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Record ID: NMS-31EAA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut halfpenny of Edward the Confessor. Obverse; bust c, in front of bust, sceptre Reverse; expanding cross type - short cross voided with expanded limbs joined at the base by two circles. North 822. Circa AD1050-1053.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
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Record ID: BUC-30CC69
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Anglo Scandinavian horse harness fitting, dating to 11th century AD. The fragment is part of a Type 2 cheekpiece, consisting of a triangular shaped plate, which has been broken across a circular hole. The breaks are worn, as is the surface, but is possibly decorated with an incised triple border running along the edges of the cheekpiece. The cheekpiece narrows and ends in a rounded knop. After this the fitting narrows to a shaft which is semi circular in cross section, before terminating in another rounded knop. In cross section the fitting curves slightly, and does n…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Saturday 19th October 2019
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Record ID: KENT-30B9DB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval/Anglo Saxon silver sceat. Series A (primary) A2, type2a. dating c.680-700. Ref: Abramason (2012) No.3.30 Measurements: diameter: 12.47mm, thickness: 1.46mm, weight:1.03g
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: BUC-2EB044
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy stirrup strap mount, dating to c.1070-1140. The mount is Williams Class A, Type 10c. The mount is sub triangular in shape, with the longer sides arching out slightly. The front of the mount is decoration with moulded high relief decoration, depicting an animal viewed from above, with the head at the narrowed end, with a leg either side and the paw curved round. The head of the creature has a rounded snout, and two circular hollows for eyes. Above the snout is a circular perforation for attachment. Above this the mount term…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
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Record ID: SF-2E9CC2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) finger ring or ear-ring, dating c. 800-1100. It is penannular in plan, formed from a single piece of circular-sectioned wire and tapering to a point at either end. Preserved in fair condition with an even greenish patina, it measures 23.93mm in diameter, 3.34mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 2.83g. A number of similar rings have been found during excavations, e.g. Elveden (West 1998, 26, no.24.7) and Thetford (Goodall 1984, 69, fig.110, nos.17-20) and and recorded with the PAS in Suffolk (e.g. SF-1114A6, SF-07FB63, SF-450B65 …
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2E4825
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight of probable Early Medieval date (c. AD 850-1000). The weight is rectangular in shape with four flat edges and is undecorated on all sides. The metal has a white patina. The weight is 30.2mm in length, 27.1mm in width, 8.4mm in thickness, and weighs 56.9g. Similar objects on the database are NLM-BB567B, NLM-CCC93C, and LIN-6BBF60. The term 'weight' is used here in its broadest sense to include uses that do not involve weighing (e.g. holding-down, tensioning, etc.). They were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and ar…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
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Record ID: SF-2DB3AB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered penny of Aethelred II, dating c. 1003-1009. 'Helmet' type, moneyer Godman at the mint of Canterbury. North 775.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2D9BC6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl which is circular in plan with a flat profile and shallowly convex sides, and is white in colour. It is 23.0mm in diameter with a maximum thickness of 7.5mm, and has a straight-sided central aperture of 6.5mm diameter, and it weighs 26.5g. The whorl conforms to Walton-Rogers form B, and therefore probably dates to 900 - 1100.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2D14F7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end probably of Early Medieval date, about AD 750 - 900, and of Thomas Class C. It has an incomplete plate at the attachment end (and another one missing) which is sub-triangular, and a solid terminal at the closed end which is very long, forming a circular-sectioned shank decorated with transverse ribs at the attachment end, and a sub-sherical terminal knop at the closed end. The surviving plate is bent, and the rivet holes are missing. The strap end is 32.4mm long, 7.2mm wide and 3.2mm thick. 1.6g. It has a smooth grey/green patina. Compare BUC-681A0B, ESS-35…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 5th August 2018
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