Record ID: YORYM-F0FCB6
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy seal matrix dating to the medieval period (AD 1200 - AD 1500). The seal matrix is circular in plan. The design consists of an eight pointed star formed from two interwoven squares. Inside the star there is a curled up animal, possibly a lion, with a long tail and small round ears. The inscription LEGE TEGE (read, conceal) surrounds the star, with each letter set in-between the star points. The whole design is encircled by a plain border. The reverse is flat and undecorated with a semi-circular suspension loop. The metal is worn and mid green in colour. The sea…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2020
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Record ID: SOM-F0FD00
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pipe tamper of Post-Medieval date. The tamper is in the form of a claw hammer but is missing half of the claw, the hammerhead, part of the shaft and the tamper itself due to old breaks. The block at the top of the shaft is rectangular in shape and measures 12.9 mm in length and 8.4 mm in width. At one end there is a small circular projection from which the now missing hammerhead would have extended. On the opposite side survives for 11.7 mm in length part of one of the two claws, now bent at 30 degrees angle upwards. The block is decorated on both flat su…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-F102F1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Roman radiate, possibly of Victorinus and therefore dating to the period AD 269-271. Most of the coin is illegible.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F10858
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine, uncertain mint, reverse GLORIA EXERCITVS standard type 1, mint mark illegible, AD335-7.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F10A87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver silique of Arcadius or Honorius, quite worn and clipped, mintmark missing, weight 0.72g, c.AD388-402
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F10FF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman nummus from the House of Valentinian, possibly of Valens and dating to the period AD 367-378. Reece Period 19. GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type, uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-F112E1
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete lead-alloy pilgrim badge of medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1400. The object is rectangular in plan with a narrow rectangular section. Each of the four corners are broken and worn though would have featured sewing holes. The front faces bears a moulded design featuring a knight on horseback riding left within a beaded border. The name +GVILELM is present along the top edge. The reverse is undecorated. The imagery represents St Guilhem-le-Desert of Southern France. St Guilhem was a cousin of Charlemagne who halted the invasion of the Frankish Kingdom by the Arabs in AD 793.…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
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Record ID: SF-F11948
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plated Medieval French coin of Charles VII, dating to AD 1422-1461. The obverse has the French shield with the three fleur-de-lis, inscribed in a three lobed double tressures; a crown on top of the shield; the legend reads [KAROLVS FR]ANC[ORVM: REX]. Reverse depicting a cross pattee inscribed in a four lobed double tressures; two fleures-de-lis on two angles, a possible crown visible on on of the other two; the legend reads [...]BENE[...]. Diameter: 24.91 mm Thickness: 1.17 mm Weight: 2.54 g
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F1195D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy nummus struck for Valens (AD 364-378) dating to c. AD 364-378. Reece period 19. Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Mint uncertain due to wear.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F128B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper-alloy contemporary copy of a nummus struck for the House of Constantine, dating to c. AD 330-340. Reece period 17. Reverse: no legend, she-wolf suckling twins, two stars above. Mint uncertain due to wear. This coin appears to mule an VRBS ROMA reverse and CONSTANTINOPOLIS obverse.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-F12EB1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Roman copper alloy finger ring. Width: 15 mm, thickness: 4 mm, diameter: 28 mm, weight: 24.44 g The object consists of a tapering sub rectangular sheet of copper alloy which has a bulging sub oval cross section. This has been wrapped around to form a ring/loop. The finder has been advised that it is a finger ring of Roman date. The colour does not seen correct for such a date but it was found outside my area.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-F12F89
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; a sestertius of Trajan (AD 98 - 117), (Reece Period 5). Mint of Rome. SENATVS POPVLVS QVE ROMANVS S C reverse showing Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. Compare RIC 672, and Cohen 352 (https://department.monm.edu/classics/COINS/data/id/trajan.htm) The coin is 36mm diameter, 4mm thick and weighs 21.85g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Saturday 23rd January 2021
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Record ID: DEV-F13CFF
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven flint scrapers of probable Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date, c. 4000-1,600 BC. 1. Incomplete secondary flake of slightly translucent brown flint with a small area of cortex surviving at the remaining distal end. Damage has resulted in the loss of both the proximal and distal ends, but with the suggestion of a large bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The left mesal edge of the dorsal face exhibits invasive, low angle, scalar retouch. length 35.9mm; width 40.4mm; thickness 6.7mm; weight 9.17g. 2. Secondary flake of opaque brown flint with cortex remaining on the left …
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F13EC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Roman radiate or nummus dating to the period AD 260-400. The coin is too worn for further identificaton.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-F14254
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver short cross cut half penny, probably Canterbury mint, (class 2-8), 1189-1247.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2018
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Record ID: SF-F14388
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy nummus struck for Gratian (AD 367-383) dating to c. AD 367-375. Reece period 19. Reverse: GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI, Emperor standing right holding spear and shield. Mint of Arles.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-F148BF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Roman radiate dating to the period AD 275-285. Possibly a barbarous radiate. The coin is too worn for further identificaton.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F1516D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy Roman nummus, probably of Crispus and dating to the period AD 318-324. Reece Period 16. VIRTIS EXERCIT reverse type, unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-F16273
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness mount, dating to 1200-1500AD Length: 35 mm, width: 11 mm, thickness: 2 mm, weight: 3.10 g. The object consists of two articulated plates, each one is sub rectangular in form and cross section. The upper portion (as shown) consists of a parallelogram shaped plate which has rounded projections in the centre of each of its sides. In its centre is a sunken quatrefoil motif with a probable circular projection in its centre. One of its corners houses a circular projection with a central hole. This forms a hinge mechanism and is surrounded by its acompanying …
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-F164BF
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible Post Medieval dress fastener, part of a composite wire hook and eye dating from about AD 1500 - 1700. It is a circular disc of copper alloy with no visible decoration surviving. On the reverse is attached a short length of copper alloy wire, laying along one edge of the disc. This probably once extended into a sideways projecting hook or loop for attachment. The object is 13.9mm diameter, 2.5mm thick and 1.37g. Possibly Read (2008) Class B, type 2, similar to number 598 on page 159.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Saturday 23rd January 2021
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