Record ID: WMID-CC105C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy, possible token of possibly the Post Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1500 - AD 1800. The token has been broken around the edge, and would have been circular in plan. The obvers depicts a bust left, with pellets around the top of the head, maybe depicting a stylised crown or headdress. There is a rectangular rim around the edge and there does not appear to be any legend around the token. The reverse of the object appears to depict three robed figures standing side by side, the central figure appears to be holding a shield or similar at their feet. The …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: WMID-CC7526
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200 - 2000 BC). The flat axe is broadly sub triangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slightly tapering edges. In cross section the axe is rectangular. One long edge is curved and the opposite is relatively flat. The tips of the crescent shaped blade have been damaged through either abrasion or wear, as has the blade edge itself. A distinct blade facet is not present; it has been lost through abrasion. There is no evidence of any for…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
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Record ID: WMID-CCF931
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, incomplete, contemporary copy of a radiate or nummus of probably the House of Constantine (AD 307 - AD 361), dating from probably AD 307 - AD 318 (Reece Period: 15). Reverse type possibly GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, depicting Genius standing facing with corn measure on his head holding cornucopiae or GENIO POP ROM, depicting Genius standing facing with corn measure, cornucopiae. Mint: Unclear. Cf. Reece and James (2000), page 32 - 3, No 65 and 68. Diameter: 20.2 mm Thickness: 2.8 mm Weight: 3.9 g Coin is heavily worn and the depictions on obverse and reverse are crud…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: WMID-CDBC92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy dupondius or as, of uncertain emperor, but probably of 1st to 3rd century AD dating. Reverse type uncertain, depicts a possible figure standing left, holding a spear or sceptre on left. Mint uncertain. Diameter: 28.0 mm Thickness: 3.6 mm Weight: 12.8 g
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: WAW-CFF3B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (c. 80-200) trumpet brooch: The copper alloy brooch head is oval with traces of two vertical perforated lugs on each side edge of the reverse. The axis bar, spring and pin is missing. On the upper edge of the bow head there is a trace of a head loop. The bow protrudes from the centre of the bow head and tapers on the upper portion. The bow head is decorated with a circular cell filled with blue enamel. The upper bow is decorated with a triple stranded ridges. The mid portion of the bow has a prominent semi-circular panel. This panel, on the outer face is decorated with a central…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
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Record ID: WAW-CD6558
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval coin: silver Scottish penny of Alexander III of Scotland (1249-1286) First Coinage (Long Cross and Stars) class IIId (Spink S5043) dating to 1250-c. 1280. Moneyer: Willem. Mint Berwick. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 17.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2020
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Record ID: SOM-CD065C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 330-335 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers and two standards. Mint of Trier.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CC6AFD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper alloy Nuremberg Jetton issued by an unclear Master, dating to AD 1500-1585. Rose/Orb type depicting three crowns,probably flanked by annulets and alternating with three fleur de lis around a central rose on the obverse and the imperial orb surmounted by a cross within a three arched tressure on the reverse. Mitchiner (1988) pp.377-81.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CE1C63
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy double looped buckle frame dating to AC 1550 to 1650. The buckle has two oval loops with moulded rosette decoration on the outer edge of each loop and lobed knops at either end of the central strap bar. The pin is missing. The front is convex and the back is flat and undecorated. The buckle is deformed in such a way that one loop curves in a convex profile. It surface has a green patina with traces of iron corrosion on the upper surface of the right rosette. The frame measures 42.3 mm in length, 30.8 mm in width, 2.6 mm in thickness and weighs 6.41 g. …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CE556E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy double looped buckle frame dating to AD 1350 to 1650. The buckle has two oval loops divided by a narrowed and recessed axis bar. The bar has slight knops at each end. The front is convex and the back is flat. The buckle is deformed in such a way that each loop curves giving a concave profile. The surface is covered by a brown-green patina. No decoration. The frame measures 37.3 mm in length, 25.8 mm in width, 2.5 mm in thickness and weighs 4.03 g. This style of buckle is quite common and numerous examples are documentedon this database. Compare similar…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CE76A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative initial T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-100. The brooch survives largely complete, missing only its pin and with the catchplate incomplete due to abrasion. At the head of the brooch the wings survive to a width of 24.6mm, these are cylindrical; retaining a copper alloy axis bar in situ, and with a sub-rectangular slot cut into the reverse to accomodate a hinged pin. The wings are c. 4.1mm in diameter, with the reverse of the left wing partially lost. The bow projects from the head with a width of 6.7mm, and is broadly plano-c…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CEDE8F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Henry V (AD 1413-1422). Class C, D, or F. Minted in York. North (1991: 71) no. 1400-1401, 1403.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CFF414
