Record ID: DOR-AC9F98
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy developed T-shaped brooch. The brooch comprises the head, partial wings and bow, The head of the brooch retains one cylindrical wing, the right has broken off) decorated at the end with incised vertical lines. The wings housed the missing axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism and are divided by a central pin slot at the back. The head is undecorated with a flanking ridge at each edge.The D-sectioned bow is decorated from below the the head with three incised raised lozenges, the upper and lower of which have a circular recess, probably for enamel. The bow tap…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: WILT-AB5F2F
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age to Early Roman (100BC - AD100) copper alloy strap union/junction, similar to SUSS-F35BF5, which can therefore be broadly ascribed to Taylor and Brailsford's Type 4 classification. It measures 32.7mm x 33.1mm x 4.8mm and weighs 21.9g. The central section comprises a large crescent, 21.5mm at its widest point, enclosing the uppermost of a trefoil of discs, and with its tips resting on the lower two. The smaller disc is 10.7mm in diameter, with a shallow outer rim and two circular cells (each 3.8mm in diameter) forming a figure of 8 inside it, slighly offset from p…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: LIN-AD652B
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A looped and socketed copper alloy spear head dating from the Middle Bronze Age, about 1550 - 1250 BC. It seems to fit into Davis's Group 2 or Group 3 (2017). It has a triangular blade with ribs on each blade wing, and a prominent midrib, lozenge shaped in cross-section. The socket is circular in cross-section and the socket extends just into the base of the blade midrib. There is a side loop on each side of the socket, positioned very close to the end of the object, away from the blade. The spear has a smooth mid green with only slight pitting and corrosion. The spear head is 101…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-AA33A0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver gilt iconographic ring. c.20mm in diameter, c. 8mm wide at bezel and c. 5 at loop. The ring has a slightly raised rectangular bezel with two linear depressions (presumambly engraved with figures) The ring is shouldered and the loop has a series of linear depressions arranged in groups of three along its length.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Record ID: DOR-ABBFE5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy button. The button is circular with a convex front and concave back. The front of the button is decorated with design of incised lines, punched annulets and crescents. The design comprises an incised equal-armed cross with a central ring and dot and infill in the angles of small stamped annulets towards the centre and groups of stamped crescents (a line of three along the edge with two more forming an arch over the central crescent). A broken central integral rectangular shank projects from the reverse, with a circular drilled perforation. Date: Post Medieval…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A9882E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable copper alloy pot leg from a Medieval cauldron or cooking pot, probably dating from the Medieval or early post-Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1600. The fragment only has one complete edge. It is roughly trapezoidal in plan, but the complete edge is slightly concave and the edge is rounded. One face is flat and sooted, and the other has a ridge parallel to the original edge, but near the broken edge opposite. This face was probably originally fluted. This fragment could also be a handle rather than a leg. It is 33.7mm long, 35.3mm wide and 8.7mm thick. 39.1g. …
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: SOM-AAE75C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy annular brooch dating to c. AD 1150 to 1350. The open frame is circular in plan and D-shaped in section, with a convex front and a flat back. It has a small constriction of 2.00 mm in width to hold a pin. The copper alloy pin has a rectangular cross-section and survives for 7.1 mm in length to an old break. The front of the brooch is decorated with a series of equally spaced deep grooves chevrons-shaped. The reverse is plain. The brooch has a green patina and a worn surface. It measures 19.3 mm in diameter and weighs 1.02 g. A similar brooch b…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-AC92BA
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy bell-shaped stud, dating to AD 40 - 410. Allason type 2. It is sub-0rectangular in form and circular in cross section. The handle has a circular sectioned shaft which sits behind a wider circular platform. Above this is an inverted conical hollow projection which has a small conical projection in its centre.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-A9C44E
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy bulla of Pope Innocent IV (1243-54). The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. One face shows the faces of saints Peter and Paul in a beaded border with the inscription SPA[S]PE" (an abbreviation standing for St. Paul and St. Peter). The other names the issuer over several lines INNO/CENTIVS/ PP.IIII.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A87B3C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead and iron steelyard weight, of probable Roman date, AD 43 - 410. It is round in plan and conical in profile, with extensive iron corrosion at both longitudinal ends where the stubs of suspension loops are located. The broader end is concave where the lead has shrunk on cooling, and suggests that it was probably cast in an open mould. There are no markings and the surface has a well-developed white patination. The object is up to 35.7mm in diameter and 32.5mm high, and it weighs 178.5 grams. Although steelyard weights were in use from the Roman to post-medieval per…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A83F1C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim fragment from a copper-alloy cooking vessel, of probable medieval date. The fragment is 42.5mm wide and a maximum of 42.5mm high, and is roughly triangular in profile and gently curved in plan. There is a swelling at the inner face, extending to a maximum thickness of 3.8mm and to a depth of 11.8mm below the bevelled rim. The average thickness of the side wall is approximately 2.3mm. It weighs 23.0g. The item has a mid green patination, with black sooting evident at the outer surface. Although there is too little to make a definite pronouncement on the diameter of the comple…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A8B870
