Record ID: GLO-1BB966
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy annular brooch. The incomplete frame is lozenge-shaped in cross-section and is decorated on the inside edge with a series for incised cross saltires. The outside of the frame is decorated with a double zigzag line that is formed from a series of stamped dots. Remains of the pin constriction are still present at one broken end. The cast copper-alloy pin is still retained complete, and has an open loop for attachment with a transverse moulded bar separating the loop from the main shaft. Filemarks are visible on the pin.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2018
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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: NMS-1B9D21
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and slightly bent medieval copper alloy composite strap end with a full width spacer secured with three rivets. The attachment edge and almost all of the strap socket missing. A series of lateral cut-outs and eight three-quarter round drilled holes have produced a large knop comprising two cruciform motifs with expanding arms. Above these there are four drilled holes and further cut-outs. Both faces are decorated with engraved transverse and longitudinal lines, and an oblique line can be seen on one face. Extant length 63mm. Length of spcer 61mm. Width 11.5mm. 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1B8A3D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A penny of Edward I AD1272-1307 Berwick-Upon-Tweed Mint, Possibly, North No.1079 or 1080, Class IV? AD.1300-1310 Obverse: Crowned bust facing with bifoliate crown side fleurs [EDW]A R ANG[L DNS hYB] Reverse: Long cross with three pellets in each angle, Roman E [VILL/ A BE/R]EV/VICI
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th 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: DEV-1B6878
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), dating to AD 1352-1356. Fourth coinage, pre-treaty series D, E, or F. Durham mint. North (1991: 50-52) nos. 1159, 1170, or 1177.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-1B58A6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Badly abraded and incomplete probably Middle Saxon or Late Saxon copper alloy strap end with an iron rivet through the split end. The rounded attachent edge carries faint signs of six filed edge notches on the front face. The sides taper gently towards an ancient break. Extant length 21.5mm. Length of split socket 11.5mm. Width 9.5mm. 8th - 10th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 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: WILT-1B50AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman contemporary copy radiate of Carausius dating to AD 286-293 (Reece period 14). Probably MONETA AVG reverse depicting a standing figure holding a transverse sceptre. Uncertain mint.
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.

Record ID: GLO-1B4E92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Silver Denarius of Severus Alexander (222-235) dated to AD 228 (Period 11) laureate head right IMP SEV ALEXAND AV[G] / Mars standing right, holding spear and resting left hand on shield [P M] TR P VII COS II P P
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1B4B7C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver long cross penny of Edward I or II[AD1272-1327].Bury St Edmund mint. Obverse:bust facing,wedged drapery,bifolate crown. +EDW[A R ANGL] DNS hYB. Reverse:Long cross with three pellets in each quarter.VILL/SCI[E/D]MV/NDI.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: SF-1B4771
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) mount, dating to AD 600-700. It is a crescent flat strip of metal which represents on its front face a bird head. The elements of the bird surviving are the beak and the eye, obtained by engraving. The break is on the back of the bird head, where a fragmentary semicircular perforation is still visible. The front face has traces of silvering. The back face is flat and undecorated. The bird head it could have been part of a zoomorphic shield mount, which finds parallel in the shield-mounts fount in the Sutton Hoo ship burial…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendlsham', grid reference and parish protected.

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: ESS-1B2F1C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a wheel made Roman New Forest beaker. The beaker dates to the period AD270-340. The fragment shows three decorative (pastry wheel) lines running around the circumference of the beaker. The beaker is Fulford's Type 27. A straight sided indented vessel. The fragment is 88.60mm high and 75.20mm wide. The fragment shows a greyish/brown glaze over an orange ochre base.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
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Record ID: BERK-1B2C45
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantius II dating to the period AD 347 - 348. Reece Period 17. VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN reverse type depicting two vistories standing facing, hold wreaths with palm branch between. Mint of Thessalonica. cf. RIC VIII Thessalonica 104.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: BUC-1B226F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy medieval buckle plate, dating from c. AD 1200-1400. The plate is square in shape, with two circular seperate rivets are in each outer corner. One of the outer corners has been bent over to the reverse side. Along the other edge is a triangular projection that folds over to the other side, with a rectangular slot in the centre for the pin. The projection would have originally folded over the pin bar. In the centre beside the rectangular slot is another circular seperate rivet, this holds the projection to the underside. The plate is decorated with incised lin…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
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