Record ID: DUR-4CCA74
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy weight of the Post Medieval to Modern period (AD1600-1900). The weight is square in shape and has bevelled sides. There is an inscription on one face XII or XVI, which is unclear due to wear, but is more probably XII. There are no other marks on the weight. As its weight is exactly two tenths of an ounce, it suggests that it could have had a number of uses such as an apothecary, trade or small bullion weight. It is not easy to give a definitive date for this weight because of the lack of markings. If it was an officially recognised unit, it would show a stam…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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Record ID: WILT-50B2FF
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post medieval farthing trade token from Tower Dock, London dating to AD 1648-1679. RICHARD.STONE.IN obverse depicting a wheatsheaf. TOVER.DOCKE.BAKARE reverse depicting R.E.S. Williamson, G C, 1889, Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales & Ireland, Elliot Stock, London vol 1, p 776, no 3190.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broad Chalke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-52BECD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably post medieval lead alloy bi-face trade token. Round in plan and 16.3mm in diameter, on one face there is a letter S with large 'fishtail' terminal ends. The reverse has a lower case letter h. Weight 1.7g.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-53042C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy halfpenny Conder token of Iron Master, James Wilkinson, AD 1728-1808. Token may date to 1792. Obverse shows wigged bust facing right. Obverse legend reads [JOHN WILKINS]ON IRONMASTER. Reverse shows seated female with stringed harp with illegible date in exergue below this. Reverse legend illegible ?[INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT]. Diameter is 26.97mm, thickness is 1.30mm, weight is 5.12g, and die axis is 6 o'clock. It has been suggested that this token is a forgery.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-553E01
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn, probably post medieval lead alloy bi-face trade token. One face has the letters W / H A in two lines. The reverse has a shield, with what appears to be a standing man or beast upon it. Weight 2.0g, diameter 12.8mm and thickness 2.3mm.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-4DD88E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper-alloy strap fitting of the Roman period (AD 45-450). The object is in the form of three circular inset heads in trefoil shape, each having a central rivet or bud. At the base of the trefoil is a shank of two short sides and a horizontal bar. The decoration on the object has been punched, forming depressed pellets. On the reverse is a stud behind the upper part of the trefoil, with similar decoration on the heads. The rivets at the centre of the heads can be seen at the reverse.The three heads could have contained enamel, glass or possibly coral though there …
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-55DF19
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy rowel from a spur. Five-pointed star with each arm thicker in the centre tapering down to the edges. Basal junction of each arm delineated in grooves forming a chevron leading to a central round axial hole. The thicker section down the centre of the arms is flattened and is decorated with a continuous row of oblique grooves. Significant gilding survives. Circa AD 13th -15th C.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
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Record ID: CAM-4F0120
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl probably dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period. The artefact weighs 31.38g (1.11oz). The whorl is sub-circular in shape and has a maximum diameter of 26.5mm and a depth of 8.6mm. The central perforation is cylindrical and has a diameter of 9.2mm. The artefact is a flattened plano-convex shape in profile, with straightened sides and a shallow convex upper surface. The flat base surface is slightly depressed. On this depressed side, there is a groove running across the whorl just to one side of the central perforation. The surface is fairly smooth but the…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-526017
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead pointed-oval seal matrix. On one face, set within a grooved-line pointed-oval border, is a fleur-de-lis is depicted in the upper half and in the lower part is a rectangular shaped boss, which is the remains of the integral loop. The other face has an inscription running around an unclear motif in the centre. The inscription is worn, but reads + S' [ ] (?ROB)ER.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4C3259
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval cast copper-alloy mount c.1550-1700. Oval in form and cast convex in the form of an acorn in low relief with small projections at its tip and base. On its concave underside are two, integrally cast fixing spikes, one at each end. Length 39.2mm, width 23.1mm, thickness 2.1mm and weight 9.3g.