Record ID: IOW-20F021
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and slightly bent post-Medieval copper-alloy pedestal/pendant seal matrix (c. 1600-c. 1700). The seal matrix is a sub-conical shape with a narrow rectangular shank which widens in width at the top to form a flat trefoil openwork suspension loop. The trefoil takes the form of two horizontal holes with a slightly larger hole above to form a suspension loop. One of the horizontal holes is incomplete due to a break. At the base the matrix widens to form the die of the matrix which is circular and illegible. This seal matrix is reddish brown with small patches of a dark…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2054BB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy sword-belt fitting (c. 1500-c. 1700). It consists of a sub-triangular main body with a break at one end and a knop at the opposite end. The central part is ovoid in plan with a single transverse ridge at one end and a double transverse ridge at the opposite end where the break has occurred. Beyond the single ridge there is a double knop, the larger of which is pierced and accommodates the remains of an iron rivet. Adjacent to the double ridge there are the remains of another iron rivet. The ovoid part is concave at the rear. Prior to being b…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-1FDF61
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval copper alloy dagger guard (quillon), probably dating to c. AD 1400-1550. The guard consists of a lozengiform bar which broadens to expanded hexagonal section terminals at either end, and has a rectangular hole for the dagger tang at the center. To one side projects a double-arched protective frame. The surface is worn and retains traces of green patina, and black laquer. Iron staining is present around the tang hole, suggesting the blade has corroded in-situ. Dimensions: length 45.7mm; width 26.3mm; thickness 5.6mm; weight 18.3g. Read (2001…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
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Record ID: IOW-1FBD8C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: cross-crosslet/cross-crosslet, 1560-1561 (North 1991: 133, ref: 1988). Obverse: E·D·G·ROSA·SINE·SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust left. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 13.7mm. Weight: 0.47g. DA=12:2. This coin appears to have been bent to form a 'love-token'. However, it has not been smoothed. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & …
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-1C6835
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval copper alloy coin weight, probably for a gold crown of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) weiging 2.74 grams or 42.3 grains. The coin is heavily worn and pitted making identification very difficult. The gold crown was first issued for Henry VIII in 1544 at 48 grains. The weight was reduced in Edward VI's reign to 42-43 grains where it remained throughout the reign of Elizabeth. The coin weight is bifacial. It is square in plan. The obverse appears to depict a shield emblazoned with a cross. The reverse depicts a V in a beaded circle. Weight: 2.74 g (42.3 grains); Len…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
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Record ID: WILT-1C66B8
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy coin weight of James I (in its revalued state) dating to AD 1604-1619. The weight is circular. The obverse depicts a crown over the value of IIII S /4 D 1/2 (4 shillings, 4 and a half pence). The reverse depicts a thistle flanked by the initials I R. Cf Withers, P and Withers BR, 2011, The Galata Guide to Coin-Weights Found in Britain: Lions Ships & Angels, Galata Print Ltd, Llanfyllin, p 20.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Downton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-1BB4F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver sixpence of William III dating to AD 1694-1702. The coin is worn and has a double bend. Obverse depicts a laureate bust facing right. Reverse depicts crowned cruciform shields. Uncertain mint. Spink 3520-3548 (Spink, 2009, Coins of England & The United Kingdom 45th edition, Spink, London pp 361-364, nos 3520-3548).
