Record ID: PUBLIC-6BDC72
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy dress-hook of sixteenth century date (AD 1500-AD 1600). Length 31mm including pin, main body 24mm, maximum width 14mm and maximum thickness 9mm not including pin. Weight 9.55g. The piece is hollow and has a convex front and a flat rear plate. At the top is an integral hook for attachment. In plan, it is of trapezoidal shape. The width at the top is 13mm and the sides flare gently and evenly outwards towards the bottom where the width is 14mm. At each long side is a rebate, a form of groove. Between these grooves is a longitudinal zone of cross-hatching in …
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-68E26E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and worn Roman copper-alloy Roman dupondius of Trajan (AD 98-117), probably dating to the period AD 98-99 (Reece period 5). TR POT COS II P P, S C reverse type depicting Abundantia seated left on throne with cornucopiae as arms, holding vertical sceptre in right hand. Mint of Rome. Obverse: [...]; Radiate(?) head right. Reverse: TR POT-COS II P P, [S] C (in exergue); Abundantia seated left on throne with cornucopiae as arms, holding vertical sceptre in right hand. Diameter: 27.5mm. Weight: 10.57g. DA=12:6. Cf. RIC II no. 398.
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 22nd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-68B443
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch (AD 43-75). The pin, axis bar, the lower part of the bow and the catch-plate are missing. The rolled cylinder at the top is broken and distorted and would have held the axis bar. The axis bar was probably made of iron as there is iron staining on the inside of the cylinder. Beneath the cylinder the head is flat and concave at the sides. At the centre of the cylinder there is a slot to accommodate a pin loop. The bow has three vertical ridges forming four flutes. Each side of the bow has a projecting knop that has short arms and a …
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-6806DE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting (c. 1600-c. 1700). This fitting, possibly for sword belt, is oval (ovoid) in plan and has a suspension loop. The openwork plate is convex at the front and is concave at the rear. There is a suspension loop at one end and a knop at the opposite end. The plate has three vertical tear-drop shaped openings and between these and the knop there is a circular hole. This hole is filled with corroded copper-alloy, perhaps the remains of a rivet. Between the three openings and the ridge adjacent to the suspension loop there may be decora…
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-673724
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting (c. 1600-c. 1700). This object, possibly from a sword belt, is in the form of an oval (ovoid) hooked plate. From a 'trefoil' terminal the sides curve outwards and then inwards towards an integral forward facing hook. Between the hook and the plate there is a transverse ridge. The blunt tip of the hook makes contact with its shaft. Along the longitudinal centre line of the plate there are two rivet holes, one at each end. Both are filled with the remains of an iron rivet. Contained within the hook is a separate and free running rin…
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6581E3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval sword hanger, circa AD 1500 - 1700. The fitting is a sub rectangular plate which has a broken trilobed terminal at each end and bi-concave long sides. Three loops descend from one long edge of the plate, one still has part of the associated hanger looped through it. The plate contains a rivet hole in the centre and one in the middle of each terminal (one broken). Moulded floral and foliage decoration covers the face of the object. The reverse side is flat but not smooth and the rivet holes are prominently countersunk. The object has a dusty green patina…
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dereham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-64F4CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy double-looped buckle (AD c.1550-1650). The frame is bevelled on the front and flat at the rear. It has two oval loops which has moulded rosette decoration on the outer edge of each loop. The strap bar is narrowed and triangular with a lobed knop at either end. The pin is missing. The frame is a greenish grey. The frame measures 41.8mm long, 24mm wide, 2.6mm thick and weighs 6.3 grams. Similar type buckles can be seen in Whitehead (1996) p.66.
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-64C577
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Langton Down Type dating to the mid 1st century AD (25-60 AD). The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only. The foot, catchplate, spring and pin are all missing from old breaks. Of the head only part of the cylindrical cover which held the spring survives. This cover is open ended and formed of a flat sheet which would have been pinched closed. The bow rises perpendicular from the head and then bends immediately by 90 degrees to form the bow which is itself slightly curved. The bow has a width of 9.7mm a…
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Saturday 2nd October 2021
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Record ID: SUSS-64588F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin. Nummus of House of Constantine (306-361), Constantinopolis commemorative issue of 337-340. Reece period 17, mint of Arles. Obverse description: Helmeted bust of Constantinopolis left, CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS Reverse description: Victory with shield left holding spear. Shield behind and palm branch infront. PCONST in exergue The coin measures 17.5mm diameter, 1.4mm thick and weighs 1.9 grams.
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-63EAE7
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Miniature axe or axe-chisel of Bronze age to Roman date (2150 BC- 410 AD). The object is similar to solid flat axes with a tapering blade, resembling a miniature version of the earliest and simplest solid cast copper alloy axe-heads. The sides are slightly curved and the blades tappers to a rounded edge. The object is broken along the wider edge. The object has a heavily pitted light green patina. The broad date range has been given due to the form of the object most closely resembling early Bronze age axe heads, however there are numerous examples of Roman votive deposition of …
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-63AA0C
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy possible steel-yard weight AD 43-1800. The object weight is conical in shape. The bottom surface is flat. The upper surface is with a broken iron shaft protuding upwards from the centre. Iron within lead alloy weights often occurs with steel-yard weights. It has a light white patina. Weights such as this one can be of Roman through to Georgian in date The weight measures 25mm long (including rivet), 17.2mm diameter, and weighs 22.2 grams.
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-632710
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus, House of Valentinian AD.364-378, SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing left holding wreath, Reece period 19. Obverse, Laureate bust right. DN VALEN[...] Reverse, Probably Victory advancing left SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE The coin measures 17.1mm diameter, 1.4mm thick and weighs 1.73 grams.
Created on: Saturday 24th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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