Record ID: YORYM-9B021C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Henry II, Richard I or John dating to the period circa c.AD 1180 - 1209. Short cross reverse. Moneyer Willelm. Mint of London. Class 1-5.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-9AD9AB
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probable dress hook of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The dress hook is similar to Reads Class D, Type 43 being lozenge in plan. The main plate lozenge shaped plate bears a recessed central quatrefoil design filled with blue enamel. An integral trefoil knop projects from the centre of each straight edge around the plate. A worn knop to one point of the lozenge represents the remains of the integral hook. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-black patina and is worn. The dress hook is 18.8mm long, 15.9mm wide, 2.6mm thick and w…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-9A9454
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Irish penny of Edward I dating to the period AD 1279 - 1302. Second Coinage. Long cross reverse. Mint of Dublin. Spink (2002), p.126, no. 6246.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-9A767B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy as or dupondius of an uncertain emperor dating to the 1st - 3rd century. Uncertain reverse type. Mint uncertain. The coin is extremely worn rendering any diagnostic detail illegible. It is pierced.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-9A59FF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Hadrian dating to the period AD 134 -138 (Reece Period 6). VENERIS FELICIS reverse type depicting Venus seated left holding Cupid and reversed spear. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p372, no.280.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-9A2B72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester derivative, rear hook brooch of Mackreth 2011, CD RH 2.e type of Roman date, c.AD 55 - 100. The head comprises tubular wings which act as a hinge mechanism for the pin. A pin loop remains fitted through a central slot to the reverse of the wings though the pin proper no longer remains having been lost to a worn break. Each wing is decorated with two groups of two evenly spaced parallel raised ridges; one plain, the second featuring curvilinear wrigglework. A circular sectioned bow extends centrally from the front of the wings curving st…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-99F313
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy standing weight of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1700. The weights are pyramidal in plan tapering from a wide square base to a narrower rounded tops. A perforation is present towards the top of the pyramid. The object is undecorated. The object is 57.5mm tall, 25.4 x.25.2mm at the base and weighs 176g.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-99B6D5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy trade weight of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1380 - 1600. The weight is shield shaped with rounded edges and corners. A worn and crude raised crowned fleur-de-lis design is present on the upper surface. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-white/brown patina and is worn. The weight is 70.5mm long, 47.8mm wide, 8.6mm thick and weighs 211g. Lead weights have been used in trade since the Roman period and were used for weighing quantities of coin as well as goods. Shield-shaped weights are a distinctive group of trade weights which a…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-99AAB4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1800. The spindle whorl is bi-conical with a central perforation running through it. Both surfaces are decorated with a four pointed star formed of raised transverse lives extending from the perforation to the edge of the object. The resulting external triangular cell house one raised pellet. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is worn. The spindle whorl is 29.1mm in diameter, 9.3mm thick and weighs 33.9g. The perforation is 10.2mm in diameter. Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from …
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-999F0B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1800. The spindle whorl is bi-conical with a central perforation running through it. Both surfaces are decorated with irregularly spaced raised lines radiating from the central perforation. Each resulting trapezoidal cell houses one or two raised pellets. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is worn. The spindle whorl is 29.9mm in diameter, 9.7mm thick and weighs 33.8g. The perforation is 9.4mm in diameter. Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-mediev…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-9990D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dragonesque brooch of Roman date, c.AD 75 - 175. The brooch is curvilinear in form resulting in a roughly S-shaped piece though one terminal has been lost to an old, worn break. There is a wide, sub-ovate central plate from which a narrow neck extends, curving back around and extending into a smaller s-shaped "dragon head" terminal which is joined to one edge of the central plate. The upper surface of the terminal has a moulded loop design. The central plate is decorated with two parallel ridge and grooved elongated s-shapes. The brooch has a D-shaped sectio…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-9973A6
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of the London based clothier Peter du Bois dating to the Post-Medieval period, c.AD 1618 - 1637. Only one disc of the four disc seal remains which features a central design of a copse of trees within a circular border. Text reading SERGE DE BOIS surrounds the image. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is worn. The object is 25.8mm in diameter, 2.9mm thick and weighs 7g.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-9907BC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward IV (First Reign; 1461-70), heavy coinage Class IV (1461-5; North 1544). Mint of Durham. Ref: North 1991: 84. The coin is heavily clipped and very worn. It has been pierced at 10 o'clock on the obverse, the piercing from obverse to reverse.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-985FD3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny probably of Edward IV dating to the period AD 1461 - 1465. First Reign. Long cross reverse. Mint of York. The coin is double struck.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-977D83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward IV dating to the period AD 1461 - 1465. First Reign. Long cross reverse. Mint of London. North Vol 2, p.84, no.1539.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-9752C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny of Henry VI dating to the period AD 1422 - 1461. Long cross reverse. Mint of London.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-9526A2
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2018 T356. Three silver ingots or hack silver fragments of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 800 - 1000. All were found in close proximity to one another. Ingot 1: U-shaped in plan with a lozenge section. Both ends have been cut and are worn. No testing nick marks are present. Possibly a fragment of a cut-down arm ring. Dimensions: Length: 47.9mm; Width: 5.3mm; Thickness: 4.8mm; Weight: 8.3g. Ingot 2: Partial bun-shaped ingot. Sub-ovate in plan and ovate in section with a smooth surface and rounded edges. One end has been cut and a flattened hammered area is present on o…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-951FC7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2018 T355. Description: A hoard of 35 Bronze Age fragments and one probable Post-Medieval fragment. The hoard contains one spear fragment, one sword or dagger fragment, one curved fragment, one rectangular fragment (the likely later addition) and 32 other indistinct fragments. All are copper-alloy. Spear: An incomplete copper-alloy socketed spearhead. Only the tip of the spear remains which is triangular in plan and lozenge in section with prominent mid-ribs as a result of the socket. The blade edges of the spearhead are bevelled. Both surfaces retain a brassy pati…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.