Record ID: PUBLIC-F139C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Copper-alloy Medieval buckle from c.AD 1250 - 1400. The object consists of a single loop oval form buckle frame with a bar at each end. Two lobed knops flank a constriction on the outer edge of one, covered with a sheet metal roller. The strap bar opposite is narrowed and recessed. The object is in good condition albeit abraded with a powdery light green surface. c.f Whitehead (2003) Buckles 1250-1800, Page 23, No 105.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F07094
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Copper alloy single loop buckle of Medieval date. The buckle has a sub-rectangular loop with expanded outer edges. The obverse front edge is decorated with three transverse grooves one of which would have acted as a rest for the pin. The reverse is undecorated. The strap bar is narrowed and offset. The object has a dark green patina and appears to have been tinned. Dimensions: 13.6 mm in length, 14.6 mm in width, 2.5 mm thick, Weight 0.91 grams. Similar examples can be found in Whitehead, (2003) p27 are no.135-136 which are attributed to c. AD1350 - AD1400.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-EEB56A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval cast Copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame missing the pin. (c. AD1550-AD1650). The buckle frame is bevelled on the inside and in a good state of preservation with a stable surface, abraded with a light green patina remaining in patches. The frame is half round in cross section, flat on the reverse and the pin bar is sub triangular. The outer edges of the obverse are decorated with three transverse grooves on each loop. The overall dimensions are: Length 30.15 mm, width 19.32 mm, it is 1.87 mm thick and it weighs 3.51 grams. c.f Whitehead Buckles 1250-1800 P53 …
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-EDB909
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 17th-century token farthing issued by Mathew Jason at the White Lion, Deptford, London (formerly Kent) Williamson (1967, 359) Kent no. 81, dating 1648-1672 Description: Obverse: A lion rampant. Legend: '+MATHEW . lE[SSON] . AT . THE'. Reverse: 'M . I', flower stop . Legend: 'WHIT . LYON . IN . DEPFOR[D]'. Both Legends contain flower initial marks.and lozenge stops. Measurements: 15.5mm in diameter, 0.66mm thick and 0.77g in weight. Discussion: During the mid-17th century (c.1648-1672), due to a shortage of official coins, halfpenny and farthing tokens were issued by private…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: KENT-ED8DF5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded and heavily worn post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token halfpenny issued by Richard Mansfield of Deptford, London (formerly Kent) Williamson (1967, 360) Kent no. 186, dated 1665 (on token). Description: Obverse: 'HIS HALFE PENY' in three lines.. Legend: '+R[IC]HARD . MA[NSFE]ILD'. Reverse: 'R.M' . Legend: '[IN . ]DEAD[FO]RD . [1]665'. Both Legends contain flower initial marks. Measurements: 18.05mm in diameter, 0.45mm thick and 0.53g in weight. Discussion: During the mid-17th century (c.1648-1672), due to a shortage of official coins, halfpenny and farthing …
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: KENT-ECB87F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and highly abraded lead-alloy unifaced token of the Post-Medieval period, dating to AD1500 - AD 1850. Description: The token is uniface and circular. It has a highly irregular swastika design cast in relief with a box round its centre, the arms of the swastika do not reach the edge of the token's flan. The token is roughly flat and is a grey colour. The token is braded and one quarter is bent slightly down. Measurements: 15.56mm in diameter, 2.26mm thick and 3.36g in weight. Discussion: Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, …
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: KENT-ECA0BA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and lightly abraded lead-alloy unifaced token of the Post-Medieval period, dating to AD1500 - AD 1850. Description: The token is uniface and circular. Has a quartered design forming a cross and has a pellet in each angle. The token is roughly flat and is a grey colour. The token is braded and one quarter is bent slightly down. Measurements: 15.56mm in diameter, 2.26mm thick and 3.36g in weight. Discussion: Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are th…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: KENT-EC66D0
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy dress hook of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The dress hook is of Reads Early Post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasps, Class E, Type 3 being circular in plan. Description: The hook consists of a circular main plate decorated with a moulded openwork design featuring an equal armed cross and central pellet within a beaded border. The rectangular attachment loop and curved sharp hook remain although both are slightly warped/bent. The entire hook is patinated dark brown. Measurements: 34.72mm long, 16.9mm wide, 3.59mm thick and 2.15g in weight. Dis…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: BH-EC5176