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-1BB380
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button with an integral drilled loop: a biconical, hollow openwork head with a small central nipple, six sub-triangular perforations on the front face, and six perforations on the rear face. Comparable with Baart et al. 1977, 185, no. 235, Margeson 1993, 20-2, fig. 11 no. 102 and Read 2005, 30, no. 93. Diameter 11.3mm. Length 17.2mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: BUC-1BA587
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped gun-flint from a flintlock musket of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1900. The flint is retangular in shape, and trapezoid in cross section, and has been worked around the edges of the flint. The flint is a light brown colour, with white patches. It measures 33.9mm in length, 25.8mm in width, 6.8mm in thickness, and weighs 8.23g. The gunflint is similar to YORYM-5F5645, which explains that 'the flintlock was first used from the mid 16th century and became part of the main regulation firearm for the British army during the reign of William III. The knapped flint w…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1B6D3E
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of shank from a post-medieval, cast lead-alloy spoon. Description: The fragment is from the centre of the shank between the bowl and terminal. It is hexagonal in section with faceted sides. There are rough breaks at each end with one end splaying out where it would have expanded to form the bowl of the spoon. Measurements: Length 41.51mm: width 7.01mm: Weight 8.38g
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: DENO-1B53E8
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy possible post-medieval candle holder consisting of one of three legs. The surviving leg is a narrow stem which bends at 90 degrees near its end. The terminal is pierced with a cylindrical rivet. At the opposite end the leg connects to a the broken edge of a circular socket, which connected the three legs and may have held a candle stick. The leg has moulded floral decoration. The rim of the socket has a slightly raised internal flange, with a series of small decorative flowers around it. The interior edge of the circle flange has a series of grooves around…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: BUC-1B53D1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post medieval half penny trade token dating to 1669 of Thomas Bridges of Eton, who was a candle maker. Williamson 1889, page 49, number 58.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
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Record ID: DENO-1B4444
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token dating to the 17th century, issued for a public house, The Blue Lion, in Bow Street, Westminster, London. Obverse: Lion left; AT THE BLEW LION IN. Reverse: O / E F; BOW STREET WESTMIN. It is noted in the British Musum publication by Edward Hawkins, Keeper of Antiquities in 1849 that the token likely dates from 1648-1782. Diameter: 15.5mm; Thickness: 1mm; Weight: 1.15g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 29th August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-1B380D
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, copper alloy seal matrix probably of post-Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1700. The face of the matrix is in the shape of a rough oval and carries a design consisting of an inverted letter V surmounted by an inverted semi-circle, probably a merchant's mark. There is no legend. Above the base is an integrally cast narrowed neck of rounded rectangular section and a circular suspension loop. The matrix has a dark brown patina. It is 11.1mm long, 9.1mm wide 16.5mm high. It weighs 4.11gm.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-1B11CE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and distorted copper alloy Post Medieval finger ring. The expanded flat-topped oval bezel (16 x 12.5mm) is in the style of a signet ring and engraved with a (worn and corroded) stag trippant to dexter. The distorted D-sectioned hoop tapers on both sides to old breaks. c.16th-17th century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: LIN-1B00A8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval or post-medieval copper alloy cooking pot leg. The leg is oval at the break at the top, and tapers to a flat foot of trapezoid section.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Branston and Mere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1AF964
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval lead button, probably dating from about AD 1500 - 1700. It is roughly oval in plan and conical. The upper surface is divided into seven segments of unequal size by moulded ridges radiating from a central raised pellet. Two adjacent segments each carry a single, large pellet; the others are undecorated. The underside is marked with a number of broad grooves, probably artefacts of the casting process. Any attachment loop is now missing. The button is 21.1mm in diameter and 13.2mm high. It weighs 18.73gm. A similar button is SOM-8B21BA which notes that "A number of com…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2018
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Record ID: LIN-1AF439
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead-alloy uniface token or tally (c. 1500-c. 1850). Powell Type 2/2. The token was originally circular and flat. One side is decorated with moulded pellets around the capital letter T. The right half of the token is missing, and it is likely that this would have contained a second letter, perhaps the initials of an individual such as that seen on an example from the Isle of Wight (IOW-606380). This token is pale buff. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have be…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Branston and Mere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1ADEC7
Object type: DOMINO
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy domino, dating from the post-Medieval period, about AD1700 - 1900. It is rectangular and flat in section. The upper surface is divided into two halves by a narrow transverse ridge. One half is blank and the other has five circular pits in the shape of a saltire. The underside is plain. The domino has a smooth, dark green patina. It is 32.3mm long, 13.2mm wide and 4.3mm thick. It weighs 13.04gm. Other post-medieval dominoes are recorded on the database: see for example KENT-57759D, NLM-D93194 and DENO-8FEF2E.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
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Record ID: DENO-1AD87A
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy post-medieval button possibly dating to the 17th to 19th centuries, missing its attachment loop. The button is a flat disc. The motif on the front is moulded in low relieve. The image is symmetrical and possibly floral. Recessed areas might have contained enamel, but none survives. The reverse is flat except for the stump of the attachment loop. Overall, the object measures 30.7 mm in diameter and 3.9 mm thick. It weighs 7.87 g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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