Record ID: HAMP-1F6A8F
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval lead alloy composite button, missing its loop. It is biconvex in shape and hollow, with two blow-holes to the reverse. The front half is decorated with cast radiating lines from a central pellet. The spaces between the radiating lines are decorated with, alternately, a vertical line of pellets and raised transverse ribs forming a ladder effect. The button measures 16.5mm in diameter, 14.7mm in height and weighs 5.26g. Cf. LON-719EF2 and Read, 2005 (111), which the author suggests a late 16th-17th century date for.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-1EBDD3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead circular double-sided token, dating to c. 1500-1850. The token has raised bust on one side within a raised edge; it is uncertain in which direction the bust is facing. The reverse has a raised letter A placed off-centre; it has no raised edge. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be post-medieval in date (1500-1850), those which seem to mimic medieval…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-1E4477
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval (1350-1450) copper alloy composite buckle, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The object comprises an oval lipped frame (the outside edge forming a triangular point at the centre) and an integral forked spacer plate. The internal measurements of the frame are 10x10mm and there is a transverse groove on the inside edge behind the lip (presumably a rest for the missing pin). The forked spacer extends 29.0x10.0mm behind the frame, narrowing in width to 9.5mm at the opposite end. A bar connects the arms behind the frame, with a thickened moulding to both faces agai…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Droxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-1D48FE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 307-61), CONSTANTINOPOLIS issue depicting Victory on prow to the reverse and dating to AD c.330-5 (Reece period 17). The metal is perhaps a lead alloy.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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