Record ID: IOW-3E9D82
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy and glass 'fob' seal matrix (1700-1800). This fragment is the frame and intaglio. The handle is missing. The frame is oval in plan and has a central circumferential ridge and step. The bevelled intaglio is secured by small lugs turned inwards. The clear glass intaglio bears a 'man of war' two-decker sailing ship. Viewing an impression, the ship is sailing right. It has three masts and the foresail and mizzensail are furled. A burgee or pennant flies from each masthead and there is a flag on the after-castle. The bowsprit is ornate but i…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-3E886F
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a gold ingot, rectangular in plan and rhomboidal in profile, and plano-convex in section. The ingot has been cast and then forged or hammered on two sides. The porosity seen in section at one end is created by the casting and then the ingot has been hit once it was cooled and this end section has cracked away. The opposite end has been sheared off with a blunt 'cold' chisel which has caused the end to expand slightly. So this piece may have come from a longer strip which was used and this fragment kept for future use or left to be melted down in a crucible. From the analys…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Just', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3E6041
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1550-c. 1650). The pin is missing. This buckle frame has two similar shaped loops of equal size and they are 'D'-shaped in plan. The central bar is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear and has a knop at each end. At the front, the loops are decorated with a central barrel moulding at each outer edge. The barrels have beaded borders either side which are framed on either side by moulded tendrils and leaf decoration with a knop on the outer edge. There is then a beaded collar before the frame curves inwards…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3DCD19
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval silver short cross penny of Henry II (1154-1189), minted by Pieres at London. Class 1b, 1180-1185 (North 1994: 220, ref: 963). Obverse: hENRICVS·REX, Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: + (cross pattée) PIERES·ON·LVND, Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 20.6mm. Weight: 1.37g. DA=12:5-6. North, J. J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3D98B9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch (c. 450-c. 600). The lower part of the brooch as well as the pin is missing. The flat head-plate is a trefoil around a central square. One of the side foils is smaller or has been damaged or abraded. At the front, the square has four ring-and-dot motifs, one close to each corner. There is also a ring-and-dot at the centre of each foil. The small portion of bow is convex at the front and concave on the reverse. On the front of the bow, at each upper corner, there is a small 'nick'. The reverse of the head-plate has the …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-3A3030
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Medieval silver voided long-cross cut half-penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Minted at Canterbury by Nicole, between 1248-1250. Class 3 possibly variety D2, North (1994) No.988/1. Measurements: 17.24mm long (remaining diameter, slightly distorted due to post-depositional edge folding) 8.12mm wide, 0.89mm thick (not including folding, which is too delicate to measure) and 0.59g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: KENT-39E874
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete Medieval silver short cross cut half-penny probably of Henry III (1216-1272), Minted at London by uncertain moneyer, class 7 possibly variety cB, dating c.1236-1242. North (1994) 980. Measurements: 17.35mm long, 10.09mm wide, 0.86mm thick and 0.65g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-39BF51
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval (1250-1450) copper alloy composite strap-end, with a front and back plate and a forked spacer between. The strap-end is parallel sided with a trefoil knop at the closed end. The spacer plate is c.3/4 of the length of the front and back plates, from the trefoil knop and stopping short of the open end. The space between the front and back plates here contains organic matter, probably from the original strap. Traces of a single rivet are evident at the centre of both ends. The metal has a greenish-blue patina and pitted surface. The object measures 36.3mm in length, 9.9mm in …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-39B899
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval penny of possibly Edward III, Treaty period onwards, perhaps Durham mint. Dating to 1363-77. Carl Savage has provided this identification and comments 'there could be the remains of a crozier before CIVI and there is a lombardic N in the reverse legend, which could indicate treaty B or onwards'.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-39B201
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn medieval penny of Henry VI (1422-61), annulet issue, minted at Calais and dating to 1422-30. Reference: North 1432
