Record ID: NARC-C6781B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period 330-335. Reece Period 17. Reverse type GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting, two soldiers with two standards. Uncertain mint. Diameter: 14.14mm, Thickness: 1.68mm, Weight: 1.1g. The object is missing portions of its outer flan.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: BUC-C67656
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval cut half penny of John (AD 1199-1216) dating to 1204/5- c.1209. Minted in Canterbury by either Iohan B or Iohan M. Class 5b. North 1991, volume 1, page 221, number 970.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
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Record ID: BUC-C67065
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy jetton dating from AD 1447-1461. Shield of France modern type. A similar jetton can be found in Mitchiner, M. 1988, page 201, number 565.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: BH-C66C24
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Tudor pimple button dating to the late fifteenth or sixteenth century AD. The button possesses a sub-onion-shaped head and extends to an elongated oval suspension loop with a circular perforation. The button head measures 10mm in diameter and 8.5mm in thickness. The button has a length of 17mm. It weighs 3.37 grams.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: GLO-C664B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus unreadable emperor dated to AD c.300-400 [...], bust right / [...] indented bust facing left. This coin is a die error called a brockage
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: GLO-C65AC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dated to AD 335-341 (Reece 17) bust facing right [...] / two soldiers standing either side of one standard, [GLORIA EXERCITVS]
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: WAW-C65A09
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150-600 BC) pegged spearhead. The copper alloy spearhead is almost complete with the edges of the blade being abraded and the rim of the socket is damaged recently. The blade is a slender leaf-shape and the edges of the blade are slightly bevelled. The midrib tapers towards the tip, which is missing and expands to the socket. The socket is still filled with soil, and is 17.36mm diameter on the interior and 22.03mm diameter on the exterior. The socket is decorated with three bands of triple stranded grooves. On the exterior edges of the outer grooves there is a…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-C64E06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dated to AD 335-341 (Reece 17) bust facing right [...] / two soldiers standing either side of one standard, [GLORIA EXERCITVS]
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C643C5
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy decorated strip bracelet dating to the later Roman period. The bracelet is broken at the eye terminal, which would have been inserted throught the opposing hook terminal in order to secure the bracelet. The terminal is narrrow with the strip widening as it leaves the terminal end. The decoration is simple consisting of three repeating vertical linear ribs across the width of the bracelet, with a series of small dots between first and second rib. The edges on both sides are decorated with grooved lines at a 20 degree angle. The reverse is plain and undecorate…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-C64206
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, post medieval, gold, finger ring, AD.1550-1700. The ring is a plain gold band on the exterior. The interior is inscribed with the 'posy' legend, Love untire is my desire followed by a makers stamp of I G in a recessed lozenge. Discussion: Gold posy finger rings were poplar during the 15th through the 18th centuries. Variations of this inscription are recorded in Evans (1931: 72). An item with similar calligraphy can be found in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum (AN2011.32) which dates to the 16th and 17th centuries. Several parallels are reported as Treasure and …
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C6355A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, Roman hinged dolphin brooch. The wings are cylindrical, containing bar for the hinged pin. The brooch is incomplete, with only half of the pin missing. Both wings show signs of decoration, with a incised linear design around the wings end. The bow shape is has a dolphin profile, hence its name. The other end of the bow contains a worn catch plate for the pin. The condition of the fine, but has extensive corrosion.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C631BC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) strap end. The upper part is elongated and sub-rectangular in plan, narrowing towards the terminus. There is a single copper-alloy rivet still in situ at the wider end. Most of the under part is missing. At the end of a narrow neck, the terminus is moulded to form a three dimensional animal head with swept back ears and a long snout. It can be classified as Thomas Class B (2003 pp. 4-5).
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: GLO-C629B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I dated to AD 330-335 (Reece 17) bust facing right CONSTANTINVS AVG / two soldiers standing either side of two standards, GLORIA EXERCITVS in ex PLG
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: WAW-C6266E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: nummus of probably Constantine I (306-337) minted in Lyon during AD 321. BEATA TRANQUILLITAS reverse showing globe on top of altar. Mint is Lyon. RIC VII, p131, No. 129.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: BUC-C624CB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post medieval half groat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) dating to the third issue, 1584/5-1587. Mint of London. North 1991, volume II, page 137, number 2016.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
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Record ID: WAW-C6189F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (c. AD 50 to 300) patera mount: The mount is a cast copper-alloy zoomorphic mount in the form of a dog. The mount is broadly oval in plan and D-shaped in section, with a projecting rectangular hook-like element projecting from its upper edge which demonstrates a 'V' shaped channel on the reverse and was probably originally designed to accommodate an attachment ring. The body of the mount takes the form of a curled up dog, however the head is missing. It wears a collar which is decorated with annulets. The curves of the dog's legs are rendered by means of incised curving lines, w…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C6133C
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unpolished neolithic flaked axehead made from mottled grey flint. The source of the flint is probably the Lincolnshire Wolds. It is pointed oval in cross-section, and slightly convex across its length. One end of the axehead is broken off leaving a smooth end. One face has a crude longitudinal central ridge, with small patches of cortex visible on the ridge. The tip also has a small patch of cortex visible. It is 101mm long, 52mm wide, 25.6mm thick and weighs149.3g.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Nocton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C61253
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and worn silver siliqua struck for either Magnus Maximus (AD 383-388) or Flavius Victor (AD 387-388), dating to c. AD 383-388. Reece period 20. Reverse: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma enthroned left holding globe and inverted spear. Mint uncertain. NB-the image for this record has the wrong label, the reference number for that example was a duplicated record which has been deleted.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C60409
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy shoe or knee buckle frame dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1660-1720). The buckle consists of a slightly convex sub-trapezoidal symmetrical frame with flat expanded outer edges. The top and bottom edges of the frame taper inwards and consist of a moulded spherical spindle housing with scrolls either side which extend to the outer edges. There is a small amount of iron corrosion visible in the circular perforations in the housing that the spindle occupied. The underside of the buckle frame is plain and flat except for the spherical spindle housi…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: IOW-C60374
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A gold bezel from a Roman finger-ring, consisting of an intaglio within an ovoid sheet-metal setting, with the hoop of the ring almost entirely absent. The intaglio is of a dark-blue and grey stone, probably nicolo, which is engraved with a standing figure of Mars facing right, wearing a short tunic, a plumed helmet and holding a spear out in front and a shield that is resting on the ground behind. The intaglio is set within a recessed collar, rather crudely finished, that steps down to a lower rim decorated with incised lines that form 'V' shapes which run around the entirety of the …
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd May 2019
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