Record ID: PUBLIC-12BF4E
Object type: DIE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete bone or ivory cuboid die, probably of late Medieval to early Post Medieval date. The numbers are in negative relief and indicated by drilled dot marks which are positioned in a regular layout, so the opposite sides add up to 7, and in an arrangement known as Potter's variant 15. Egan suggests this is an uncommon arrangement of dots for the post-medieval period, (16th century onwards), when the Potter's variant 16 became almost invariably the common arrangement for this time (Egan 1997:3). In his listing of dice used for his research, Egan mentions a Southwark die of variant…
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-115AFE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period c.AD 348-350 (Reece period 18). Obverse shows the Emperor laureate, draped, and cuirassed facing right. Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor standing left in bow of Galley, Phoenix on Globe in one hand, and Labarum held in the other. Victory seated in stern steering Galley. Mint of Trier. As RIC VIII, p. 153, no. 214. The coin is slightly oval and measures 24.36 mm x 21.10 mm. Weight 5.4 gm, thickness 1.84 mm, and die axis 6 o'clock.
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1108A1
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy key, probably either for a barrel tap or for winding a clockwork mechanism. It has a square sectioned oval bow set at 90 degrees to the shank, which is c8mm in diameter and solid. The terminal at the end of the shank is an 18.7mm long hollow triangular bit with grooved sides and with a square-sectioned flange projecting by 4mm on one side. The overall length is 64.8mm, the bow is 42.8mm wide by 25.7mm long and it weighs 37.6g. It is broadly similar in form, and probably in function, to PUBLIC-07BAF1 and DEV-CBBFC1, although this example is a little l…
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-10DFC9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver half groat of Henry VII (AD 1485-1509), minted at Canterbury. Initial marks: tun. This is a class IIIc with no stops, AD1490-1500 (North 1991: 102, ref: 1712). Obverse: hEnRIC DI GRA REX AnGL Z FB (no stops), Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches. Reverse: POSVI/DEVm A/DIVTO/E mEV (I have made God my Helper); CIVI/TAS/CAn/TOR, Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Dimensions: diameter: 20.08mm; weight: 1.10g. References: North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II,…
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-1087CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large cast copper alloy double-looped oval buckle frame with a moulded escallop with seven oblique grooves on each outer edge. The original surface has worn away in patches so that the decoration is unclear, but vines and scrolls are common motifs seen on these types of buckles and there appears to be a definite repeated pattern on the upper face of the strap bar. There is a small rounded knop at either end of the strap bar which is narrowed and flush with the frame. The knops are defined by oblique incised lines on either side. The surface is very corroded and pitted and the central …
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-105C9F
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress hook or single sharp-hooked clasp with a square attachment loop, with four square attachment holes that are 1.5 mm squared, within it. The clasp then expands into bifid knops which form the upper edge of a moulded scallop shell that has eight raised oblique bands running longitudinally down the face with a central perforation that is 4 mm in diameter and may have been used to secure the dress hook further. The back of the shell is hollow. Below the shell is a recessed transverse band above a raised collar which then tapers into the broken hook, now only 5 mm lo…
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-1047B0
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy spur rowel dating from the Post-medieval period c.1500-1700. The rowel is in the form of a six pointed star with narrow arms, 5 mm thick, which taper from the centre of the rowel and terminate in a point that is 3 mm thick. The arms are slightly flattened on both sides of the rowel, making them ovoid in section, but there is no other decoration. In the centre is a perforation which is circular in shape and measures 3 mm in diameter. Two of the points of the star are broken. Read (2016) illustrates a similar rowel with six points on p.71, no.510 which is dated fr…
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: CORN-102E30
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch with blue, red and yellow enamelled inlay. The trumpet-shaped head triangulates slightly to an apex, where there is no evidence of a headplate, but a vertical wire head-loop projects from the back across a hollow circular section to the other edge of the head which would have held the spring mechanism and pin, both now missing. The decoration on the bow is mirrored along the central axis and comprises a lozenge-shaped recessed cell at the apex, with some yellow enamel still within it, above two sets of outward facing C-shaped cells fil…
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-10183D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress fastener or eye in the shape of a bow with a central moulded roundel with incised cross hatching to create the appearance of a pomegranate or acorn. Each loop is triangular in plan and tapers towards the central roundel which is hollow at the back. The sides of the loops are D-shaped in section with rounded outer edges and straight internal edges. At the wide external ends of each loop, the outer bar is recessed and worn in the middle where it would have been attached to a hook or thread. There are patches of black lacquer on the front and back of the fastener …
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-0FCA2A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with possibly the base of a broken headloop at the top of the head and only one of the two tubular wings surviving, still holding the copper alloy spindle intact.The remains of the hinge and pin are corroded into a lump of iron oxide that now fills the upper half of the hollow back of the bow and the base of the catch plate remains at the back of the foot. The bow is raised in the centre with a rectangular just below the head, which tapers to the same degree as the bow as it extends towards the missing foot. Within this raised …
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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