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3982F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy flat, enamelled disc (sexfoil) plate brooch (AD 80-250). The pin, some of the spring and the curled-over part of the catch-plate are missing. The front is decorated with a six-pointed star with concave arms around a single copper alloy pellet of reserved metal. The points of the star each terminate in a rounded knop. The areas inside and outside the star were probably enamelled but none can be seen. On the reverse, two projecting perforated lugs accommodate a copper alloy-axis bar for the copper-alloy spring. A spring chord can be seen b…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-396AB5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy late medieval or early post-medieval 'skep' thimble, dating from the second half of the 14th century - end of the 15th. Description: The thimble is a high cast beehive conical shape with a wide plain basal zone with a slight rim at the base prior to the indented outer wall of the thimble. The rest of the thimble is covered by irregularly spaced small hand drilled circular pits in a clockwise running spiral line. The thimble's walls are very thick The base is even and flat. The thimble, where not obscured by dirt, is a mid green in colour. The thimble is slightly…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: WILT-3935BE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy barbarous Radiate, probably imitating Tetricus II, dating to c. AD 275-285 (Reece Period 18). Probably imitating PAX AVG reverse type, depicting Pax standing left hoplding branch and vertical sceptre.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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Record ID: KENT-391C27
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of probable strip bracelet or bangle of uncertain date Description: The fragment represents part of loop of a strip bracelet or bangle. The upper surface of which is concave and the edges slgihtly bevelled. The object is patinated a dark green colour with numerous brown patches. Measurements: 26.49mm long, 8.62mm wide, 1.46mm thick and 3.03g in weight. Discussion: Small pieces of bracelet are common finds from the roman period, but are found from the roman period to the modern era. The lack of decoration however makes pinning it to any period not possible, the sli…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-3914CE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval halfgroat of Henry V or Edward IV (both reigns), mint of Canterbury. Carl Savage comments, 'The halfgroat is probably of Edward IV, there are no marks by bust and there may be a worn C on the breast which would indicate the second reign'. Edward IV second reign dates to 1471-83.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-38DD5E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period AD 332-333 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers standing either side of two standards. Mint of Arles: Branch//SCONST Obverse: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS; Two soldiers standing either side of two standards. Diameter: 19.0mm. Weight: 2.11g. DA=12:12. As RIC VII, p. 273, no. 367.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-38C89C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token probably of pos-medieval date 1500-1900 Description: The token is an unusual shape having either been warped or been formed from a blob of lead stamped or empressed rather than cast this creates a large thick rim. One face appears to have an inscription on but its uncertain as to the menaing. Measurements: 21.12mm in diameter, 5.02mm thick and 11.38g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th October 2018
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Record ID: IOW-38B272
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete Roman copper-alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), dating to the period AD 171-172 (Reece period 8). IMP VI COS III reverse type depicting Roma seated left holding sceptre, left elbow resting on shield. Mint of Rome. Obverse: M ANTONINVS-[AVG TR P] XXVI; Laureate head right. Reverse: [IMP VI COS III], S C reverse type depicting Roma seated left holding sceptre, left elbow resting on shield. Diameter: 30.0mm. Weight: 21.04g. DA=12:12. As RIC III, p. 295, no. 1037; BMC, p. 622, no. 1420.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-385D67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny ( 1180-1247), not further defined (North 1994: 220-223). Obverse: [hEN[RICVS [REX]: Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: [ ]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.8mm. Weight: 0.44g. North, J. J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-382E86
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake or possible blade, probably dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2200 BC). The object is composed of a light grey flint that is sub-triangular in plan with a pointed tip at one end and a broken square edge at the other. A raised central ridge runs the length of the dorsal surface from tip to base from which the faces slant downwards either side towards the bladed edges. The edges are slightly rounded and may have been retouched. The ventral surface is curved and smooth. The flint measures 41mm in length, a maximum of 18mm in width and a maximum of 6mm in thickness. It…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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