Record ID: SOM-F0793D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy token farthing issued by the town of Bridgwater in 1666. Williamson (1891:974) Somerset 48.
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.

Record ID: SOM-EFD71A
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy open thimble dating to the period cAD1500 - 1620. The thimble has sloping sides and a continuous right-hand spiral of square indentations running from the base to the top rim. At the end of the indentations there is a stamped maker's mark of a crown with three circular rings inside a domed recessed panel. An incised line runs round the lower rim of the thimble. It measures 10.74mm in height, 19.17mm in diameter at the top and 21.09mm at the base and weighs 4.84g. Reference is made to this type of thimble in Holmes, FRG Datasheet 9, pg 3.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

Record ID: SOM-F01005
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy mount or stud with a flat top and single integral rivet on the back. The top is cast with a raised design on the front and slight concavities behind the design on the back. The design is of a central flower with four fluer de lis projecting out from it at right angles creating a cross shape. The fluer de lis have pellets below the curves of the outer pellets and possibly there are ones in each quatrer between the fluer de lis. The uoter edge is shaped to the petals of the fluer de lis. The rivet is square in section with a blunt, rounded end. The mount is…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F02B4E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantius II dating to the period AD 335 - 341 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers with one standard. Mint unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F0A5F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy core from a plated Iron Age stater of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, attributed to Cunobelinus, dating to the period AD 10-40, 'Cunobelinus Wild, Ring Type'. Obverse: C[A] - MV, Corn ear without central stalk. Reverse: Horse right with branch(?) above, pellet in ring and CV[NO] below. Contemporary copy of ABC 2783; BMC 1804-1808; VA 1933.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F0EE08
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Gratian dating to AD 375-378 (Reece Period 19). GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type, depicting the emperor advancing right dragging captive from the left and holding a standard. Minted at Arles. LRBC pt II no. 531.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pawlett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EF6F89
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy annular buckle dating to the period cAD1350 - 1650. The buckle has a simple circular frame with bevelled inside edge and a recessed strap bar. A seperately made copper alloy pin survives intact on the bar. The buckle measures 18.70mm in diameter and weighs 2.47g. Similar examples can be found in Whitehead (2003:44-45), to which he assigns a date range of AD 1350-1650.
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.

Record ID: SOM-F18A88
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy book clasp dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700. The fitting is rectangular in shape with one wider flaring end. The opposite end of the plate is straight and from the centre projects a broken hook which curves backwards. The tip of the hook is missing to an old break. There is a drilled rivet hole positioned 9.43mm near the flaring end and a rivet in situ at 3.6 mm. A second rivet is situated at 12.36mm from the hook. The front of the plate is decorated at the hook end with a horizontal band with a series of incised parallel lines reaching t…
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.