Record ID: KENT-68BED7
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of cast copper-alloy spearhead, likely dating to the Middle Bronze Age (III) or Late Bronze Age - likely from the Wilburton, Blackmoor / Ewart Park phases. c.1200-750 BC. Description: The fragment represents most of the spear's upper section and is missing only part of the point. It is long, tapering and narrowing, with a very high angular midrib flanked by moulded channels. The fragment is very warped and bent, typical of intentional 'killed' bronze age objects, leaving it almost S-shaped in profile. On one side of the edge there is another possible intentional…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-6622F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Colchester derivative, Harlow brooch. This has a double pierced lug on the rear of the head for the spring and external cord, both of which are missing. The wings have a convex face with a hollow band at the tip. Expanded shoulders flank the head of the brooch, this are decorated with a beaded line. The front of the brooch is decorated with a low central ridge running down the front. The lower part of the bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catchplate.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-6827E1
Object type: CHAIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Middle Saxon connecting bar or suspension link from a chain. The object comprises a solid-cast rectangular-sectioned bar tapering from a broad end (4 x 3mm) with recessed loop to a narrow end (2 x 2mm) with a pair of engraved transverse lines on each face before a slightly recessed loop (diameter 4.7mm) set at 90° to that at the other end. Length 21.5mm. Weighs 1.15g. Cf. two broadly related links in Penn 2000 (EAA 92), Harford Farm Grave 19A, Fig.89, no.4. Second half of the 7th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th December 2021
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Record ID: NLM-69AF95
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery. Coal Measures Purple Ware, a grey reduced fabric with moderately abundant rounded black inclusions to length 2.5mm, and with a warty exterior with a dull green glaze; body sherd. A thumb print, possibly from attachment of a handle, appears on one edge. This sherd was kindly identified by Wallace Collyer of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1450-1550. Weight: 51.04gms
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-69C4A1
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and incomplete medieval copper alloy scabbard chape, trapezoidal, cast in one piece and folded in two, both faces with short vertical cut-out trefoil between stumps of the largely missing arms. Extant height 16.5mm. Extant width 20mm. 6mm thick. Similar form to those illustrated in Hinton 1990 in Biddle, fig.348, nos.4030-1 and de Reuck 1991, p.3, top left and right. 12th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
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Record ID: CORN-6ADB0B
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of seven fragments from at least two cast copper alloy plano-convex ingots dating from the Post-medieval period. 1. Ingot fragment, sub-square in plan, rhomboidal in profile and in section. Length 60 mm x width 53 mm x height 24 mm and weight 318.8 g. 2. Ingot fragment, triangular in plan and in section and plano-convex in profile. Length 63 mm x width 41 mm x height 40 mm and weight 270.55 g. 3. Ingot fragment, trapezoidal in plan and triangular in profile and in section. Length 55 mm x width 50 mm x height 28 mm and weight 218 g. 4. Ingot fragment, sub-square in pl…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gweek', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-691599
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded medieval copper alloy buckle frame, oval, with projecting semi-circular pin-rest, with broad pin-groove, sides with knop at both ends of the narrowed offset bar, pin missing. Length 20mm. Width 32mm. c.1250 - c.1400.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-69616E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn fragment of an Early Saxon copper alloy Cruciform brooch, Martin 2015, Group 2 or 3. The worn and ancient break lies above the grooved half-round moulding or collar. The animal-head has protruding eyes and flanking nostrils with drilled blind holes. Hollowed reverse. Extant length 39mm. Extant width 12mm. Weight 6.07g. c.475 - c.550.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-653088
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Bagenden type Aucissa derivative brooch in corroded and abraded condition, twin stumps where broken across pin-slot in the missing rolled head, broad flat-sectioned bow with remains of transverse mouldings on upper end and twin bosses flanked by vertical ribs on the rest of the bow, which is broken across the lower end and has the remains of two pairs of oposed perforated lugs on the sides. Foot missing. Extant length 25mm. Extant width 15mm. The Aucissa does not commonly occur in East Anglia (Mackreth 2011, 133). Mid 1st century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-66A9A3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval set of three copper alloy nested cup weights (possibly part of a set of six), jammed and corroded together, the outer two with punched ring-and-dots around the top of the rim. The solid central weight with traces of smaller punched dots forming a cross and border on the upper face. Outer diameters: of central weight 13mm; middle weight 18mm; outer weight 22.5mm. Height 10.5mm. Combined weight 27.19g / 419.6 grains / 0.9590 oz. Cf. Biddle 1990, 916, 921, nos. 3198-9; Egan 1998, no. 976. 15th -early 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-6A5315
