Record ID: YORYM-7F15BC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval silver sceat (or proto-penny) of an anonymous ruler dating to the period AD 700 - 765. Series E. Variety L. Sub-group 11 depicting plumed bird right/beaded standard. Mint of Frisia. Abramson (2006), p.56, no.320.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-7ED118
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Northumbrian Anonymous blundered Styca dating to the period AD 850 - 867. Text mimicking moneyer name around central pellet reverse type. Northumbrian mint.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-7E50C3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy early medieval zoomorphic D-shaped single-looped buckle dating to c. 1000 - 1100 AD. The buckle has a bevelled inner edge and a rounded outer edge which bulges slightly at the apex. The strap bar is very narrow in the centre, widening towards both ends. The corners of the buckle are two stylized zoomorphic beasts which 'bite' the strap bar; these are formed from an enlarged section that is rectangular in plan and triangular in section, with incised ring and dot 'eyes' on each rectangular face. Small pointed spurs protrude from the bottom, forming little 'beaks'. These spu…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-7E30E0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete cast gilded silver pin, comprising the shield-shaped head with a small part of the shaft. The head is flat-sectioned with an irregular broken upper edge, and is engraved on one face with two probable back-to-back (addorsed) birds with wings crossed. The birds' heads, probably regardant (backward-looking) are now missing but probably took up the centre of the upper edge. Most of the pinhead is taken up with the bodies of the birds, on which oblique lines may represent feathers. The crossed wings are angled upwards, the rounded tops towards the base of the head a…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2020
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Record ID: BERK-7C44A2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near-complete silver hooked tag of early medieval date. It has a circular plate with incised ornament on the upper surface, consisting of a diagonal expanding arm cross with the arms terminating at 1, 4, 7 and 11 o'clock. Within each of the arms are two lines stretching across the width as decoration. There are two attachment holes near the upper part of the plate, located at 1 and 11 o'clock, within the terminals of the arms. Within the quarters formed by the cross are simple incised triangles with their peaks pointing towards the centre of the fastener Located at the bottom o…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosford and Water Eaton CP', grid reference and parish protected.