Record ID: NLM-3A18C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch. Cast hinged Colchester Derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD H 4-5 indeterminate. Possibly plain tubular wings clenched behind retain an axis bar for a cast pin which remains, albeit bent. The wings are clasped by a D-section bow with a thin but pronounced ridge at its crest. The lower bow may be beaded, and is at all events thinner as it nears the foot [lost]. Abraded, which has introduced some doubt as to the type to which this example may have belonged. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-150. Length: 23mm, Width: 18.3mm, Thickness (crest of bow but clear of ridge…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-3A1401
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman radiate or nummus, probably a contemporary copy. The coin is copying an uncertain emperor, dating to the period c. AD 260-402. Copying an uncertain reverse type. Reverse legend: illegble. Illegible obverse and legend. Mint: unknown.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3A0C5E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch. Cast hinged Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD H 4.k. Tubular wings with a single incised groove at either end clenched behind to retain an axis bar for a hinged pin of which the stub remains. The wings are clasped by a plain D section bow, which tapers towards a plain foot with the stub of an unpierced catch plate behind it. Now bent so as to exaggerate and contract the curve of the bow. This type was popular in the East Midlands. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-200. Length: 27mm, Width: 20.8mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 5.4mm, Weight: 4.86gms
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3A02D9
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin head, as kindly identified by the finder. Solid cast biconvex discoid head with the stub of a tapered shank of maximum diameter 4.9mm projecting. Iron staining may suggest deposit together with an item of iron. The surface of the pin head bears now ill-defined decoration in relief, possibly of a floral or vegetal character. Probably for dress or coiffure, or possibly from a more recent hat pin. Abraded. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, probably 1500-1700. Height: 14.1mm, Diameter: 14mm, Weight: 5.96gms
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-3A01FE
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dress fastener (dress hook / hooked tag) dating to the early post-medieval period. The fastener is broadly triangular in plan with four projecting knops, two down each long edge. There is an incomplete rectangular attachment loop at the top of the fastener, and a rounded, blunted 'hook' at the opposing end. The front surface of the fastener is decorated with moulded relief in the form of a robed human, front facing bust and upper torso in a field of pellets and annulets. There is the remains of a white metal coating evident. The reverse of the fastener …
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-39FA5D
Object type: SCOOP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy hemispherical seed drill scoop, with a slightly tapered stem of round section, broken at its end. This would have been attached to a revolving drum, and scooped seed from a hopper. It represents an early stage in the mechanisation of agriculture, and is a class of artefact often misidentified as for pharmaceutical use. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Length: 40mm, Diameter (bowl): 14.4mm, Weight: 5.37g.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-39F67D
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early post-medieval (1500-1700) copper-alloy book clasp, a hook piece with minor damage to the terminal expansion, and a missing rivet. It retains one corroded iron rivet c. 3 mm in diameter, in situ, at the terminal end. The clasp is formed from a thin rectangular strip of metal with one squared off end, beyond which a flat, rounded-end curved hook projects (2.9 mm wide, but tapering along its length), and the splayed terminal to the other. The strip is 0.7 mm in thickness. The empty rivet hole is counter sunk and is c. 2 mm on the front and c. 1 mm on the reverse. This…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Somborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-39EFB0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Obverse: crowned bust left with rose behind head; ELIZAB DG ANG FR ET H [IB REG] I. Reverse: square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend and date (1589) above shield; [P] OSVI / DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV. Crescent initial mark. The edge of the coin is damaged and curled back onto the obverse for a section on one side. Diameter: 26mm. Weight: 2.8g.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-39EF93
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy finger ring. Cast unusually thick square section band, thickened and slightly expanded at its bezel which appears to bear a small oval panel with the motif of a 'tick', as used by a popular brand of sportswear. Traces of gilding or of gold paint appear on both the inner and outer surfaces of the band. The diameter of the ring could suggest its use by a child, so it might be a toy. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-2000. Internal diameter: 16mm, Band Width: 8.4mm, Thickness (at bezel): 4.9mm, Weight: 10.27gms
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-39E7F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine (AD.306-361) (Reece period 17) dating to AD 330-335. Mint unknown. Reverse: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS with two soldiers and one standard.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-39E765
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy barbarous Roman radiate copying an uncertain emperor, dating to the period c. AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). Copying an unknown reverse type, possibly depicting a figure standing. Items are held in each hand but are too worn to identify. Reverse legend: present but illegble. Obverse depicts radiate bust right. Obverse legend is missing. Mint: unknown.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-39DCBC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Nerva (AD 96-98), dating to the period c.AD 97 (Reece period 5). CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM reverse type depicting Clasped hands. Mint of Rome. As RIC II, p. 224, no. 14. Diameter: 18.1mm, Weight: 2.78gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-39DB86
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete iron and copper alloy handle from an item of cutlery, probably a knife, dating to the period c. AD 1650 - 1850. It consists of a central iron tang, now heavily corroded, sandwiched between two covex sheet copper alloy plates. The plates exhibit a scrolling foliate design in low relief. Each plate is held in place by two rivets spaced evenly along the surviving length. The tang and both plates all termnate in old breaks. See also: BH-C67493.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-39B55C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman radiate coin of Gallienus dating to the period AD 253-268 (Reece Period 13). DIANAE CONS AVG reverse type depicts a stag going right.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-39B3FB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Halfpenny of William III (1694-1702), dated 1699 Obverse description: bust laureate cuirassed right. Obverse inscription: GVLIELMVS TERTIVS Reverse description: Britannia seated left, date in exergue: 1699. Reverse inscription: BRITAN NIA Diameter: 28.7mm, Weight: 9.60gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-39A974
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged cast copper alloy hooked tag dating to the early-medieval period. The fastener is broadly ovoid in plan with the remaining short stem of the projecting hook located at the narrow base of the main body. The upper, rounder end of the fastener is broken but may have been heart-shaped, or could have had projecting knops. The entire surface of the fastener is decorated with punched ring-and-dot motifs, all of which are slightly uneven and out of alignment with one another. There is the remains of a white metal coating evident. The reverse of the fastener is plain …
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-39A88E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. As or dupondius of an indeterminate early Roman ruler, issue of 43-200. Obverse description: Possibly bust. Reverse description: possibly a figure. Diameter: 28mm, Weight:10.96gms, die axis: possibly 6.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-399D25
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete perforated quartzite pebble hammer/'mace head' of Mesolithic to Neolithic date c. 9000-2355 BC. The surviving pebble is roughly a third of the original object creating a stunted C shape, the object being D-shaped in cross-section. The central perforation is convex, so when complete, this would have been an hour-glass shape. One of the breaks is smooth the other is irregular and rough to touch. The patina of the pebble is brown on the sides, grey on the curved outer surface and a lighter grey on the breaks. The quartz grains are particularly easy to observe in the latter …
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Mary Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-399BC4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Possibly an as of an indeterminate early Roman ruler, issue of 43-200. Chipped. Obverse description: Bust right, possibly long neck, all other detail lost. Diameter: 25.6mm, Weight: 3.54gms
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-39935A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy radiate of Claudius II (AD 268-270) dating to c. AD 268-270 (Reece period 13). Reverse: PM TR P II COS PP, Emperor standing left holding branch and baton. Mint of Rome. As Cunetio p. 123, no. 1933.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.