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post Medieval copper alloy foot from a cooking vessel probably dating to AD 1200 to 1650. The foot is trapezoidal in section and with three narrow ribs on the outer surface. The piece measures 60.7 mm in length, 35.2 mmin width, 26.7 mm in thickness and weighs 147.03 g. Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from AD 1200 to 1700. Legs and feet are the most commonly recorded find and Butler et alii (2009, 4) suggest there were four main types of leg used. This is an example of Type A which seems to have been in widespread use in te medieval period with some examples …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-D14AD9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint scrapers, probably dating to c. 3,300-1,600BC. 1. A thumbnail scraper worked from a reused primary or secondary flake of grey-brown flint; cortex covers those areas of the dorsal face which do not exhibit retouch, c. 60%. The flake has no clear point or bulb of percussion, with one facet of the dorsal face at the proximal end and the ventral face much more heavily patinated, suggesting the reuse of an older tool. The dorsal face exhibits long, scalar retouch, abrupt along the left edge, becoming semi-abrupt at the distal end and right …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-D17A1C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Valens dating to AD 364 to 378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory walking left with a wreath and a palm. Mint of Aquileia. LRBC pt.II no. 1036.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Record ID: SF-CF46B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: a pierced silver denarius of Severus Alexander (AD 222-235) dating to c. AD 227 (Reece period 11). Reverse: PM TR P VI COS II PP, emperor standing left sacrificing over tripod. Mint of Rome. RIC IV (II), p. 75, no. 70. The coin has been pierced slightly to the right of the bust, respecting both it and the obverse legend in a clear act which would have allowed the coin to be suspended with the bust upright. Date: AD 227 Dimensions: diameter: 19.22mm, 3.21g. Discussion: single coin finds are not usually considered as Treasure under the Treasure Act unless mod…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Halesworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CF1968
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: a pierced silver denarius of Severus Alexander (AD 222-235) dating to c. AD 227 (Reece period 11). Reverse: PM TR P VI COS II PP, emperor standing left sacrificing over tripod. Mint of Rome. RIC IV (II), p. 75, no. 70. The coin has been pierced slightly to the right of the bust, respecting both it and the obverse legend in a clear act which would have allowed the coin to be suspended with the bust upright. Date: AD 227 Dimensions: diameter: 19.22mm, 3.21g. Discussion: single coin finds are not usually considered as Treasure under the Treasure Act unless modified in a wa…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D02459
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of copper-alloy tweezers of probable early medieval or medieval date, and which were probably used to hold pages of a book. The tweezers comprise two slender arms, arced at the top, and with slightly flared and inturned nibs at the terminals. The loop end has a very slight shoulder making it 1mm wider than the arms at that end. Approximately one third from the end is a metal bar which is bent around the arms which would have been used to secure them when not in use. The arms are not decorated. They measure 64.56mm in length, 9.73mm in width, 5.67mm in thickness and weighs 8.63g…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frieston area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CFC3B8
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete cast copper alloy barb-spring Medieval padlock case. The barrel is made of two rectangular shapes, the top ( to which the prong is attached) being wider than the bottom. In section it is two adjacent squares with a square below and centred. Together the squares form a 'T' shape. One side of the barrel is patterned on both the upper and lower rectangles.On the bottom rectangle the pattern is a series of equally spaced vertical lines..The top rectangle has an wavy toothed line. The prong at the pointed end curves towards the barrel. The depth from the top of the barrel t…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D033C8
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late post-medieval copper-alloy hinged book clasp. One part of the hinge is flat, measuring 30mm long, 17mm wide and 1mm thick. At the non-hinged end there is a central hole 3mm in diameter. The long sides have an undulating curved pattern. The reverse has no decoration, whereas the front has some lettering scratched in it, probably a monogram consisting of the letters WN in an 18th- or 19th-century curving script. The other part has been bent, but was originally flat. It is 20mm long, 17mm wide and 1mm thick. It has two decorative tear- or comma-shaped holes near the hinge en…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Freiston', grid reference and parish protected.