Record ID: PUBLIC-434E61
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy unidentified object that appears to be possibly Roman. Far too heavy and solid to be a brooch, possibly a knife handle. T shaped in form, height 47.9 mm with a rectangular head 24.0 mm wide of rectangular cross-section. The head displays old breaks on both sides and on the top. The head is adjoined to the main body by a narrowed neck containing three collared grooves that appear to have once been enamelled or possibly gilded. The main body is oval tapering to the foot that also shows an old break. There are casting seams on both sides. Possible inscript…
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3EBF66
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered 'small flan' penny of Edward the Confessor, dating c. 1048-1050. Moneyer Lifinc at the mint of Winchester. North 818.
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Sunday 9th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3DE3AA
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy late Bronze Age spearhead dating to c. 1600 - 801 BC. Only part of the blade located near to the terminal (tip-end) survives. The fragment is sub-rectangular in shape and lozenge-shaped in cross section, narrowing towards the tip of the spear, which is worn and broken. Running down the centre of the fragment on both faces is a raised midrib, the exterior of a circular hollowed space running through the blade. The hollow measures 4.44mm at the widest end of the blade reducing to 1.9mm at the narrowest. The blade edges have been worn and there are notches alon…
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Codicote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3D5738
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period AD 330-335. (Reece Period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting Two soldiers standing either side of two standards. Unclear mint, probably Trier: -//[...RP?] .
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Codicote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3BB87A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast, copper alloy buckle of Medieval date. The fragment consists of a plate from the outer edge of the buckle loop upon which the pin would of rested along with a short section of side frame that has become twisted and abraded in the plough soil. In plan the plate is a broad triangle with a rounded apex, the base is shallow arched indicating a D or Oval shaped buckle loop. The plate is decorated with two incised right angled triangles that sit just inside the plate, back to back with a small gap between them. Each triangle contains three incised, forward sloping, para…
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yatton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3B62AC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman sestertius of unclear ruler, possibly an empress (Faustina I?), dating to the late-1st to 2nd centuries AD, c.AD 41-260. Unclear reverse type depiciting a standing figure left(?), S-[C] in the field. Probably mint of Rome. The coin appears to have been deliberately cut in half, a large notch to one edge of the flan perhaps indiciating more than one attempt was made to cut the coin.
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3B4E08
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Dutch customs house oval lead cloth seal of modern date. It bears raised decoration on both faces: one face is marked R & A//279' (Regten en Accynsen//control number) and the other face has a crown above a shield bearing a lion rampant facing left, all within a border. The emblem is of the Lesser Arms of the Netherlands, and therefore post 1815. There are grooves on diametrically opposed edges marking the locations of the attachment cords. The dimensions are; length 22.5mm; width 19.7mm; thickness 4.1mm and it weighs 10.8g.
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3AEF50
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy thimble. The thimble is domed shape with hand punched dimples arranged in circumfrential rows. The thimble is abraded and corroded and its base rim is lost. The thimble has a dark green with extensive areas of lighter corrosion. Similar thimbles have been dated to the later part of the medieval period (1400-1550) by Edwin Holmes (Sewing Thimbles FRG Datasheet 9). This type, is commonly known as a beehive thimble, however Holmes identifies them as being "heavy duty" in nature and use. Remaining height 21mm, diameter 19mm-21mm. The side is 1.5mm thick an…
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yatton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3AA075
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crudely cast lead alloy Token from a Medieval / Post Medieval date, AD 1400 - 1800. Its shape is more oblong than round, and it measures 22.04mm in length, and 18.43mm in width. On one side it has a raised crosshatch design, and the other side is flat and undecorated. At one end the token has the remains of a casting sprue, bent down and under. Objects like this one could also have been used as a gaming pieces or Tallies.
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3A2938
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver fourpence or groat of Charles II (1660-1685). Milled coinage; dated 1673 (on coin). North 2768, Spink 3384. In VF condition. It measures 18.68mm in diameter, 0.82mm in thickness and weighs 1.81g. Obverse: Bust facing right; CAROLVS II/DEI GRATIA. Reverse: 16/73 MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX.; interlinked C's surmounted by crown (depicting value of four pence) quartered emblems of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-39EB9A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy pot leg of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The artefact consist of the foot and part of the leg. The foot is broadly D shaped in cross section with a rounded back back and flat face. Ther eis a prominent central ridge running down the centre of the front face. The foot extends beyond the face as a thin rectangular pad. The leg is a dark green in colour with some sooty deposits. The width is 33mm, the truncated height is 32mm, it is 20mm thick, and weighs 83g.
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-398CE2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete, cast copper alloy buckle frame dating c1575-c1700. The frame is an asymetrical double loop, with a trapezoidal rear loop and a rounded front loop. The frame is decorated with prominent knops at either end of the strap bar. The frame has a flat rear, and a rounded face and sides that taper in slightly from the rear to the front. The strap bar is half round. The strap is dark brown in colour with no sign of any surface coating. The frame can be paralled against examples dated by Whitehead to the period 1575-1700 (1996: 91 ref: 564-565) Length 22mm, width 18mm, thi…
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-395A10
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead token of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The token is uniface with a raised design of five straight lines radiating from the centre to the edge to create 5 unequal divisions. Two of the divisions, which are approximately opposite each other, contain a single pellet. The token is light grey ion colour. Diameter 200mm, thickness 3.0mm, weight 4.5g.
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.