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy y-shaped artefact, of unknown date and function. It consists of two rounded arms emerging from a short oval hollow shaft at 90 degrees to each other to form a y-shape. The hollow shaft is 8mm long and 11.5mm wide and 10.2mm from front to back. The arms are probably both broken at the ends, one being 20.6mm and the other 22.5mm in length.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A902BB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy spade guinea token. 19.5mm in diameter with a weight of 1.7grams. It is pierced at 12 o'clock with a broken copper wire loop attached. It has a bust of George III on the obverse and a shield on the reverse, but is quite corroded and the legends are indecipherable. This object is a probable gaming token copying the gold 'spade' guinea of George III (1760 - 1820). These copies were made from 1788, by a variety of manufacturers, usually in Birmingham. Several similar items are recorded on the database e.g. KENT-75E947, LVPL-423866, LANCUM-DD3110 and …
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A91E78
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery handle from a probable cooking vessel. It is made in a fine hard white/pink fabric with sandy inclusions. It is 64.2mm in length and is broken at both ends, and measures 55.4mm in width at the attachment end, tapering to c.42mm at the other end. The upper surface is flat, and it is oval in cross section, and there are ten stab marks to the upper surface, six of which penetrate the item. Probably medieval in date, and likely to be the handle from a skillet. Similar in form to SUR-1E5CE1 and SUSS-8DC808, both of which are dated to the 13/14th century
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A89CD5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy post medieval mount. It is oval in plan and concave in section, pointed at one end with a small knop at the other, and looks like a stylised acorn with cup, with a raised line marking the junction. There are the stubs of two integral rivets on the reverse. The surface is green and the original upper surface is partly worn away. Read, in 'Metal artefacts of antiquity' (pages 29 and 37, no's 331 - 333) illustrates a number of similar mounts all dating to the 17th century
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-AD018A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman nummus, probable contemporary copy, of the House of Valentinian (AD 364-378) dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). [GLORIA ROMANORVM] reverse type depicting the Emperor advancing right holding a standard and dragging a captive. Unclear mint.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2020
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Record ID: KENT-ACF384
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn complete copper-alloy Heraldic shield-shaped stud mount of Medieval date (AD c. 1200 - c.1400). Description: The object has a wide shield shaped flat upper face with an enamelled heraldic device on the front of the object. Despite the wear the device can be seen to be of three beasts passant gardant with a tail over their back, albeit executed rather crudely. It is likely that it is intended to show three lions passant gardant, the coat of arms of England from c.1198. The reverse of the object has an integral, single projecting circular shank/rivet and is undecorated. The …
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 30th October 2020
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Record ID: DOR-ACC818
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy initial T-shaped brooch. The pin is missing. The head of the brooch retains two cylindrical wing, decorated at the ends with incised vertical lines. The wings housed the iron axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism and are divided by a central pin slot at the back. There are traces of iron corrosion visible. The bow is arched from the wings and drops vertically. It is a shallow oval in cross section and tapering.The head is decorated with a a short, central longitudinal ridge with incised angled lines along either side. Below this the bow is decorated with two…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2020
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Record ID: SF-A9CCBF
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Bronze Age possible dirk/rapier dating to 1500-1200 BC. It has a sub-rectangular shape in plan and tapers towards one broken end. It has a flattened lozange-shaped cross-section in its middle part. On both faces there is a longitudinal median ridge flanked by the broken and tapered blade edges. The ridge stops at 17.43 mm to the flared and broken end and forks sideways; this end is flat and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The surfaces are heavily abraded and dotted. Cf Rowlands (1976, part 2, pl. 42, no. 1838 and pl. 43, unprov.) Length: 47.42 …
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-AA25B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn, cast, silver, two piece shoe or knee buckle dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1660-1720). Description: The buckle consists of a slightly convex trapezoidal flat, frame with rounded ends and slightly concave sides. The frame is decorated on either side of the spindle with moulded scrolling, forming the impression of a pair of outstretched wings. At the centre of each end of the frame is a sub-circular moulded decoration with internal details, possibly initials, which are too worn to decipher. The reverse of the frame is flat and plain with visible file m…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.