Record ID: IOW-2A6D22
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle (c. 1660-c. 1720). The pin, spindle and chape are missing. The frame of the buckle is misshapen and is symmetrical in plan. At the centre, the sides have drilled holes to accommodate an iron spindle which only survives within the holes. Each curved outer edge is decorated at the front with inscribed flower heads and scrollwork. However, the decoration is mostly worn off on one outer edge. On the front, at each side there are three transverse ridges and the central ridges are aligned with the spindle holes. These ridges are flank…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-29DC05
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and possibly clipped post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: eglantine/eglantine, dated 1574 or 1575 on coin (North 1991: 135, ref: 1998). There appears to be a 5 over the 4 in the date! Obverse: ELIZ[ABETH D G ANG FR] ET.HI.REGINA; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: POSVI/DEV AD/[IVTORE/M MEV] (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1574 or 1575 above shield. Diameter: 18.9mm. Weight: 1.15g. DA=12:7. North, J.J. …
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-296141
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy bar mount (c. 1150-c. 1450). This mount has a central body, oval in plan, domed at the front and concave at the rear. A smaller domed element at each end has a pierced hole through the centre to hold a separate copper-alloy rivet. The rivets have flat heads and are flush with the front. At the front the central body is decorated with transverse incised grooves. This mount is drab brown with patches of corrosion. Height: 23.6mm; width: 11.3mm; thickness: 4.4mm; thickness including rivets: 6.0mm. Weight: 2.45g. This form of belt mount was ver…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-277880
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn Medieval silver short cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted by Willem at Canterbury. Class 7a3-7b4, 1217-1236 (North 1994: 222-223, refs: 978-979). When complete, the coin may have been bent. Obverse: [hENRI]CV[S REX]; Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: +WILLEM·O[ ]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.3mm. Weight: 0.44g. DA=12:3. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.