Record ID: SOM-A420B9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large medieval copper alloy seal matrix which has been damaged, probably deliberately to deface it, The seal is circular with a flat back and an irregular hole through the centre. This hole appears to have removed the deepest part of the central design possibly by slicing or breaking the handle off the back, taking the centre with it. The back is now smooth with areas or rougher brighter green corrosion. The front has a central design of a shield with square top and curved sides meeting at a point at the bottom, the remaining decoration appears to be vair but there is of course no …
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Sunday 30th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lillington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A2489F
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver thimble. A composite two-piece silver thimble. It is made from sheet silver comprising a single piece for the body and a separate dome. It has a vertical soldered side seam joining the ends of the body and a horizontal seam joining the dome to the upper edge of the body.The exterior of the thimble is decorated with concentric bands of stamped square pits around the body, divided by three pairs of diagonal incised lines with unstamped areas between. The diagonal lines run from top right to bottom left. The dome is decorated with concentric bands of stamped circular pits with a…
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A23D51
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver pin with a gilded zoomorphic head, dating probably to the Early Medieval period. The pin has an ungilded shank of circular section, which tapers to a point. The end is slightly bent. The head of the pin takes the form of a gilded moulded animal head, snout downwards, with small, pointed ears at the back. The forehead is decorated with an incised chevron, point downwards. Below this are raised brow ridges, above slight indentations in which the eyes are delineated by incised pointed ovals. The nose is slightly pointed and the mouth is open. The underside of the head is flat an…
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A10F79
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy finger ring. The hoop is oval and D-shaped in cross section. The hoop is narrow at the rear and expands through the sloping shoulders into a flat, oval bezel. There is an oval recess in the bezel which probably originally held a glass or gemstone intaglio. A Henig Type XII ring Date: Roman - c. AD 200 - 300 Dimensions: 22.38 mm x 8.47 mm x 2.75 mm Weight: 5.15 g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-A0C578
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An enamelled copper alloy skeuomorphic plate brooch in the form of an axe. The brooch consists of a rectangular haft and an axehead with a small, squared loop with a circular aperture at the top. The axehead is trapezoidal in shape with an in-curved lower edge and an out-curved upper edge. The haft has a reserve of metal around the outer edges and is recessed, containing traces of red enamel. The axehead is divided into two recessed cells separated by metal reserves. The upper trapezoidal cell contains traces of red enamel and the the lower crescent shaped cell contains blue enamel. T…
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-A08B1F
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy toggle. The body of the toggle is cylindrical in shape with a rounded, drop-shaped attachment loop projecting from the centre of the body. The body tapers slightly to each of the ends. The ends are concave. The toggle is undecorated save for a circumferential groove running around each end of the cylindrical body and a raised central ring in the indentation on either end. Date: Late Iron Age to early Roman - c. 100BC - 75AD Dimensions: 31.54 mm x 18.18 mm x 7.33 mm Weight: 11.96 g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Sunday 24th March 2024
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Record ID: DOR-A00667
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy French jetton. Obverse:AVE M[ARIA GRACI]A PLENA DOMI - Rose in a six arched tressure Reverse: CA[V]E - Triple stranded cross fleuretty in a four- arched tresssure, letters in external angles Date: Medieval - c. 1380- 1440 Diameter: 22.90 mm Weight: 2.14 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Record ID: DOR-9F8DAF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of the deified Claudius II (AD 268 - 270) dating to AD 270 (Reece period 13). CONSECRATIO, altar reverse type Date: Roman Diameter: 17.78 mm Weight: 2.60 g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
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Record ID: DOR-9F68DB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of the deified Constantine I (AD 306 - 337) dating to AD337 - 341 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers and one standard reverse type Date: Roman Diameter: 13.69 mm Weight: 1.11 g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: DOR-9D0E29
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Geta (198 - 212) dating to AD 200 (Reece period 10). PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Geta standing in military dress holding branch and sceptre with a trophy behind reverse type. Reference: RIC IV, part I, No 18 Date: Roman Diameter: 18.08 mm Weight: 2.51 g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Record ID: DOR-9C6A8F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy barbarous radiate dating to c. 275 - 285. A standing figure on the reverse. Date: Roman Diameter: 15.43 mm Weight: 1.04 g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Record ID: DOR-9C4AB8
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy awl. The the awl is sub-circular in cross-section and is faceted longitudinally. It tapers to a point at both ends. One end is slightly thicker than the other and is damaged and corroded. Date: Bronze Age - c. 2150 - 800 BC Dimensions: 47.62 mm x 6.62 mm Weight: 5.77g Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but ones of this form are known to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC).
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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