Record ID: PUBLIC-6B2367
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval rectangular buckle c.1300-1450. Description: Rectangular frame, slightly bevelled inside edge, the outside edge is expanded. The pin rest features two grooves. The bar is offset and narrowed with a pin wear constriction in the centre. The pin is missing. Measurements: Height 13.5mm, Width 11.8mm. 1.1mm thick, Weight 1.0g Discussion: Whitehead states that rectangular buckle frames such as this can span the entirety of the 14th to 17th centuries and individual examples cannot be closely dated. The earlier frames have small to medium s…
Created on: Saturday 22nd September 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-60A2B9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The remnant of a cast copper alloy Roman, intaglio finger ring c. 100-300 AD. Only the octagonal bezel with a small section of the band remain. The intaglio is possibly a personification of a head or body form, in a blue glass or enamel. The metal is heavily corroded with an overall light brown patina.
Created on: Saturday 22nd September 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: BERK-607CB1
Object type: CASKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount or fitting, possibly from a strap/harness or even a casket and dating from c. 1400-1600 AD. With a triangular profile, one end terminates to a rounded, tapering point with a fixing hole. The other end opens out into a half moon crescent, also with the remnant of a fixing hole. The surface has a dull green/brown patina with remnants of gilding.
Created on: Saturday 22nd September 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-60B1A3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy elongated octagonal unidentified weight of indeterminate date, but probably post-medieval c. 1550 - 1800 AD. The weight has an oblong cross section with a slightly bevelled upper edge and a modestly domed top. The surface has a mottled green/brown patina. The surface is undecorated and unmarked.
Created on: Saturday 22nd September 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-60943F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy early medieval strap end with a tapering and vaguely zoomorphic head terminal c. 750 - 1050 AD. With a flattened 'D' shaped profile, the surface is plain, and the attachment end is missing a segment of the upper attachment leaf. One of the two attachment holes is also fragmented. The surface has a very dark green/black patina.
Created on: Saturday 22nd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-60C1BE
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast and worked copper alloy unidentified object, either Roman ( c. 43 - 400 AD) or post-medieval in date (AD 1500-1800). The point and tip of the eye are now missing. The cross section of the shaft at the point end is circular and that morphs into a square cross section at the eye end. There is then a grove, leading into the lower section of the remaining eye. The surface has a mottled light green patina and was located in a field with several Roman finds. This may be a large needle-type object, a toilet implement or possibly a hinged arm for an unidentified larger object.
Created on: Saturday 22nd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: BERK-60CEF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Nummus of Constantine II dating to the period c. 318 - 324 AD. Reece Period 16. Obverse with laureate head right and reverse has VOT X- within wreath; CAESARVM NOSTRONVM. Mintmark SIS for Siscia. The coin is in fair condition with a light green/brown patina.
Created on: Saturday 22nd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6C0EBE
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy (late) Tournai jetton. Three circles of Tournai type inscribed VIVE LE ROI DE FRAnCIE dating to c. 1497-1521. Minted at Tournai. See Mitchiner (1988, 244) no. 756 for the obverse. Diameter: 27mm, thickness: 1.35mm, Weight: 5.07g The legends are relatively rare; see PUBLIC-CBFBE1 on this database for a comparable reverse legend
Created on: Sunday 23rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
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