Record ID: IOW-9D328A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Medieval silver-gilt finger-ring (c. 1300-c. 1400). Treasure case no. 2018 T284. The bezel is incomplete and most of the hoop is missing. The main part of the bezel is flat and when complete it was probably octagonal in plan. The upper face of the bezel has radiating grooves as decoration. At each end of the bezel, above the hoop, there is a granule. There are three smaller granules at the centre of the bezel. The bezel is soldered to the hoop which is rectangular in cross-section. One portion of the hoop has grooved decoration on the upper surface which may be in …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: IOW-9B41D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, worn and folded Medieval silver long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted at London. Class 3a-3b, 1248-1249 (North 1994: 226, refs: 986-987). Obverse: h[ENRICV]S RE[X III]; Crowned bust facing without sceptre. Reverse: [ ]NLV/NDE (ND ligated); Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: c. 17.5mm. Weight: 0.59g. DA=12:5-6. The coin was folded through 180° when found so that the obverse was not visible. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9AAA4A
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy scale knife stop/end-cap (1500-1600). The end-cap is broadly pentagonal in plan and has two broad flat faces. At the top there are three lobes and on each broad face each lobe has a circular 'blind' hole. On the underside a transverse slot contains the remains of an iron tang. This object is reddish brown with patches of a dull green patina. Height: 17.3mm; width: 16.0mm; thickness: 6.7mm. Weight: 7.97g. A similar knife end-cap has been published (Read 2001: 88, ref: 658). Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. L…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-99CD2E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216), minted at London by Willelm, Willelm B, Willelm L or Willelm T. Class 5b2-5c, c. 1205-1210 (North 1994: 221, refs: 970-971). Obverse: hENRICV[S REX]; Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: +WIL[ ]N·LV; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.3mm. Weight: 0.60g. DA=12:10-11. North, J. J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: IOW-98DA99
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Medieval copper-alloy single-loop buckle frame and folded sheet plate (c. 1250-c. 1400). The frame is trapezoidal in plan. It is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. Each outer corner has a bulbous knop. There may have been a smaller knop at each inner corner. However, due to corrosion it is difficult to be certain. There are the remains of a corroded iron pin. The bar is obscured. The folded sheet copper-alloy plate is probably recessed to accommodate the frame. The front of the plate is rectangular in plan and has a row of three evenly spaced …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: IOW-97E092
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy strap-end (c. 1000-c. 1100). Thomas class E, Type 1 'Winchester' (Thomas 2004: 2, fig. 4, refs: 22-24). The terminal end is missing. The openwork tongue-shaped strap-end is symmetrical and the decoration is derived from 'inhabited plant scroll'. It consists of an openwork design of simplified leaves which symmetrically branch from a central line with a cut-out at each side. The holes are bevelled on each face. The remains of the attachment end are flat and recessed at the front. At its centre are the remains of an iron rive…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.