Record ID: ESS-7D9067
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval silver Spanish coin, likely a half-real of Ferdinand and Isabella dating to the period AD 1469 - 1504. Yoke obverse and sheaf of seven arrows reverse. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: KENT-7CEB97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper alloy trumpet brooch of Roman date (possibly c.AD 80-160). Description: The mid bow of a trumpet brooch, with a rounded mid bow moulding which does not pass all the way round, and tapering in both directions beyond this. The fragment is a brown to black colour, and very worn. Dimensions: Length 19.40mm, width 9.79mm, thickness 2.99mm and weight 1.67g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
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Record ID: KENT-7BF78B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A highly worn and incomplete roman copper-alloy AE3 nummus of possibly Crispus (AD 317-326), Constantine II (AD 317-340) or Constantius II (AD 324-361) possibly dating to c.AD 324-330 (Reece period 16). PROVIDENTIAE CAESS reverse type depicting a camp-gate with two turrets, star above. Unknown mint. Dimensions: Diameter 12.77mm, thickness 1.55mm and weight 0.71g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
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Record ID: ESS-7BE2C5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy cast strap fitting, likely a sword belt hanger, dating to 15th century. The item is fragmentary and shows the surviving left portion of the main plate. There is one surviving attachment loop and along the lower edge with a hook still in place through it. Originally there would have been three loops, spaced evenly, connected to the bottom edge, with a hook hanging from each. The remaining left side of the plate ends in a trifoliate terminal, expanding from a narrow waisted portion of the plate. The central lobe is perforated in order to accommodate a rivet, which wou…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-7B2A4D
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy book clasp of Medieval date, perhaps c. 1350 - 1450 AD, and of Howsam type A.1.3. The item is formed of a flat sub-circular plate with two loops and a bar at one end, encompassing the strap-fitting portion of the artefact. At the opposite side there is a collared zoomorphic terminal. The central plate has a circular drilled hole in the centre, which would have held a rivet that fixed the clasp in place on the book cover. The zoomorphic terminal also features a drilled side-to side hole, so perpendicular to the plane of on which the central plate hole is found. Th…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
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