Record ID: BERK-1D8A6E
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2018 T796. Description: Two fragments of a cast copper alloy chape or scabbard end, dating to late bronze age or, early Iron age c. 1150 - 800 BC. The two remnants are of a short bronze sheath/chape with an approximate total remaining length of 14cm, complete examples are usually 20 to 30 cm long. It is probable that they belonged to swords and not, as their size may suggest, to daggers. This example has a simple mid-ridge with no further decoration nor edge ribbing. The edges are of simple semi-rounded form, and the pieces have a lozenge shaped cross-section. The shorte…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pusey CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-1C5444
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy coin weight for the gold angel of James I (1603-1625), Third coinage (1619-1625). Almost square in plan, the sides are 12.8 by 13.5 mm, 3.5 mm in thickness and weighing 3.7 g or 57.1 grains. The weight is bifacially stamped, the obverse depicting St. Michael, with right leg bent and left leg straight, spearing a dragon to the right, within a circle of pellets. The reverse is inscribed X.s (for 10 shillings), surmounted by a crown with a central cross and two fleurs on each side, also within a circle of pellets. Withers & Withers (1995) remark that there are many va…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-1AEE9D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy sub-rectangular single-loop buckle, complete with pin, of medieval to post-medieval date (c. 1350 - 1600 AD). The buckle frame is long and thin, with concave long sides and convex short sides. The frame is unevenly square in section. One of the longer sides, which is slightly thicker than the others, has a copper-alloy pin coiled at one end around it. The pin is rectangular in section around the coil and D-shaped in section otherwise, narrowing and tapering to a point. The object has a matt, brown surface. It is 31.50mm in length, 19.47mm in width and 3.27mm in thickness.…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
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Record ID: SF-1A6E47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and broken gilded copper-alloy cast saucer brooch of probable Anglo-Saxon attribution, dating to the Early Medieval period (c. AD 450-550). Only the centre of the brooch survives, its flanged obliquely-angled edges missing in old damage. The remaining portion of the object is broken in two by means of a somewhat neat old truncation. On its upper surface, the moulded design of a central ring-pellet motif is surrounded by six running spirals, all of the latter within two concentric outer circular borders. Copious traces of gilding survive on the edges of the piece, though t…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-19FE74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius (AD 41-54) dating to c. AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Reverse: S-C, Minerva advancing right holding javelin and shield.. For prototype see RIC vol. I, pp. 128 & 130, nos. 100 & 116; cf. an example in the British Museum collection (1934, 0905.129); G, Boon, Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain, plate IV, cf. nos. 49-54. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A Besombes and M Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-19EEBB
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy harness pendant (c. 1150-c. 1300). The pendant has a worn through suspension loop which is 90° to the plane of the plate. The wavy edged plate is leaf-like or insect-like in form with ridges on the front that possibly represent veins. The reverse is plain. This pendant is drab green. Length: 39.0mm; width: 26.2mm; thickness: 7.1mm. Weight: 5.35g. Compare with: NLM-E0BF15 and WILT-E84E30.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-199744
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) disc brooch, dating to AD 700-900. The front has a raised backward-looking animal with the full four legs visible, a raised and upward curled tail and a neck with outer notches (mane looking). The head has a pellet eye, open mouth and a pointed ear. The central motif is surrounded by a border of incised transverse strokes. The back face is plain and bears a semicircular pierced lug, which is now blocked by the remains of the iron pin; the lug is set parallel to the edge of the disc. On the opposite edge of the back-disc there is …
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tuddenham St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-196E56
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval, or possibly Post-Medieval cast copper alloy pot leg of simple form, possibly c. AD 1200-1700. The leg is rectangular in plan with a sub-triangular in cross-section. The leg has oxide corrosion and has some remnants of blackened fire soot.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
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Record ID: IOW-192FFF
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Medieval copper-alloy book mount of Howsam type B.1.2 (c. 1150-c. 1300). This umbonate quatrefoil mount is domed at the front and largely concave on the reverse. It has four evenly spaced lugs situated at the base. Each lug has a circular rivet hole and one rivet, made of copper-alloy, remains in situ. All four lugs are D-shaped, flat at the front and rear; there is a hint of a line dividing them from the sub-circular centre. At the front the dome may have been decorated but none can now be seen. However, some similar mounts are decorated with a cross saltire at the fron…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-192AC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy nummus of Crispus as Caesar, dating to c. AD 321-324 (Reece period 16). Reverse: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, laurel wreath enclosing VOT X. Probably mint of London.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-1916D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus dating to the period c. AD 300 - 402. Uncertain reverse type, possibly depicting a figure standing. Uncertain mint. The coin is worn and illegible
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: BUC-190A14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman radiate or nummus dating to the period c. AD 260 - 402. Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint. The coin is worn and illegible
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: SF-18E421
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy possible early Post Medieval strap fitting, dating to AD 1500-1600. It consists of a sub-rectangular plate which has a loop and a transverse bar protruding from the short edges. The oval loop is formed by folding forward a flat and recessed extension of the plate; the end of the extension slightly touches the front face of the plate. The oposite short edge has a similar recessed extension, which ends with an integral transverse circular cross-sectioned bar; the front of the bar is decorated with a sequence of oblique grooves and raised lines. The plate has a…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-18DC97
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman radiate of Tetricus I (AD 271-274), dating to the period AD 271-274 (Reece period 13). LAE[TITIA] AVG N reverse type depicting Laetitia standing left holding purse and anchor. Mint: Mint II. As Normanby no. 1510.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-18D405
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy partial handle and handle attachment lug from a Late Medieval to Post Medieval chafing dish dating from about AD 1400 - 1600. Only part of the loop handle survives; the straight bar that passes through the attachment lug, and part of the sides. The sides are concave and curved. The sides are hexagonal in cross section. There are various file marks from finishing on the outer sides. One face of the handle is decorated with regularly spaced small circles stamped onto the surface. The other face is plain. The lug is oval in plan and hexagonal in cross-section with ro…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-18D3FD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy radiate or nummus, probably a barbarous radiate. Reece period: Period 20 [378-388] Obverse description: Radiate bust right. Very spiky diadem! Reverse description: A crudely portrayed standing figure
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th September 2018
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Record ID: KENT-18C99F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast Early-Medieval copper-alloy single loop ovoid buckle circa sixth century date. Description: The frame is roughly ovoid with a narrowed offset strap-bar. It is missing its pin. The hoop is D shape in section and the buckle without decoration. The frame is circular in cross-section. The buckle is an off grey colour with some mottled green patination. Parts of the frame have become flakey. Measurements: Width: 33.5 mm, length 19.5mm, Thickness: 5.2mm and Weight: 13.28g. Discussion: These buckles fits Marzinzik's (2003) Type I.5 and Hines and Bayliss (2013) T…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: BUC-18C109
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy nummus probably of the 4th centuryReece period: 16 [317-330]? Obverse description: Traces of a bust right Obverse inscription: Illegible Reverse description: Traces of two soldiers with a standard possibly Reverse inscription: Illegible
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th September 2018
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Record ID: BUC-18B6BA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (as Augustus)Reece period: 8 [161-180] Obverse description: Laureate bearded head right Obverse inscription: [ M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX] Reverse description: Victory standing facing, head right, probably holding palm and placing shield inscribed VIC PAR on palm tree
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: BUC-18A916
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn denarius probably of Faustina IIReece period: 8 [161-180] Obverse description: Female bust with a bun right Obverse inscription: Illegible Reverse description: Seated figure left, probably Salus feeding a snake Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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