Record ID: IOW-232987
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle consisting of a frame and plate (c. 1200-c. 1450). The pin is missing. The frame is oval in plan, convex at the front and flat at the rear and measures 11.5mm in length, 16.3mm in width and 1.8mm in thickness. It has an ornate outside edge and a narrowed off-set bar. The outer edge is straight with a lobe at each end. The upper face of the outside edge has a pair of transverse ridges next to each lobe and the centre is plain with no pin-rest. In plan, the top and bottom edges are curved. The bar is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at t…
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-219DED
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval lead alloy double-sided token (1500-1850). Powell Type 2/1. Both sides have a raised design. One side has initial letters (possibly] and the other side has a crudely executed six-petalled 'compass-drawn' flower head formed of segments. This token is light buff. Diameter: 19.0mm. Weight: 5.43g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be post-Med…
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2159EF
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy possible spindle whorl of Unknown date (c. 43-c. 1800). The spindle whorl is circular in plan and is hemi-spherical, domed at the top and flat on the underside. A central hole has parallel sides and is 7.4mm in diameter. This spindle whorl is greyish buff. Length: 18.0mm; width: 17.4mm; thickness: 7.8mm. Weight: 12.42g. Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval or post-Medieval.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: IOW-210366
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy halfpenny token issued by Robert Bird Wilkins of Newport, Isle of Wight and dated 1792 on token (Champion 1995: 70, ref: 96). Obverse: ROBERT BIRD WILKINS; Bust left. Reverse: ISLE OF WIGHT HALFPENNY, 1792; An antique ship. Edge: Largely illegible and unclear but probably: 'Payable at his office in Newport'. There are tokens of this type with nothing on the edge. Diameter: 27.4mm. Weight: 9.93g. DA=12:6. Robert Bird Wilkins was an ironmonger, tin-plate worker, plumber, coal merchant and banker (Champion 1995: 70, ref. 96…
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: IOW-20A3C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and corroded Roman copper-alloy sestertius of uncertain 1st-3rd century AD ruler (AD 41-260). Unclear reverse type. Unclear mint. Obverse: Illegible; Unclear bust right. Reverse: Illegible. Diameter: 31.4mm. Weight: 18.75g.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: IOW-203E42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649), minted at London. Group D, initial marks: triangle/triangle, 1639-1640 (North 1991: 162, ref: 2258). Obverse: .CAROLVS.D.G.M.B:F.ET.[H ]REX.; Crowned bust facing left with II (mark of value) behind the head. Reverse: IVS[TITIA THR]ONVM [FIRMAT] (Justice strengthens the throne); Oval garnished shield. Diameter: 15.7mm. Weight: 0.90g. DA=12:6. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: IOW-1FBF7A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval silver penny of Edward II (1307-1327), minted at Bury St Edmunds. Class 11b1, 1312-1314 (North 1991: 36, ref: 1061/1). Obverse: EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB (angle-backed E); Crowned bust facing with a bifoliate crown and wedged drapery. Reverse: VILL/SCIE/DMV/NDI (angle-backed E); Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.0mm. Weight: 1.35g. DA=12:12. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: IOW-1F7C65
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn Medieval copper-alloy jetton struck for the King's Wardrobe (c. 1344-c. 1400). Mitchiner 1988: 119, ref: 255. Obverse: A lion rampant within a double stranded multifoil, all within an inner circle. A border of 'X's. Reverse: Four lis arranged in a cross around a central circle, all within a double stranded quatrefoil, within an inner circle. A border of Lombardic 'm's. Diameter: 29.2mm. Weight: 5.19g. Mitchiner, M. 1988. The Medieval Period And Nuremberg, Jetons Medalets & Tokens, Volume 1. Seaby: London.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.