Record ID: YORYM-BAECA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval base silver or copper-alloy Northumbrian penny of Ælfwald II (806-8), moneyer name around cross reverse type. Moneyer Cuthheard. Mint of Northumbria. Ref: Naismith 2017: 118, no 659.
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Saturday 4th July 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-BA3009
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2018 T438 Description: A Roman silver ring, classified as type II in the Henig system, with space for a former mount that is now missing. The object shows a degree of verdigris indicating a substantial amount of copper present within the silver. The ring is probably of a second century date, using similar examples on the database. The loop in cross section is a compressed 'D' shape. The surface is unornamented and there are multiple small nicks around the thin edges of the main mount. The mount itself is now empty. Dimensions: 15.5mm wide in the upper part…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Etton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-B9629E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a ceramic possible spindle whorl of Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The object is formed of a semi-circular disc of possible Black Burnished ware (BB1) pottery. Approximately half of the object has been lost to worn breaks. One side of the remaining portion displays a slight raised rim, the other side has a recessed central band. A perforation is present through what would have been the middle of the object when complete. The object is 39.7mm long, 14.3mm wide, 10.7mm thick and weighs 8.2g. Similar objects have been recorded on the PAS database as SOM-C0F331, HAMP-04…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-B946EB
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy coin weight of medieval date, c.AD 1421 - 1471. The coin weight is circular and uniface with a single grooved border that encloses a punched crowned above a fleur-de-lis around a central recessed pellet. The reverse is flat and undecorated. This coin weight was issued for the half noble. The metal has a dark brown/green patina and is worn. The coin weight is 15.7mm in diameter, 2.6mm thick and weighs 3.2g. According to Withers and Withers (1995:34) this is an example of a group of "English weights made according to an Act of Parliament of 1421. Several pu…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-B92B01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 450 - 600. All that remains of the brooch is a zoomorphic terminal, possibly in the form of a horse's head. The fragment is narrow, comprising a spatulate terminal from which the D-sectioned bow extends, terminating in a worn break. The spatulate terminal bears moulded double banded chevron decoration extending from a central ridge. The ridge terminates in a double grooved chevron where the terminal "snout" becomes the shaft of the brooch. Midway along the shaft, two bulbous eyes project, one to either side…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-B8DB6C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date, c. AD 75 - 175. The head is ovate with a heavily corroded spring mechanism to the reverse. The corrosion obscures most of the detail of the spring but an axis bar remains fitted through it, its ends continuing to form a loop, held by a separate rectangular collar. A circular sectioned pin projects from the spring, tapering to a worn point. A circular sectioned bow extends from the front of the head, curving to a circular acanthus-style moulding flanked by double banded circumferential collars. The bow continues with a D-shaped s…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-B6E981
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of 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 ring of raised pellets. One side is significantly more worn than the other. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is worn. The spindle whorl is 31.5mm in diameter, 10.4mm thick and weighs 50.9g. The perforation is 10.8mm in diameter. Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the Post-Medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. De…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-B674CA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight of uncertain date. The object is circular and plano-convex with a flat base domed top. An irregular central perforation runs through the object and all surfaces appear undecorated. The metal has a light brown patina and is worn. The object is 23.9mm in diameter, 6.9mm thick and weighs 17.3g. The perforation is 9.5mm in diameter. The term 'weight' is used here in its broadest sense to include uses that do not involve weighing (e.g. holding-down, tensioning, etc.). They were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are di…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-B65753
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy vessel of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1850. The fragment is part of the leg of a cooking vessel such as a cauldron or posnet. The leg is roughly rectangular in plan and ovate in section expanding towards the top where it would have joined with the vessel proper. The foot turns outward slightly to the front of the leg. It is undecorated. The metal has a dark black/green patina and is worn. The fragment is 71.2mm long, 31.1mm wide, 18.7mm thick and weighs 166g. These objects are very common metal detector finds and are often found heavi…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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