Record ID: LANCUM-AEE8BB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two complete lead weights probably spindle whorls dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1100-1500). The objects are circular in plan and roughly D-shaped in cross section. One face has been decorated with a series of raised pellets now heavily worn arranged around the central perforation. The reverses are flat and undecorated. Weight 1 - The diameter is 27mm and the weight 30.41g. Weight 2 - The diameter is 15mm and the weight 24.09g. Lead spindle whorls are difficult to date without archaeological context as a similar form was used from the Roman period to the modern day. It is not…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEE4CE
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval-Post Medieval C13-18th, crudely cast, copper alloy, medium size, annular ring. Thought to be, in most cases, a belt fitment, secured to waist belts normally with a leather thong, for suspending a purse, knife or similar object. Probably a multi-purpose item used by the poorer classes. Slightly flattened sexfoil cross-section with hand bevelled edges with some wear otherwise a dark green/brown patina with a little surface corrosion. This is likely to date between 1200-1799. Ref. History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 69 No. 390-393 and Fi…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEDC9A
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy ball, probably a small cannonball dating from 1750-1850. The ball is sub-spherical and the surface is damaged with numerous score marks and pitting. This does not match any of the standard sizes known for late eighteenth or early 19th century cannonballs, the closest match being for a Serpentine, which fired balls of 1.5 inches in diameter. It is also unusual in being of copper alloy, but this has very little metal-on-metal friction, which made it invaluable for use in cannon where iron cannonballs would otherwise stick in the barrel. It could be a cannon ball bu…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AED410
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy toy miniature canon of late Post-Medieval date (17th-19th century). These models were produced as complete working models of their larger counterparts. This toy cannon comprises a circular barrel that tapers from bulbous knop (cascabel button) at one end, to the muzzle at the other. Two trunnions, which are round in section, project from a collar midway along the barrel. These would have enabled the piece to be elevated and mounted onto a wooden wheeled carriage such as that depicted in Bailey (1993), p.37, No. 12. The length is 53mm, the width is 19mm thickness 10…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-AECDC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Silver Denarius, Domitian, Rome, AD 93. RIC II vol. 2 part 1 (Domitian) No. 742. O: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XII. Laureate bust, right. R: IMP XXII COS XVI CENS P P P. Minerva standing left, holding spear. The diameter is 18mm and the weight 3.09g. Location: BBZ 3BZ .
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEBDE1
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy plumb bob possibly Roman 43-1900AD. The object is drop shaped and has a central longitudinal perforation. The patina is white and the surfaces are damaged/dented. Similar to IOW-BAD5996. These are very difficult to date and could be much later. The length is 63mm, the width is 44mm thickness 44mm and the weight too heavy for scales. .
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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