Record ID: BUC-584369
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable copper alloy casting sprue or manufacturing waste dating from the late Bronze Age to Modern period. The object is funnel shaped, round and flat on one side with an irregular shaped stem projecting from underneath. It has a dark green patina, with patches of red brown. It measures 21.8mm in length, 22.4mm in width, 17.7mm in thickness and weighs 19.13g. Similar records on the database include SF-EE942E, IOW-B7A300 and NLM-0CAEB5.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: BUC-589769
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sestersius, dupondius or as of an unknown emperor, dating from AD 43 to 250. On the reverse there is a figure standing, possibly holding a shield.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: DEV-596AB1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early post-medieval gold finger-ring, set with a probable emerald. The fragment consists of the bezel and upper shoulders only, and appears to have been heat-damaged. Although now misshapen, the bezel appears to have originally been quatrefoil in form, with a recessed field on each lobe and a raised border along the base. The shoulders project out from the interstice of two lobes on opposite sides, these being plain. The bezel holds a cracked turquoise stone in situ, this has been viewed by Dr Roger Taylor (Geologist at Royal Albert Memorial Museum), who on a prelimina…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton Pyne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-597509
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Post Medieval 'Rose/orb' jetton, possibly of Hans Shultes I, dating to AD 1553-1584. Obverse: Rose surrounded by three fleur-de-lis alternating with three crowns; fictitious legend. Reverse: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross within an ornamental tressure that has three main arches; three pair of pellets outside the tressure; fictitious legend. Pierced with a rectangular hole, probably counting mark. Cf Mitchener (1988, p. 403, nos. 1363passim) Diameter: 25.89 mm Thickness: 0.87 mm Weight: 1.57 g
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Parham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-59C31E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy seal matrix dating from AD 1300-1400. The seal matrix has a conical handle that is hexagonally faceted with a collar below an openwork sub-circular terminal with trefoil perforation. The die is circular and depicts a 'pelican in her piety', and shows a female pelican perching on the edge of her nest, pecking at her breast in order to draw the blood with which she feeds her three chicks in the nest below. The inscription which starts at the top and reads SVM PLICANE (pelican of God). Within the trefoil perforation is the remains of a copper alloy chain link. …
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: LON-59F15E
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy key (locking) finger ring dating AD 43-410. This is a finger ring with integral key, it is a Guiraud type 5a. The remaining hoop of the finger ring is plain with D-shaped section. The key bit is rectangular in plan and projects from the shank at ninety degrees to it. The shank is hollow-ended. The simple bit has an S-shape pattern formed from two opposing clefts, one set slightly lower down the bit than the other. Dimensions: length: 17.61mm; width: 9.68mm; weight: 3.73mm
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: LON-5A0049
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy pair of tweezers dating from 1st - 5th century. The object is formed by bending a sheet of copper alloy creating a sprung loop and at the ends curving the lower edges inwards. The grip is straight and tapers slightly to a wider tip. The tweezers are decorated with a incised liner border. Crummy illustrate similar tweezers (1983: 59, fig.63, no.1877, 1881) Dimensions: length: 37.59 mm; width: 11.80 mm; weight: 5.12g. Reference: Crummy, N. 1983. The Roman small finds from excava- tions in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Report 2 (Colchester).