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy handle, probably from a key, comprising a broken oval bow, a circular-sectioned hollow shank which expands and then narrows slightly before a collared aperture (diam. 10mm) containing the corroded remains of a broken inserted iron shank. Extant length 33mm. Extant width 20mm. Late 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-6759A2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy penannular finger ring or ear ring, corroded purplish metal, oval-sectioned, tapering to a point at both overlapped ends. Internal diameter 16-17mm. External diameter 19.5mm. Weighs 1.40g. Cf. Goodall in Rogerson and Dallas (1984) fig.110, nos.17, 20 and 21. 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-68763E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle Saxon copper alloy Ansate brooch of Thörle 2001, Gruppe II and Hübener 1972, Gruppe 1. Both oval terminals decorated with four punched ring-and-dots. Narrow D-sectioned bow, straightened and lowered by distortion. On the reverse of one terminal a perforation in the transverse pin lug is filled and obscured by iron corrosion, the other terminal is covered with solder. Length (distorted) 37mm. Width of terminals 12.5 and 13.5mm, of bow 6mm. Weighs 5.15g. c.720 - c.850 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
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Record ID: YORYM-66F7A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denarius of Elagabalus (AD 218-222), dating to the period AD 220 - 222 (Reece Period 10). FORTVNA REDVCI reverse type depicting Fortuna standing left holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 2, p. 34, no. 83A.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th November 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-698127
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sleeve clasp of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 450 - 570. Hines Class B12. The clasp comprises a sub-rectangular bar, one terminal of which is lost to a worn break. Two undecorated square panels with rectangular sections are linked by an integral narrower D-sectioned bar. The remains of a second such bar projects from the lower edge of the second panel and terminates in a worn break. Both bars are decorated with a series of transverse grooves resulting in a ribbed design. The reverse of the clasp is flat and undecorated. The metal has a dark green patin…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-70413F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver Blanc de Florette of Charles VII of France (AD1422-1461), issued between AD1422 and 1461. Mint: uncertain. The coin is very worn and heavily clipped around the circumference, with much of the legend lost. It has also been counter-stamped on the obverse side, with a fleur-de-lys over the left-side of the shield. Obverse: Three fleur-de-lys in a triad within a crowned shield, surrounded by three half-circles creating a trefoil. Legend: KAROLVS FRANCORVM REX Reverse: Long cross pattee with a crown and fleur-de-lis alternating in quadrants. Legend: SIT NOMEN DN…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
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Record ID: KENT-676EF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly clipped penny of Robert II (1371-1390) of Scotland. First period, type IIIa (Spink S5145) dating 1371-85/6. Mint: Edinburgh. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 29. Measurements: 17.31mm in diameter, 0.48mm thick and 0.74g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-6A4C8F
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper-alloy dress hook of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 5 being trefoil in plan. The main plate is an openwork trefoil knot design with a D-shaped section. An integral D-shape sectioned hook extends from the lower curved edge of the bottom loop of the knot, terminating in a worn break. Two small circular details, possibly representing roses, mark the join between the main plate and the sub-rectangular attachment loop. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
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Record ID: NLM-6A2CAE
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cuff link fragment. A flat discoid plate standing proud of a plain rim, with a stamped motif comprising a pair of hearts below an arched crown with joining hands between crown and hearts, the hands projecting from ill-defined marginal features representing their owners. A central scar on the reverse shows the former position of an element connecting this plate with a counterpart. This is a variation upon a romantic theme traditionally associated with loyal celebration of the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1661. The motif remained popular at least until the …
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-66698A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy plate headed pin dating to the early medieval period (AD 800 - AD 1000). The pin head is in the form of an inverted triangular plate with rounded edges. The plate is decorated with three ring and dot motifs with central perforations, two positioned above the third. The shaft tapers in size and terminates in worn point. The metal is worn and mid green in colour. The pin is 60.8 mm long, 17.3 mm wide, and 0.7 mm thick. It weighs 2.3 g. Other varieties of plate headed pins have been recorded on the PAS database (e.g. YORYM-546D89, YORYM-0EB048) and are discussed i…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2020
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