Record ID: YORYM-888289
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight or spindle whorl of uncertain date. The object is circular with a flat top and base, and rounded edges. A perforation runs through the centre and a piece of the edge has been lost to a worn break. It is undecorated. The metal is a light brownish-white colour. The object is 33.8mm in diameter, 6.2mm thick and weighs 25.1g. The perforation is 8.6mm in diameter. Lead spindle whorls and weights were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty without supporting archaeological context. T…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-888244
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle frame, missing its separate central bar and probable accompanying chape. The frame has incurved long edges while the short ends (the outside edges) are convex with an additional convex moulding to the inside edge. The underside of the frame is angled outwards while the upper surface carries moulded scrolls along the long edges and a moulded leaf design (with central groove for the pin rest) at the centre of the short edges. The object measures 42.4mm in length, 25.8mm in width, 5.2mm in thickness and weighs 8.7…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: DENO-887ED8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman radiate of Gallienus (sole reign AD 260-268) dating to the period AD 260-268 (Reece Period 13). VBERITAS AVG reverse type depicting Uberitas standing left, holding purse in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. Mint of Rome. Diameter: 15.7; Weight: 1.31g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-886F76
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight or spindle whorl of uncertain date. The object is circular with a flat top and base, and rounded edges. A perforation runs through the centre. It is undecorated. The metal is a light brownish-white colour. The object is 21.3mm in diameter, 8.4mm thick and weighs 24.7g. The perforation is 6mm in diameter. Lead spindle whorls and weights were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty without supporting archaeological context. The function of such objects is also difficult to determi…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Record ID: WILT-885D25
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy halfpenny token dating to the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century (c AD 1760-1900). The token is worn. The obverse appears to depict St George on a horse killing the dragon with the legend [ ... ] EVER FLOURISH. The reverse appears to depict a church and the legend [ ... ] HALFPENNY.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Downton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-885A42
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy thimble of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1750 - 1850. The thimble has a circular base, part of which is lost to worn breaks, with sloping sides which curve at the top where they form the crown, creating a dome. A series of drilled pits cover the dome and extend down the sides, terminating roughly two thirds of the way down. The base is decorated with three concentric grooves. The metal has a red/brown patina and is worn. The thimble is 20.4mm in height, 15.4mm in diameter, 0.3mm thick and weighs 3.2g. Thimbles have been in common use in England from the 14t…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-8852C9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy sub-annular buckle frame with central bar, creating two loops. It is missing a pin. The frame is oval in shape and triangular in cross-section, the underside being flat and theoutside edge to the front convex. The central bar is rectangular in cross-section, being taller than it is wide. It measures 19.5mm in length, 17.5mm in width, 2.7mm in thickness and weighs 1.83g. Whitehead has published similar buckles (Whitehead 2003, 48) for which he suggests the date 1650-1720.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-884CE1
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy thimble of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1750 - 1850. Roughly one third of the walls have been lost to worn breaks. The thimble would have had a circular base with sloping sides which curve at the top where they form the crown, creating a dome. A series of regular lozenge-shaped pits cover the dome and circular pits cover the remaining sides. The metal has a red/brown patina and is worn. The thimble is 21.1mm in height, 20.1mm in diameter, 0.8mm thick and weighs 3.9g. Thimbles have been in common use in England from the 14th century onwards and Geoff Egan (…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-883903
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but distorted copper-alloy thimble of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1750 - 1850. The thimble has a circular base with sloping sides which curve at the top where they form the crown, creating a dome. A series of regular concentric pits extend from the base of the crown to the base. Silvering is present on the crown. The metal has a green patina and is worn. The thimble is 23.3mm in height, 25.9mm in diameter, 0.9mm thick and weighs 4.3g. Thimbles have been in common use in England from the 14th century onwards and Geoff Egan (2010, p.265) states that no medieval thimble ind…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Record ID: SF-883508
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval penny (possibly a contemporary copy) of Henry III, dating to the period AD 1250-75. Class 5. Minted by uncertain moneyer in Canterbury. Thick flan and apparently miss-spelt moneyer - possibly indicates a contemporary copy of Walter of Canterbury of whom Class 5 copies do exist (see North 1995, BNJ 65, 97).
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-883281
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Colchester one piece brooch with the spring cast integrally with the bow, only the right side of the spring remains consisting of six curls. There is a rearwards facing hook on the top of the head which holds the external cord of the spring. small tabs/wing project either side of the head to protect the spring. The bow is plain and tapers to the pointed foot, catch plate is missing. Date. 25-60AD
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-881CB5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete tombac (copper and zinc alloy) mount or button of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1700. The mount is circular in plan with a hollow domed profile. The upper surface is decorated with a series of irregularly spaced concentric grooves. A band around the centre bears a curved ribbing design. No evidence of fixings are present. The metal has a shiny grey patina and is in good condition. The mount is 15.9mm in diameter, 3.5mm thick and weighs 1.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Record ID: IOW-881802
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver short cross cut farthing of Henry II (1154-1189), probably minted at Carlisle. Class 1b1, 1180-1185 (North 1994: 220, ref: 963). Obverse: [hENRIC]VS·R[EX]; Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: [ ]ON·C[ ]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Length: 8.9mm; width: 8.8mm. Weight: 0.25g. DA=12:12. North, J. J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-8810FE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
West Hope Deserted Medieval Village Project Site Summary: A fieldwalked assemblage of material from several adjacent fields in the West Hope area of the Corve Dale, South Shropshire. The site has been classified as a deserted or heavily shrunken medieval village based on the high percentage of domestic pottery vessels (especially cooking pots) which date from the late 12th - 14th centuries (AD1150 - c.1350) Overview Five rim sherds of local earthenware pottery most probably from similar thin walled domestic vessels. The sherds are undiagnostic and therefore due to their si…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-88107E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Antoninus Pius, Rome, obverse ANTONINVS AVG PI[...], laureate head right, reverse [...], emperor, veiled and togate, standing left sacrificing at altar, worn, AD138-61
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-880A65
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sleeve clasp of Early Medieval date, c.AD 450 - 570. Hines's Form B18c. The object comprises two raised circular panels on the main plate with an integral, sub-rectangular bar decorated with latitudinal ribbing to one side. An integral sub-rectangular "eye" with circular perforation projects to the opposite side between the two circular panels. Gilding is retained in the recessed areas of the clasp. The reverse of the clasp is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The clasp is 16.1mm long, 12.8mm wide, 1.4mm thick and weigh…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Record ID: DENO-880593
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy buckle dating to the period circa 1500-1650. The object is a spectacle buckle of the double loop oval with angled frame. It is characterised by a frame of two oval loops set either side of a central bar. The moulding of the loops are cricular on one side and flat on the other. The frame angles inwards at the point where it meets the bar. The pin is missing from the buckle. The object corresponds to the no 321 in Whitehead 1996, page 55. Length: 37.5mm; Width: 35.3mm; Weight: 8.36g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-87FEFC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Lucius Verus, Rome, reverse and further details illegible, some wear, AD161-9
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-87FB77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver halfgroat of James I (1603-1625), dating to AD 1606-7. Second coinage, escallop initial mark. London mint. North (1991: 146) no. 2104.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-87E855
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1720 - 1790. The buckle is a sub-rectangular knee buckle with a drilled frame to house a separate spindle. The spindle no longer remains and the frame is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 21.1mm long, 15.6mm wide, 3.4mm thick and weighs 1.7g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead p.111, no.712 and is dated to circa AD 1720 - 1790.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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