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: LON-5A0254
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (early Anglo Saxon) copper alloy pair of tweezers dating 5th - 7th century. The object is formed by bending a sheet of copper alloy creating a sprung loop and at the ends curving the lower edges inwards. The grip is straight and tapers to a wide tip, making them triangular in shape. The tweezers are undecorated There are similar examples on the PAS database: LIN-A12FE3 and LIN-A29AD8. A similar example is also published in MacGregor & Bolick (1993:224 no 38.13) and the authors note that many of the published tweezers come from 5th or 6th century contexts but as …
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: WILT-5A0AE8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate imitiating Tetricus II, dating to AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). Imitating SPES PVBLICA reverse type, depicitng spes advancing left with flower and holding the hem of her dress.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2018
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Record ID: DOR-5A0BC8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy horse harness pendant. The plate is trapezoidal in shape and has a circular hole pierced through it towards the lower edge. There are traces of possible decoration on one face, but the surface is too corroded to be certain of what this comprises. At the centre of the upper edge is a suspension loop with a small circular hole, two of the corners of the plate have been bent inwards. Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1400 Dimensions: 42.25 mm x 29.27 mm x 0.75 mm Weight: 5.44 g A similar harness pendant is recorded in database record SWYOR-32BA40
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: ASHM-5A190D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn post-medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), 2nd issue (North 1998), dating to the period 1561-1582. Ref: North 1991: 135. Much of the obverse image is worn away, and little of the inscription remains. The reverse is partially legible.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5A1C7A
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval strap clasp dating from about AD 1250 - 1500. Only the sides and the outer end of the frame survive. The sides are vertical rather than flat pieces of sheet copper alloy, with iron corrosion from the missing bar. Possible holes in the sides near the ouer edge could indicate another bar or iron feature here. The outer edge is expanded into a triangular plates, the sides of which bend downwards to extend into the sides. The upper face of the outer edge is decorated with at least nine lines of rocker arm decoration, springing from the central part of the inner edge of the oute…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: LON-5A3369
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver, Early Medieval, penny (sceat), secondary phase, series H, type 48, AD.720-730, Ref: Gannon 2013: 114-5; nos. 469-72 Obverse: Four pellet rosettes around a cruciform with pellets at arm terminals, within a pellet border. Reverse: Three stylised wolves spiralling inwards.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Record ID: WILT-5A3D3D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate of Tetricus II, 272-4 AD (Reece Period 13), PRINC IVVENT reverse type, depicting the prince standing left with vertical sceptre and branch. mint I. cf. Normanby no. 1532.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2018
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Record ID: WILT-5A5387
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy probable barbarous radiate imitating Tetricus II, dating to AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). Uncertain reverse type, depictng a central standing figure.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Saturday 24th November 2018
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Record ID: GLO-5A68BA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~A copper alloy radiate, unreadable emperor dated to AD 260-293 Obverse: radiate bust facing right [...] Reverse: no detail remains [...]
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-5A73FD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy "shield-shaped strap end with a separate bar mount at the attachment end. The plate is rounded with a single, central hole at the lower edge and a notch on either side. The bar mount has a C-shaped cross section and is attached with an single, central rivet that has a sheet metal rove at the rear. The rove is rectangular and incomplete. Date: Medieval - c. 1350 - 1400 Dimensions: 15.86 mm x 12.66 mm x 3.33 mm Weight: 0.93 g A similar strap end is recorded in Egan & Pritchard, 1991, p. 156 - 157, No. 735 and others are recorded on the database e.g. ESS-0B9A86 & SOM-34D9E6
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
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Record ID: LON-5A893F
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to early Post Medieval lead alloy seal dating from AD 1300-1550. The seal is circular in plan and is decorated on the obverse with a horizontal central inscription []IM[]F star above and below within a four arched treasure and a pelleted border. The reverse is incomplete and is possible decorated with a portcullis. Dimensions: diameter: 20.44mm; thickness: 5.28mm; weight: 9.94g
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-5A8B93
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy strap fitting; a bar mount dating from AD 1200 - 1400. It has a circular body, with a smaller circular terminal lobe projecting from each end. There is a circular hole through the main body which is also decorated with five transverse grooves. There is the remains of a copper alloy rivet in one terminal, and an empty rivet hole in the other. The bar mount measures 19.4mm long, 8.9mm wide and 4.6mm thick. 1.5g. Similarly decorated bar mounts with central and terminal lobes from London date to the 13th and 14th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991; nos 1154-116…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-5A9123
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap-slide. A rectangular loop with a rectangular-section frame. At one edge is an integral external rivet with a sheet metal rove attached and the end splayed. The rove is rectangular and set lozenge fashion. Date: Medieval - c. 1250 - 1400. Dimensions: 13.93 mm x 14.82mm x 3.67 mm. Weight: 0.1.44 g. A similar strap-slide is recorded in Egan and Pritchard 1991, 230 - 232, no. 1245.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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