Record ID: WMID-E933E8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date, circa (AD 1100-1600). In plan the spindle whorl is sub-circular and in profile is bi-convex. There is a central sub-circular perforation which is 11.7 mm in diameter. Both faces have been decorated with a repeating pattern of ribs forming a zig zag pattern.The surface of the spindle whorl is cream to grey in colour . There are many spindle whorls recorded on the database, (WMID-16C0FC) was discovered in the Staffordshire Moorlands and (WMID-B1DE0D) near Walsall in the West Midlands. Spindle whorls are used for a long per…
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: WMID-E93304
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy flat spindle whorl, of Roman to Post Medieval dating (AD 43 - AD 1650). The spindle whorl is sub circular in shape, and D shaped in profile. The central hole is sub circular in shape and has an internal diameter measuring 7.2 mm wide. Both faces are undecorated. The front face is convex and the reverse face is flat. The whorl is of a light cream colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail. Spindle whorls, as an artefact type, can be…
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: WMID-E8812F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and distorted silver Medieval penny of Edward I (AD 1272-1307) or Edward II (AD 1307-1327). Minted in Bury St. Edmunds. probably class 8a - 11a. Dating to AD 1294-1307. North (1991) No's 1034/1 - 1060/1.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: IOW-E874E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), minted at London. Class 8c, c. 1294-1299 (North 1991: 30, ref: 1035). Obverse: +EDWR ANGL' DNS hYB' (top tilted S); Crowned bust facing with a trifoliate crown and thick wedged drapery. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON (top tilted S); Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.6. Weight: 1.15g. DA=12:3-4 North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-E84953
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver cut half penny of uncertain ruler (AD 1247-1279). Voided long cross reverse with three pellets in each quarter. Uncertain mint. Unknown Moneyer. The coin has been clipped removing much of the legend.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: WMID-E7EDA6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Post Medieval Halfgroat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) Initial Mark: Bell (AD 1582-1583) third issue c.1583 - 1603 AD. London mint. North (1991) No 2016.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-E7C88E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy semis of Augustus (31 BC-AD 14), dating to the period c. AD 9-14 (Reece period 1). ROM ET AVG reverse depicting The Altar of Lugdunum. Mint of Lugdunum. Cf. RIC I, nos. 234, 246. Dimensions: diameter: 18.93mm; weight: 4.18g
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E59F1B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age La Tène III brooch, pin missing. Two coils survive of the spring, broken chord. The bow is decorated with twin engraved longitudinal grooves, and now folded in half widthways. Length (unbent) 47mm. Maximum width of bow 4.5mm, thickness 0.7mm. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Saturday 9th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E5588F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete bent medieval copper alloy plate (1mm thick), one end rounded and perforated, the sides chamfered to form two pairs of short opposed transverse ribs on both edges on the face, the other end broken beyond a single rivet retaining a fragment of broken plate (1mm thick) on reverse. Extant length (unbent) 35mm. Width 5mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E53BD7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy spur alloy buckle, oval frame with straight outside edge between twin knops, broken slightly tapering integral plate, terminal missing, drilled perforation containing a copper alloy wire pin, transverse rib, extant rivet hole with copper alloy rivet. Extant length 24mm. Width 14mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-E51E3E
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy key, probably for a casket, oval bow with a circular aperture, shank of sub-oval section with hollowed end. Simple bit with opposed rectangular cut-outs. Length 34mm. Width of bow 10mm. Cf. Egan (1998), pp. 111-119, who suggests a broad date range of 1100-1300.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-E4F9E1
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval key for casket, formed from cut and folded sheet, with perforated oval bow, simple bit and projecting pin, folded in half widthways. Length (unfolded) 50mm. Bow width 10mm (round aperture diameter 3.5mm). Bit 8 x 8mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-E4D023
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount or strap fitting in the form of a stylised crowned head, with a separate copper alloy rivet. The face, hollowed on the reverse, has an engraved transverse line only, the crown is notched and engraved. Cf. Ivens et al. 1995, 351, fig. 153 no. 62. Height 17mm. Width 13mm. 14th - early 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-E4BBC4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Pendent-loop from a bar mount for a belt, circular with collared knop and offset bar. Length 13mm. Width 10.5mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard (1991) fig.138, no.1192. 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-E45175
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bar mount, D-sectioned bar pierced by two rivet-holes, both chamfered on reverse, one broken, end missing, the other with copper aloy rivet. Width 5.5mm. Length 15mm. 1.2mm thick. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-E435BE
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy early stock jetton of Tournai, 'crown' issue, dating to the period 1415-1497. Reference: Mitchiner 651 et. seq., no.661 for the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-E42F6C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (AD 796-821), of North's Group I (without portrait), Substantive Type, dating to AD 796-c.805.The coin is now bent in half from 2 o'clock to 8 o'clock on the obverse, enclosing the reverse; it is therefore not possible to identify the moneyer and mint (Canterbury or London). Reference: North 342; BMC 93; Cn. 5-22. Update 21.9.18: The finder has had the coin annealed and straightened (see additional images provided by finder). This gives a tribrach moline of three lines and the moneyer's name Ludaman (Ludoman is mentioned for Lond…
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-E421A9
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy rumbler bell from harness, unperforated expansion at the end of the (?unfinished) flat-sectioned stem, hollow globular sheet body with four 'petals' crimped together at base, corroded iron pea. Height 22.5mm, diameter 23-6mm. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: BUC-E3E35D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy scabbard chape dating to the late Bronze Age, 1150 - 800 BC. The chape is sub triangular or ogival in shape, and lozenge shaped in cross section. At the open end the chape curves upwards into two convex arms, creating a crescent shape. The outside edges curve down gradually to half way down the chape, before narrowing at a more steep angle. The chape terminates with a rounded knop, at the end of which is a circular hole and rivet to attach the knop. Running down the centre of the chape on both sides is a raised ridge, this slopes gradually down to the edge of t…
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-E3E252
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin: a nummus of Valens (AD 364-378), dating from AD 367-375 (Reece Period 19). Reverse: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Mint of Siscia. As LRBC II nos. 1390-1395 (LRBC number 1394 on page 71). Compare SF-99ED14. The coin is 17.3mm diameter, 1.7mm thick and 1.3g.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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