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount dating to the post medieval period. The mount is rectangular in plan and is marginally notched on its longer edges. It possesses openwork decoration in the form of two rows of three crosses. It measures 20mm in length, 28mm in width and 1mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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Record ID: DEV-EC4D65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Roman copper alloy sesterius, dupondius or as, probably dating to c. AD 1-250. Uncertain reverse type, probably mint of Rome. A W-like symbol has been incised into one face.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-EC4908
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of James I, Tower, initial mark mullet, little wear, North 2106/1, 1611-12
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-EC41E6
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A (probably later) Bronze Age (c.1150-800 BC) copper alloy tanged awl, with both tang and pointed end slightly bent. The center of the awl is circular in cross-section, tapering to a rectangular-sectioned tang and circular-sectioned tip. The total length of the awl is 75.3mm, with the circular cross-section 4.3mm in diameter and a weight of 6.02g. The tang measures 2.4mm in width and 0.6mm in thickness, and the pointed end 1.0mm in diameter. The patina is greeny-brown in colour and a little rough. The form of the awl does not change much through time and similar objects are also note…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-EC3E13
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman (AD 43-100) copper alloy early Continental cruciform plate brooch with tinned (or silvered) surface to the front and a hinge mechanism, missing its pin and the curl of the catchplate. All damage is old. The plate is flat in cross-section (c. 1.3mm thick) with incurved edges, which terminate in two lobes divided by a central groove at the top and bottom of the brooch (these are now missing at the top), with the two sides terminating in single knops (only one survives). There is a sunken circular area at the centre of the plate (10.2mm diameter), decorated with a rope-effect rin…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Tytherley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-EC3B02
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly incomplete lead-alloy miniature object dating to the Roman period. The object appears to represent a large vessel with two handles. The rim is separated from the body by a single ribbed moulding, below which the handles extend. Each handle is approximately triangular in form. They rejoin the vessel at its base, where there is a further horizontal ribbed moulding. It is possible that the vessel is broken at this point, rather than it being the base. It measures 33mm in height, 36mm in width and 6mm in thickness. Miniature lead vessels are rare in Roman contexts, although gro…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
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Record ID: NMS-EC38CC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle - Late Saxon strap end of Thomas' (2003) Class A, Type 1, dating to the period c. AD 750 - 950. The split end exhibits a transverse break and is missing the rivet holes. The front of the plate is decorated with a quartered lozenge followed by a zoomorphic panel depicting a quardruped advancing right, the head turned to the left, bordered on each short edge by a row of pellets. The terminal is in the form of a zoomorphic head with long eachs and a pointed snout. See: Thomas, G, 2003, p. 2 - 3, fig. 1.1.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
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Record ID: OXON-EC36AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of twenty-two (22) very worn copper alloy Roman nummi (AE3s, AE4s) dating to the period AD 330-409. The coins are too worn and / or corroded for further identification.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: BH-EC198C
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy object, possibly a key handle and probably medieval or post-medieval in date. The object comprises a circular loop, which is hemispherical in section. At one end, the loop is decorated with an end knop. At the other, it extends to form a rectangular-section collar, decorated with two bands of marginal grooves. The collar then extends to a hollow circular-section terminal into which something was originally slotted. It measures 27mm in diameter and is 4mm in thickness. It weighs 3.1g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2019
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Record ID: NMS-EC01A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver threepence of Elizabeth I, Tower, worn almost smooth and further details illegible, 1561-82
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: KENT-EC00FB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Post-Medieval copper-alloy Rose Farthing (Type 1) of Charles I (1625-1649) dating to the period 1636-1644. Mintmark: Star. North (1991) no.2290. Measurements: 13.56mm in diameter, 1mm thick and 0.75g in weight
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Record ID: BH-EC004D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle frame dating to the eighteenth or nineteenth century AD. The buckle frame is rectangular in plan.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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