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Record ID: SWYOR-9C2E89
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast iron probable shot or cannon ball dating from the post-medieval period, about AD 1500-1700. It is a sphere of iron, with a slightly pitted and corroded surface, dark brown in colour. It is 39.5mm diameter (1,5 inches) and has a mass of 235g (eight and a quarter ounces). It may have been intended for use in a Serpentine cannon which had a nominal bore size of 1.5 inch diameter, firing shot weighing 0.75 lb, or a Rabinet cannon which fired shot weighing 8oz. Corrosion may have altered the size and weight of this example. Compare SOM-A0A8A2 which cites Blackmore (1990) Ar…
Created on: Saturday 26th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-95EEC9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin.
Description: A medieval, silver, cut shortcross farthing of Henry II class 1b, moneyer ALAIN or ALAIN V and so Carlisle, York or London mint.
Measurements: Radius 10.29mm: Weight 0.27g
Created on: Saturday 26th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: CAM-93065A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold signet (or seal) finger-ring, dating to the late 16th to 17th century AD. The bezel is oval in shape with a sub-rectangular cross-section. The external surface of the bezel measures 15.8mm x a width of 13.4mm. Approximately 0.5mm in from the edge is a beaded border formed of closely set short lines. A thin and shallow incised line runs around the inner side of the beaded border. At the centre of the bezel is a coat of arms on a flat-topped shield. The arms are 'on a bend three lions passant and in the sinister chief a mullet'. All of the details on the uppe…
Created on: Saturday 26th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-9287C0
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold pendant produced from an early-medieval coin which has been adapted with the addition of a gold suspension loop.
The coin is a Merovingian gold tremissis of the 'National Series' dating c.580-675, struck at the Paris mint (IN PALACIO) by the moneyer Landegiselus.
Obverse: diademed bust right; inscription: IN PA/LACIO
Reverse: a cross with pellet in each quarter, within a beaded inner circle; inscription: LANΔEGISILVM
Die axis: 9 o'clock. Weight is 1.45g, diameter is 12.8mm, thickness is 1.3mm.
Discussion:
Single coins are not normally considered under the Treasur…
Created on: Saturday 26th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2019
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