iron axis bar. Around the axis bar the copper alloy spring is coiled seven times, although many of the coils are incomplete. The pin is missing. At the upper edge of the lug there second perforation supports the chord. The bowhead is slightly angular in profile and is decorated…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: WAW-3F2D05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of the Headstud type, (Mackreth 2011, Chap. 4, Part 2, Group 2), c.f. Mackreth 2001, Chap. 4, Part 2, Group 2, Plate 71, AD c. 75-150. The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical undecorated wings which have an abraded upper and lower edge so may have been cylindrical originally with a slot in the centre. The bow head is wide and is a slender D-shape in section with the convex surface forming the outer face. The bow head tapers towards the bow, which continues the bow and terminates with a bulbous foot. The sides of the bow are abraded but slightly undulating which ma…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
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Record ID: WAW-3F8A57
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Medieval (mid 1st to 15th century) tweezers: The copper-alloy tweezers have elongated trapezoidal arms which taper towards an oval loop. The loop is oval in section, whereas the arms are rectangular in section. The arms are slightly bent and undecorated. The surface of the tweezers have an incomplete mid brown-green patina. It measures 51.32mm long, 5.96mm wide and weighs 2.67g. The tweezers probably date to the Roman period considering other material found on the site, but they may also date through to the Medieval period. Crummy (1983) illustrates similar tweezer…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Record ID: WAW-3F95AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: A copper-alloy sesterius or as dating to the first to mid third centuries. Unknown Reece period. The reverse type is illegible. Probably mint of Rome.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Record ID: WAW-3FD07D
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (c.2700 BC to c.1600 BC) plano-convex knife: The knapped flint knife is an elongated oval, with a sub D-shaped cross section and was probably knapped from a secondary flake/debitage. The dorsal surface has stepped retouch covering the surface with low abrupt re-touch along the edges, thereby forming a convex surface. The distal end has a patch of cortex remaining. The ventral surface has stepped low abrupt re-touch on one lateral edge and semi-abrupt retouch on the other. The flint is a dark mottled grey-brown colour which is opaque. …
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Record ID: WAW-3E6D25
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Roman (2nd to 4th century) bracelet: The copper alloy fragment has two broken terminals, and these breaks are not recent. In section the bracelet is sub-oval and in plan is curved and the curvature in the internal edge may suggest the internal diameter was c.40mm. The surface is undecorated and has a pitted surface with a light grey-green well developed patina. It measures 73.24mm long, 5.58mm thick at the apex and weighs 12.64g. This is probably a bracelet dated to the Roman period. Other examples are in Crummy (1995), Nos. 1640-1650 found in contexts dating to AD 2nd …
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-3E2476
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman finger ring dating from AD 43 - 300. It consists of one shoulder, half of the oval bezel and part of the hoop. The hoop has a flat rectangular cross-section and tapers towards the back. The bezel is recessed to house a glass or gem setting which is now missing. The breaks are patinated. The ring is 13.8mm long, 13mm wide and 10.4mm thick. 2.14g. It has a grey green patina. Compare SF-846F38 and NARC-D8740C which are assigned to the Henig's type II (1974, p. 55, fig. 1).
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-3E1582
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; a radiate probably of Victorinus dating from AD 269 - 271 (Reece Period 13). Uncertain illegible reverse. Mint unknown. The coin is 16.4mm diameter, 1.6mm thick and 1.17g.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-3E1A9C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval mount, dating from about AD 1600-1700. The mount is heart shaped in plan, with a longitudinal incised groove between the two upper lobes. The base of the heart expands out to a trilobed knop with rounded terminals. The reverse is undecorated and there are the remains of an integrally cast lug, behind the trefoil terminal, surrounded by possible solder or other white metal. There is also a separate copper alloy rivet surviving between the lobes of the heart. The mount measures 24.1mm long, 17.3mm wide and 3.2mm thick. 3.43g. The front has a dark brown pat…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
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