Record ID: IOW-18717E
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c 1300-c. 1500). The neck has been removed and one suspension loop is missing, although the stubs of the loop are present. The circular body has a raised crown on one side and a 'compass-drawn' flower of four petals on the other side. The crown is now barely visible. Between each petal there is raised hatching. Below each suspension loop the edges are bevelled on both faces. The neck has been deliberately cut off the body and the edges of the cuts has been tightly closed together and sealed. The body has been pressed inwards fro…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-147F53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny of Henry III (1216-1272), voided long cross issue, Class Vg, moneyer; Ricard of Canterbury, 1251-1272, North 998. Damaged, only about 60% present. Diameter 17.6mm, Mass 0.78g.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: SF-14013D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered cut farthing of Stephen, dating c. 1135-1154. 'Profile cross and piles' type, mint and moneyer uncertain.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-13F1E9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete silver hammered penny of Henry III, dating c. 1248-1250. Class 3; mint, moneyer and subclass indeterminable due to wear. Slightly more than half the coin remains due to irregular breaks.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-13E22C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A somewhat worn silver hammered penny of Edward II, dating c. 1312-1314. Class 11b3 with squared 'N' and exaggerated serifs, mint of London.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-13D8AB
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete lead biconical spindle whorl of probable medieval date (c. 1200 - 1500 AD). The object is circular in plan and triangular in section, with a circular central perforation. Both faces are decorated with a moulded design of alternating lines and dots, with the lines running from the raised edge of the central perforation to the thickened outer edge of the spindle whorl. The dots are positioned centrally on one face and at the outer edge on the other face. The object has a grey patina. It is 28.05mm in diameter and 9.13mm at maximum thickness. The central perforation has a diamet…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-133672
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval folding strap clasp, folding end on a separate bar with a line of engraved rocker-arm at the arch-sectioned bar-mount which is secured by a copper alloy rivet. Extant length 10.5mm. Width 26mm. Mid 14th - mid 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 2nd September 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-13329E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver medieval groat of Edward IV, dating to 1480 - 1483 AD (during the king's second reign). Cinquefoil initial mark, mint of London. Obverse of forward-facing bust with trefoil on breast and trefoils in spandrels; EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC. Reverse of long cross pattee with three pellets in corners; POSVI/ DEVM A/DITOR/E' MEVM// CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON. Saltire stops. The coin is 25.54mm in diameter, 0.77mm in thickness and weighs 2.88g.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-130E71
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy annular buckle frame slightly angled from a central bar of trapezoidal cross-section, traces of black coating over all. Cf. Whitehead 2003, nos. 251-9. Diameter 48mm. 4mm thick. c.1350 - c.1600.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2018
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Record ID: CORN-130D91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval silver gilt annular brooch with a break in the circular hoop which was originally soldered together. The brooch is now missing its pin which would have had a looped terminal opposite the pointed end to allow it to rotate around the hoop and to move along its length. The hoop is circular in plan and in cross-section with two twisted sections alternating with two plain sections. The twisted sections have been engraved by hand before they were twisted to bring up each spine in high relief, alternating between thicker and thinner bands. It may also have had some applie…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Sunday 22nd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gwinear-Gwithian', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-12E0A7
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead papal bulla of Pope Urban IV (1261-1264). The obverse has a pelleted border, and has the raised letters in three lines: VR / BANVS / PP IIII. PP stands for 'pastor pastorum'. The reverse has a pelleted border surrounding two bearded heads each enclosed in an elipse of pellets, either side of a cruciform sword. The heads represent Saints Peter and Paul, indicated by the abreciations SPA and SPE above the heads. A bulla such as this would serve to seal and authenticate papal documents. It was found between Callington and St. Dominic. The church of St. Dominic (named after the Iri…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Sunday 9th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-12DB76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval copper alloy annular brooch, broad angled flat-sectioned frame with pin hole in expansion on inner edge containing corroded fragment of pin. Two collets (height 5mm) contain off-white fixative where the settings are missing. Between the collects are small perforations. External diameter 42mm, internal diameter c.26-7mm. Late 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-12B9D6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval sheet copper alloy strap fitting, a flat circular belt mount, small central dome broken around rivet-hole. Diameter 19mm, Thickness 0.5mm. Height at centre 2mm. 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: CORN-1287FD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half groat of Richard II (1377-1399), Type II with new lettering and no French title. London mint. Spink 1682
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Sunday 9th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-122A89
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval cast copper alloy hinged plate-and-loop type book clasp, broken sheet hinged end recessed and folded widthways, and containing the separate narrowed bar set in drilled holes in the sides of the separate cast terminal comprising an oval plate with a central perforation and stylised animal-head terminal with transverse perforation. The functions of the two holes have been explained by Egan (1998, 278-9). Extant combined length 26.5mm, length of terminal 22mm. Width 10.5mm. Thickness at terminal 3mm. c.1350-1450.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-118CD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch from a Medieval date, circa AD 1200 - 1450. The undecorated brooch frame, and the tip of the pin are slightly bent / distorted. The frame is "D" shaped in cross-section, and the attached cast pin is circular in cross-section. The pin has a transverse collar between the end of the shaft and start of the pin attachment loop. The frame measures 30.37mm in length, is 27.89mm wide, weighs 7.4g, and is 2.93mm in thickness. The pin has a length of 27.46mm.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: KENT-112402
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and abraded Medieval copper-alloy French Tournois jetton (1373-1437). Chatel of Tournois type, As Mitchiner 1988: 187, ref: 505. Obverse: Formal Chatel Tournois design with lis above its central triangle and annulets on top of the lateral 'turrets'. A fleur de lys in field to either side of the chatel, all within an inner circle. Legend: '+AVE MARIA GRACIA PL;' Reverse: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within a double-stranded quatrefoil, Legend in the external angles of the quatrefoil. Legend: '.A.-.V.-.E.-.D. ' Cinquefoil stops Measurements: 22.45mm in diame…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: KENT-10E750
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Near complete cast copper-alloy buckle pin of mid Medieval c.1250-1450AD. Description: The buckle pin is simple with a tapering point and quite thin with an elongated oval cross-section. About half loop has snapped away and this is likely to have caused its' loss. There is a substantial transverse ridge on the top side just prior to the loop with some incised ridges. The pin is very dark grey Measurements: 37.18mm long, 4.19mm wide, 7.65mm thick (including loop 5.61mm without) and 2.94g in weight. Discussion: Geoff Egan illustrates the pin type (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 51) …
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: CORN-10BEAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut half of a voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Long cross coinage (1247-1272), Class IIIc (1248-1250) with short beard and pellet-footed 'R'. The obverse inscription begins at 12 o'clock, which indicates that the class belongs to I-III, and on the reverse the inscription reads [A]SO/NG/, which suggests that the moneyer was Lucas (Class IIb-IIIc) and the mint Gloucester. The full inscription would therefore have read LVC/ASO/NG/LOV.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: NARC-104225
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Miniature Vessel of probable Medieval date (AD 1400-1550). The object is a one piece cast miniature bellied cauldron with two looped handles at the upper open end and a rounded base. Within the lower body of the object is a single circular drilled perforation. Height: 36.89mm, Width: 24.39mm, Thickness: 1.54mm, Weight: 26.2g. The metal is a dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: HAMP2429 and SWYOR-7C0C95.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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