Record ID: KENT-AA9026
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint borer likely of Neolithic-Early Bronze age date (c. 4000 BC - 1000 BC). Description: The borer is roughly pear shaped but with a very narrow neck and wider bulbous butt end. There is extensive short scaled semi-abrupt to abrupt retouch along the mesal (sides), from the wide rounded butt, which comes in from both the ventral and dorsal facings to create and accentuate a working point. The flaking and retouch has created a blunt edge on the outer edge of the butt. The striking platform is not very clear but has obscured by flaking to shape the butt. There is a bulbar…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: KENT-A68BA0
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint knife made from a utilised flake, probably dating to the late Neolithic - (c.4000 BC - c.2200 BC). Description: The fragment represents the butt end of a knife formed from a tertiary flake. The fragment is sub-rectangular in shape and triangular in cross-section. The heavy conchoidal fractures (rippling) are substantial and clear indicating the use of hard hammer technique in its production. The retouch used to create the blade is along both edges consists of invasive scaled, low-angle to semi-abrupt. The right side of the dorsal face near the butt is a slight c…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-A65E08
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dress hook fastener. The dress hook has circular central plate decorated with a moulded five petalled rose. There is a central circular hole through the rose and another circular hole below it, above the rearward hook. There is a rectangular attachment loop at the top. At the bottom is a D-sectioned rearward hook which tapers to a sharp point. Read Class E Type 3 Date: Post medieval - c. 1500 - 1600 Dimensions: 32.57 mm x 14.45 mm x 5.10 mm Weight: 1.75 g Similar examples are recorded in Read, B 2008 Hooked Clasps & Eyes, Nos 342 - 347
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
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Record ID: DOR-A63BE5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An copper alloy strap end of Thomas Class A, type 2. An oval plate with the remnant of the split attachment at one and and a stylised zoomorphic terminal at the other. The plate is decorated on the front with a long rectangular panel above a smaller rectangular panel. The longer, longitudinal, panel is decorated with a lozengiform lattice of grooves, some containing possible degraded niello. The shorter, transverse panel contains two pairs of crescents formed from lines of pellets. The rear is flat and undecorated. The zoomorphic terminal is tapering and elongated with a slight tdepre…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
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Record ID: DOR-A60674
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Royal farthing token of Charles I (1625 - 1649) dating to 1636 - 1644. A Rose farthing type 2 (transitional type). Reference: North Volume 2, NO. 2291 Date: Post Medieval Diameter: 13.55 mm Weight: 0.98 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
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Record ID: KENT-A602FA
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible flint hollow or coarse scraper of likely of Neolithic to late prehistoric date c 3300-1 BC. Description: The scraper is made from a highly patinated secondary flake significantly older than the retouch creating the two hollow scraping edges. The flake is irregularly shaped with pronounced flaking, bulb of percussion and conchoidal rippling, it is also quite curved in profile. The two hollow scraping edges start from distal end of the flint and extend roughly half way down the length of tool. The flint has been heavily battered, the scraping edges are formed by irregularl…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: DOR-A5DC25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 335 - 341 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS (two soldiers and one standard) reverse. Mint of Trier. Mint mark: //TR Date: Roman Diameter: 15.72 mm Weight: 1.54 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-A5C708
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy bracelet, probably dating to c. AD 350-410. The bracelet is incomplete, temrinating in old breaks at both ends and comprises of a rectangular-sectioned strip of copper alloy. this is decorated by a series of opposed pairs of V-shaped transverse grooves along its length, with two incised transverse lines forming a collar which delineates a separate field containing an off centre ring-and-dot punch. The interior face is plain. Dimensions: length 42.7mm; width 6.5mm; thickness 2.7mm; weight 4.18g. cf. similar bracelets excavated at Uley, Glouceste…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A5AB12
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy harness mount, heart-shaped with a single aperture of the same form and, on the reverse, two integral round-sectioned attachment spikes. A simple but uncommon form. One similar example has been noted, DUR-D24F03. Length 27mm. Width 20mm. Aperture 15 x 12.5mm. Thickness excluding spikes 2mm. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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Record ID: SOM-A5A990
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper alloy finger ring dating to c.AD 1700-1950. The finger ring consists of a decorated sheet of copper alloy D-shaped in cross-section. The decoration is a relief repeated design of a four-petalled flower within a lozenge; the triangles that remain on the sides of the central lozenges are also filled with flowers, of which only the lower or upper margins are visible. A maker's mark is stamped on the inner side of the ring, where the two ends of the sheet were welded to close the ring. The mark consists of three stamps in a row: a capital L within a rectangle, unclear…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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Record ID: WILT-A588C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman enamelled copper alloy umbonate plate brooch, probably dating to c. AD 100-250. The brooch consists of a circular plate, with damage to the lower left edge. Knops project from opposing sides of the plate, with an attachment loop and foot projecting along the opposite axis. A damaged catchplate projects from the reverse of the plate, corresponding with the foot, whilst two perforated lugs project from behind the loop, retaining a copper alloy axis bar and pin in situ. The brooch was probably originally decorated with enamel, although none now survives, with a deeply…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: NMS-A56CA5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted post-medieval white-metal coated copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops trapezoidal, with a lobe at the ends of the bar. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 506. Length c.25mm. Width 21mm. c.1570 - 1700.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A5548F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin, probably as as or dupondius, 23mm diameter, all details corroded and utterly illegible, c.AD50-260
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Saturday 28th September 2019
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Record ID: GLO-A54372
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Copper alloy AS of Claudius dated to AD 41-54 (Period 2) Obverse: bare head left [...] Reverse: Minerva standing right, brandishing spear and holding shield on left arm, S-C across field. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated at Lyons (Gaul) and in Spain. This example is a contemporary copy of those minted at …
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
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Record ID: NMS-A53D7F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, Tower, eglantine initial mark, North 1997, some wear, 1575
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A52CEA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver shilling of Elizabeth I, Tower, cross crosslet initial mark, North 1985, worn, 1560-1
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A51B0D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward I, class 3g, London, North 1022, little wear, 1280-1
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: WILT-A51408
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman enamelled copper alloy symmetrical plate brooch, now in two parts, probably dating to c. AD 100-250. The brooch appears to have originally been lozengiform in plan, with a stepped profile of three tiers, the uppermost holding a recessed cell retaining traces of a white enamel inlay in situ, along with traces of a degraded white cement. There is no further surviving decoration. The reverse of the plate was concave, with vestigial remains of two perforated lugs to hold a pin and axis bar, now lost. Fragment 1: length 17.7mm; width 11.6mm; thickness 6.5mm; weight 1…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: NMS-A5118A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny in the name of Edward I, probably a sterling imitation with English style legends, cf Mayhew p.136ff, weight 0.91g, c.1280-1300
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: SOM-A50924
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval silver shilling of Philip and Mary (1554-1558) dating to 1554. Minted in London. North (1991:128) no 1967.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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