Record ID: PUBLIC-26F86D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the handle of a Medieval vessel. The 'strap' handle is a flat oval in cross section, with a central grove running horizontally on the oyter side. There are remains of a red-brown galze on both sides. The fabric is orange-red and is fully fired with no core. The fragment is 28mm long, 22mm wide and 7mm thick. it weighs 6.6g.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kempley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-240EB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Helena dating to the period AD 337 - 340 (Reece Period 17). PAX PVBLICA reverse type depicting Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII, p.143, no.63. Obverse description: Draped bust right Obverse inscription: [FL IVL HEL]ENAE AVG Reverse description: Pax standing left holding branch and sceptre Reverse inscription: [PAX PVB]LICA Dimensions: diameter: 12.66mm; weight: 0.68g.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-238CDE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 335-337 Reverse shows two soldiers and one standard. Reece period 17. Uncertain mint. Obverse description: Right facing bust, laureate Obverse inscription: [] Reverse description: two solders one standards Reverse inscription: GLORIA[EXERC ITVS] Dimensions: diameter: 14.53mm; weight: 1.42g.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Record ID: LON-23881C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine (AD 324-337) dating to the period AD335-337 Reverse shows two soldiers and one standard. Reece period 17. Uncertain mint. Obverse description: Right facing laureate bust Obverse inscription: [] Reverse description: two solders one standards Reverse inscription: GLORIAEXERC ITVS Dimensions: diameter: 13.97mm; weight: 1.09g.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-238175
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Constantius II as Caesar (AD 324-337) dating to the period AD336. Reverse shows two soldiers and one standard. -/-//*SLG Reece period 17. Mint of Lyons. RIC VII p.141 280 Obverse description: Right facing bust, cuirassed and diadem Obverse inscription: CON[STANTI-NVS MAX AVG] Reverse description: two solders one standards Reverse inscription: [GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS] Dimensions: diameter: 14.81mm; weight: 1.62g.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-2376A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine (AD 324-337) dating to the period AD335-337 Reverse shows two soldiers and one standard. Reece period 17. Uncertain mint. Obverse description: Right facing bust, cuirassed and laureate Obverse inscription: [] Reverse description: two solders one standards Reverse inscription: GLORIAEXERC ITVS Dimensions: diameter: 12.92mm; weight: 0.79g.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

Record ID: SWYOR-15D325
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead-alloy button, dating from about AD 1500-1650. The button is sub-conical and solid, with a convex front and a flat back. The front of the button has a central boss or pimple and eight radiating raised ribs within a hatched field. There is a casting seam on the back of the button and the remains of an integral attachment loop. PUBLIC-89D9BC is very similar and cites Read (2005) page 56 no. 207 which shows a similar button with a date of range of the 16th century to early 17th century. SOM-77CF09 is also simlar and cites the same book, number 211. The but…
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-15CD3F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting; an S shaped "snake" belt fastener of Post Medieval date, AD 1550 - 1900 or later. It is S shaped and zoomorphic, having the head of a snake at one end; the other end is broken. No decoration on the body of the snake is visible. There is a copper alloy loop, perhaps a link from a chain, round the neck of the complete terminal. The fastener displays a rough, dark green patina. It is 23.5mm long, 12.2mm wide and 3mm thick. 2.38g. Similar examples are illustrated in Gordon Bailey's Detector Finds 3 (1997), pages 20-21. Bailey states that the 'snake form be…
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-15C8D9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval strap fitting; the hook piece from a sword belt fitting dating from AD 1500 - 1700. The plate is sub-triangular in basic outline, with a wide three lobed terminal at one end, and a narrower lobe at the other end. The forward curving hook is missing. The plate is pierced by an iron rivet, of which only traces now survive, in the middle of the three lobed terminal. The front of the plate is decorated with a foliate design covering the plate. The sword belt fitting has a grey patina. It is 26.5mm long, 16.9mm wide and 3.8mm thick. 2.5g. Compare WILT-68414C which sho…
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-15C1BD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Rose and Orb jetton of Nuremberg Master Hans Schultes III, dating from about AD 1608-1612. Compare Mitchiner, 1988, p.413, no. 1415. Obverse: +GLVCK KVMBT VON.GOT ALEIN, Three crowns and three lis arranged centrifugally around a central rose, with six petals, all within an inner circle. Reverse: +HANS.SCHLTES.IN.NVRENBERG, An Imperial Orb surmounted by a cross pattee, with three pairs of quatrefoils arpund tressure, all within an inner circle. The jetton has a crack across the centre. It is 21mm diameter, 0.7mm thick and 0.8g.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-15AF08
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin: a cut farthing of Henry II (AD 1154-1189), probably class 1b dating from AD 1180 - 1185, Oxford mint, moneyer unknown. It is 13.9mm long, 9.8mm wide and 0.7mm thick. 0.3g. See North (1994), volume 1, number 963.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-15A92B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, single loop, D-shaped buckle with an expanded outer edge and a narrowed strap bar (Meols type 1), dating from the Medieval period, probably AD 1200 - 1400. The pin is missing. The buckle has a grey green patina. It is 19mm wide, 14.1mm long and 3mm thick. 2.2g. Similar buckles are illustrated in Whitehead, 2003, Buckles 1250 - 1800, page 19, numbers 52 - 54. See also Meols page 84.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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