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    • Created: Sunday 29th April 2018
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Record ID: CAM-5D7341
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An iron axehead of uncertain date. The remains of this socketed tool-head weigh c.1.1kg (1100.00g). It has a length of c.160.0mm, maximum width of c.55.0mm and maximum height of c.61.0mm. The butt-end of the tool-head has an irregular oval shape through which is a sub-rectangular socket. This socket has a length of 39.0mm and width of 20.9mm. The width of the artefact then starts to taper forming what now appears to be a triangular cross-sectioned bladed end. Iron decay in the form of rust is present over all surfaces of this artefact and in places it is obvious that varying sized …
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2018
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Record ID: IOW-5E5167
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete unidentified iron and copper-alloy object of Unknown date and uncertain function. This object is in the form of a bi-conical terminal with a small portion of shaft. The outer end of the terminal has seven evenly spaced longitudinal grooves. The terminal is partially sheathed/encased in copper-alloy. Length: 18.5mm; width: 11.5mm; thickness: 10.4mm. Weight: 3.92g.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: IOW-5E18AA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Roman copper-alloy radiate or nummus of late-3rd to 4th century AD date, c. AD 260-402. Unknown type and mint. Obverse: Illegible. Reverse: Illegible. Length: 15.5mm; width: 10.8mm. Weight: 0.69g.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SWYOR-626B94
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A corroded, but possible copper alloy Roman coin; a contemporary copy (barbarous radiate) probably dating from AD 275 - 285 (Reece Period 14). The reverse depicts a soldier facing forwards, head right, holding a round shield in his left hand (on the right) and an upward pointing spear. There appears to be a beaded border. If this is a Roman coin, it is a very crude copy. The obverse is obscured with corrosion. The coin is 13.5mm diameter, 4mm thick and 1.81g.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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Record ID: IOW-5DD725
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy watch winder (c. 1825-c. 1900). The winding key and attachment loop are missing. A die stamped oval plate has the stubs of the attachment loop at the top and a collar at the bottom. The collar is circular in cross-section. Each side of the plate has raised decoration. One side has a male human bust facing left with indeterminate motifs to the upper left and right and lower left and right. The other side has a fox in the standing position facing left and looking forwards. There is a perched bird to the left and right of the fox. The bird t…
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NMS-5D2204
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast Post Medieval hooked clasp. Sub-circular central design of a human face in high relief. End of hook missing, Read, B. Hooked Clasps and Eyes (2008) p92; No.321. early Post Medieval circa AD 1500-1600.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 29th April 2018
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Record ID: IOW-5D97BD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete probable post-Medieval copper-alloy unidentified object (c. 1500-c. 1700). A broadly semi-circular object with an integral incomplete loop set at 90° to the semi-circular part. The front of the panel, between the loop and semi-circular part, has a ropework design. Each end of the semi-circular part has a break. The rear face is flat and plain. The design is similar in style to the ropework on some sword-belt fittings. This object is corroded green and has small patches of a black coating. Length: 24.0mm; width: 18.4mm; thickness: 6.0mm. Weight: 5.79g.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-5F91DA
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy hooked tag of Post-Medieval date. It has a flat back with circular openwork plate and integrally cast rectangular suspension loop at the top of the plate. The fastener has a circular main body with a border of raised pellets. The body of the fastener is decorated with a cross centred with a raised pellet. Each quarter has a series of decorative openwork perforation holes. There is an old break just below the main body where the hook would have once extended from. The fastener has a dark green patina. This hooked tag belongs to Read's Class E Ty…
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-629254
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A copper alloy post-medieval discoidal coin weight for a quarter-guinea, dating from AD 1760 - 1773. It is marked S.D / 5.3 in two lines in relief within a circumferential raised border on the obverse and reverse. The weight is 14.8mm diameter, 1.8mm thick and 1.79g. Compare PUBLIC-6441DA which cites a similar weight illustrated on page 63 of 'Lions, ships and angels' by Withers, and BUC-1E4366.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-62B38B
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A lead alloy Modern bag seal dating from about AD 1750 - 1950. It is circular with a slot through it for the cord. One face is partially legible and appears to read [...](ER & SMI)[...] round the edge. It is 15.6mm diameter, 3.5mm thick and 4.42g.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-62D366
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A lead Medieval or Post Medieval cloth seal dating from AD 1450 - 1700. It is a two disc seal, the discs joined by a tab forming a loop and crimped together. One disc is plain. The other is stamped with a chequered shield. The seal is 24.2mm long, 16.3mm wide and 3.9mm thick. 7.13g.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5F109D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch of medieval date range 1250-1400. A circular open frame with a small narrowed section to accomodate the pin. The frame is D-shaped in cross section, flat on the reverse. There are clear file marks on the reverse. The front is decorated with a continuous series of evenly spaced and deeply incised notches in the form of chevrons. The pin is missing. The brooch has an even dark green patina. External diameter - 28.84mm , Internal diameter - 20.53mm, thickness - 1.45mm. Weight - 2.1g
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-617A41
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy English jetton, probably an unofficial issue. King's sterling bust type, with a crowned forward facing bust (crudely depicted) on he obverse, with a border of val pellets, and a long cross pattee with three pellets in each angle on the reverse, again, a border of oval pellets. The jetton is 19.4mm diameter, 0.9mm thick and 1.19g. Compare BUC-B3689E which cites Mernick reference 6a.17.14, dating from about AD 1280-1340, and Mitchiner (1988, 106) no. 165. See also BUC-EB8996 and YORYM-F61CC7.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-618BB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver coin, a groat of Edward IV first reign (AD 1461 - AD 1470), Light Coinage, Type VIII, dating from AD 1464 - AD 1470. Obverse Initial Mark: Crown, with quatrefoils by neck and on breast. Reverse Initial Mark: Sun. Mint: London (Tower). See North Vol II, p87, No 1571. The coin is 25.1mm diameter, 0.9mm thick and 2.85g.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-620EB1
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval object, possibly a book fitting dating from AD 1200 - 1500. The object is a rectangular plate, almost square, which has a large and worn loop, in the same plane as the plate, projecting from one end. At the other end, two lugs project, one at each side, perforated to support an axis bar which is now missing. This bar could have been half of a hinged fitting, or could have been for suspension, as in a chatelaine. The metal is dark green and there are possible traces of a surface coating such as gilding on both faces. It is 28mm long, 15.1mm wide and 4.5mm thick.…
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-622E3E
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A late medieval to post medieval copper alloy suspension loop from a purse, dating from about AD 1450 - 1550. It consists of a rectangular suspension loop with a moulded eight faceted globular collar below. The shank or interal rivet, which would have originally passed through the purse bar, extends below. The purse loop is 32.4mm long, 20.5mm wide and 9.1mm thick. 10.35g. It has a dark brown patina. Compare NMS-821725 which cites Ward-Perkins (1940) Type B4, and SWYOR-A43428, classified as Ward-Perkins Type B5.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-630EEA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A silver Irish penny of Edward I, dating to the period AD 1279 - 1302. Mint of Dublin.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: CAM-5D8F2E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An iron axehead of Early-Medieval date. These early Anglo-Saxon 'Francisca', Frankish throwing axes date from the 5th to the 8th century AD. The example recorded in this PAS record is a type from early in the chronology of Francisca. The remains of this socketed tool-head weigh c.0.6kg (600.00g). It has a length of c.146.0mm, maximum width of c.37.0mm and maximum height of c.85.0mm. The butt-end of the tool is flat and sub-rectangular in shape measuring 41.5mm x 36.7mm with angular corners on all, but the upper, edges. The sides of the tool-head expand slightly with a convex curve …
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.


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