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 23rd September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-4E812A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy mount of the post-medieval period (AD1500-1700). The mount is in the form of a single multi-petalled plain flower with a central bud; this bud also acts as a rivet.The flower is very slightly convex.The flower is integrally attached to a wide flange which extends to a rear back plate, making a hollow space from which the rivet at the centre of the button can be seen. The plate is damaged with a hole at the base. The back plate covers the aperture forming a circular perforation; it extends to a flat top which is pierced with three very small perfor…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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Record ID: DUR-4EE1B4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy mount of the post-Medieval period (AD1500-1700). The mount is in the form of a trumpet-shaped flower with four points and with a long thin stem entwined around itself. There are a bunch of five stamens protruding from the top. The reverse of the flower is convex with adeeper groove across the centre.The end of the stem to the left of the flower has been broken off suggesting that there may have been some form of attachment fixing point here as there is no evidence on any other surface. The mount may have have been used for an item of furniture althoug…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-51CA0E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy bar mount that measures 17.2mm in length. The mount is comprised of three hemispherical cross-sectioned lobes, with a flat reverse. This artifact is covered in a green patina. The central lobe has no visable surface decoration and measures 7.7mm wide and has a thickness of 2.7mm. The reverse of the central lobe shows signs of corrosion or wear. Both terminal lobes contain central rivet holes. One terminal lobe measures 5.0mm wide, with a thickness of 2.2mm. A rivet survives within this terminal lobe's rivet hole. The rivet head sits flush with the artifacts sur…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
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Record ID: CAM-4D887D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy knife end-cap weighing 7.91g. The artefact has a maximum length of 16.2mm and a width of 15.6mm. This end-cap is sub-rectangular in cross-section with a central longitudinal slot on the underside with evidence of the remains of a corroded iron tang. The upper half of the end cap has three rounded concave bowl shaped cells on both sides giving a scallop shape to the top. These cells have a maximum diameter of 4.8mm. The object has a thickness of 5.8mm at this end. Underneath the two outer cells on both sides, there is a wedge-shaped groove starting from the…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: WILT-500ACD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy post medieval Chatel Tournois jetton, dating to the period AD 1373-1415. AVE MARIA GRASIA PLENA obverse, depicting the Chatel Tournois with a lis above a central triangle and annulets on top of the latera 'turrets'. Reverse depicting a triple stranded straight fleuretty within a four-arched tressure. It has a diameter of 23.14mm, a thickness of 0.93mm and weighs 1.48g. Cf. Mitchiner (1988) p.187 no.507.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
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Record ID: WILT-50DF28
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron bevelled horseshoe, probably of late medieval date (c AD 1450 - 1550). The object is a rounded U-shape in plan with a more purely U shape inner profile and is apparently complete. It has a broad web (47.63mm), tapering along the quarter of each branch towards the heel (27.79mm). The number and location of nail holes cannot be determined due to corrosion. It is also difficult to distinguish caulkins on the heels but it is likely it has 'upset' or thickened caulkins as there is a thickening of the metal here (13.25mm).There is some wear to the toe of the shoe. The side wall at t…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th January 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5208D8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy harness pendant. Cast equal-armed cross with rounded rounded-faced knops at the ends of its arms, an oval suspension loop at the top, with an angular hollow flanking each side of each arm on the display face the reverse is plain. The loop is incomplete and is at 9 degrees to the face. Height: 26.5mm, Width: 21.8mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 3.5mm, Weight: 3.3gms
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-5213F9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy flat axehead of the Early Bronze Age, dating to the period of 2200-1500 BC. It measures 78.36mm in length and 48.24mm in width. It is 10.21mm thick and weighs 159.11g. The axehead is broadly trapezoidal in shape. Its thickest point is in the middle, from where it tapers to the sides. The blade gradually widens towards the cutting edge edge. Both ends curve outwards slightly.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-51E537
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy finger-ring (c. 1500-c. 1700). The. ring has a wide, flat, integral circular bezel which has an incised circle around the outer edge.Two grooves form a cross and within each of the four quarters are further incisions which extend from the circle border. They are contained within arcs which extend from from the circular border. The hoop, which is 'D'-shaped in cross-section.The hoop of the ring is not level being concave/convex depending upon which way up it is viewed. The edge of the bezel is bevelled and is shaped in to regularly spaced arcs. Dia…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-516472
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, cast lead human figurine or terminal-figure knop , depicting a male character, possibly a soldier or Napolean, dating from the late 18th- late19th century. The figurine, facing front, is wearing a Napolean style hat, with his arms crossed over his chest. He is finely dressed with epilets, sash and stick or sword hanging down the left side. His legs are missing belown the knees. Possibly a cloak folded to the left. The figure is flat on the reverse measures 56.49mm in height, 7.55mm thick and weighs 45.55g. and has a grey patina.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2018
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