Record ID: CORN-069A5C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Dolphin-type hinged brooch with pairs of leaf-like mouldings down each side of the bow. The pin is missing but the iron hinge remains at the centre of the back of the wide cross-bar, and the iron spindle within the tubular wings. The cross-bar is pitted and corroded but some of the decoration can still be seen in the form of three sets of incised circumferential rings alternating with raised bands on each side of the head. There are two incised lines, either side of a moulded zig-zag line, running centrally down the length of the bow from the top of …
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-066F5D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy Roman T-shaped hinged brooch, with the iron spindle held inside the tubular wings, visible from a break in the underside of one of the wings. The hinge is no longer in the notch behind the head of the brooch, which extends to a rectangular recess behind the bow, but this hollow back is filled with iron oxide suggesting that the missing pin was also made of iron. The wings have bulbous terminals defined by a moulded circumferential groove which is more visible on one side. The bow is triangular in plan, slightly expanded towards the wings, and narrowing down towards t…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: CORN-0417DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy Cornish Type 31 aesica-variant brooch dating from the Roman period. Only the curved base of the cruciform bow and the fantail foot of the brooch remain, with part of the catchplate on the back of it, but the cross bar and the rest of the cruciform bossed bow does not survive. The foot is decorated with two opposing recessed scalene triangles, which would have originally been inlaid with enamel, above three recessed roundels which still have some of the green enamel intact within them. One corner of the foot is missing which would have had another recessed…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: BUC-02FB83
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post Medieval copper alloy buckle dating to c. 1690-1720. The buckle is sub-rectangular in shape with an angled frame with rounded corners outside edge. The outside edges are slightly lobed. The strap bar and pin are missing. At the top of the outside edge where the bar would have been attached there are remains of an iron pin or bar. Parallel to this on the bottom bar a circular pierced hole is present with some iron residue. This could suggest that this may be a shoe buckle which would have had a loop chape with a single integral spike attached, and a drilled central b…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
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Record ID: SF-02CF0A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A somewhat worn and clipped silver hammered Irish sixpence struck for James I, dating c. 1603-1604. Initial mark: martlet. Spink 6514.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-02A704
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post Medieval copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle with missing pin, dating to c.1575-1700 AD. The buckle is sub-rectangular in shape. One loop is oval and the other rectangular. The outside edge and bar are square in cross-section. There are six lobed knops on the outside edge of the rectangular loop, and lobed knops at two symmetrical points on the outer edge of the rounded loop. There is a lobed protrusion either end of the strap bar. The buckle is almost black in colour which could suggest that the buckle is tinned. The back of the buckle is flat and undecora…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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Record ID: SF-02A51C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered halfpenny struck for Richard II, dating c. 1377-1399. Withers' type 2, mint of London.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-023ADA
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy ampulla dating to the Medieval period, c. 1350-1500. This example is of Spencer's type 2 and survives completely intact; it is bag-shaped in plan, with a flaring mouth, tapering neck (with a single co-incident side suspension lug on each side of the object) and rounded lower body. One face of the ampulla depicts a series of radiating raised moulded lines that give a scallop shell like appearance, while its reverse face depicts the design of a branch or flower set over the initial 'R'. Preserved in good condition with an even greyish patina, it measures 51.24…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-021773
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy rotary key dating to the Medieval period, c. 1150-1400. It demonstrates a circular bow with a large circular aperture at its midpoint and a circular-sectioned hollow shank. At the terminal of the shank, the bit projects- demonstrating a small cleft on each side. Preserved in fair condition with an even greenish patina, it measures 34.69mm in length, 12.96mm in diameter at the bow, and 4.46mm thick at the midpoint of the shank. It weighs 3.87g. A broadly identical key has been recorded on the PAS database as KENT-EAD2F6. See also an example published by…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-020CC5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped annular buckle (c. 1650-c. 1720). The pin is missing. This buckle frame is oval in plan, convex at the front and largely bevelled at the rear. The narrow central bar is circular in cross-section. The frame is corroded and green with patches of black lacquer. Length: 27.8mm; width: 20.7mm; thickness: 2.9mm. Weight: 2.51g. Similar buckles have been published (Whitehead 2003: 48, refs: 278; 279). Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.