Record ID: IOW-52E4E1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1700). The mount is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan, moulded at the front and flat at the rear. One end is straight and the opposite end is in the form of a fleur-de-lis or trefoil. The front has a foliate design. Close to each corner of the straight end there is a small circular hole. At the rear there are two integral tapering spikes which are circular in cross-section. One is complete and the other survives as a stub. The front is gilded and the rear has green copper-alloy corrosion products. Height: 2…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5260DE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). The mount is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear. In plan, it is pointed at one end and has a knop at the opposite end. At the rear there are two integral tapering spikes which are circular in cross-section. One is complete and the other survives as a stub. This mount has a coarse green surface with flecks of a green patina. Height: 27.9mm; width: 12.4mm; thickness: 2.4mm; thickness including spike: 5.0mm. Weight: 3.06g. A similar mount has been illustrat…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd 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: PUBLIC-50658E
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Tin or tin-alloy badge. It is heart shaped with a cut-out 'C', and a small perforation centrally located at the top edge, and is lettered COALVILLE AND DISTRICT MINERS around the perimeter and ASSOCIATION across the top, between the perforation and the cut-out. The badge was found in two parts and is bent but complete. It measures 30.1mm high by up to 19.8mm at its widest, and it weighs 3.3grams. Coalville & District Miners Association was a trade union formed in 1887, and in 1907 the name was changed to Leicestershire Miners' Association. Recorded as of local interest.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-4F7CA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragmentary Roman nummus of House Constantine, dating from c. AD 313-316. Reece period 15. MARTI CONSERVATORI reverse type. Mint of trier (probably)
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: SF-4F5CDB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman buckle dating to AD 43-96. It consists of part of the curved frame and the lug. The frame is concave in its back face while its front face has a oblique line which determines a bevelled outer edge. Where the frame meets the transverse bar there is a protrusion turning towards the inside of the buckle loop. The bar has a sub-rectangular cross section and it bears a longitudinal groove on either the front and back face; its outer face has a lug with a circular hole set at right angle to the bar. This buckle is military and of Early Roman, pre-Flavian, …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 30th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-4F4D0E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper-alloy finger ring. Only the collet and empty bezel cup remain. The collet is hexagonal in shape. The shoulders are damaged but on one side the width of the shoulders extends past the collet and likely the band should it have survived, suggesting that it may be an example of a shield-shaped shouldered ring, as NMS-B49E30 Suggested date is AD 200 - 300 Dimensions: weight: 0.9g, length (of overall fragment): 11.4mm, width of band: 6.7mm, height of bezel/collet: 2.9mm, thickness of band/shoulder: 1.1mm
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4F0AD3
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval cast copper alloy toy pistol / petronel c.1600-1800. The toy that replicates the match-lock weapons of the 16th century is 67.4mm long with the barrel being hexagonal shaped with elongated sides and tapers gradually to the muzzle end, where there is a ram-rod in the end of the barrel, now corroded and fixed solid. There is a break at the butt end that would probably have been a larger triangular butt, replicating the section that would have been held against the chest when firing this type of weapon in real life. Weight 18.4g. Similar to published record SF7122.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-4ECC22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete damaged and bent Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), minted at London. Probably class 3g, 1280-1282 (North 1991: 29, ref: 1022). The coin is in two parts. Obverse: [ED]WR' A[NGL DNS hY]B (small crescent stop); Crowned bust facing with a trifoliate crown and wedged drapery. Reverse: [ ]ON[ ]; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.6mm. Weight: 0.81g. (the weight includes some soil) North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-4ECBC6
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn medieval copper alloy heraldic mount, dating to the medieval period, probably dating c.AD 1247-1377. Description: The mount is shield-shaped, with a square top tapering to a point below, with slightly convex sides. The shield is in good condition with the heraldic motif of 'barry of twelve argent and azure an orle of six martlets gules' clearly visible and mostly unworn. Colloquially the design is '12 lines of alternating silver and blue alternating with six red martlets (aligned top to bottom 3,2,1). The device is picked out in champlevé enamel for the martlets and the b…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: SF-4EBB8B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy composite strap end dating to the Medieval period, c. 1350-1450. The strap end is composed of three elements: two outer plates and an internal forked spacer connected by means of two circular-sectioned copper-alloy rivets (which survive in situ). Each plate demonstrates a slightly tapering rectangular upper section, which abruptly waists to form a devolved cruciform/fleur de lis shaped terminal-a rivet is sited respectively in the apex of the plate and at the midpoint of the terminal. The front face of the strap-end demonstrates incised decoration in the f…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beetley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4EA576
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a Roman brooch possibly of the Aucissa or Hod Hill Type, dating to AD 43-100. It is the lower part of the bow and the foot. The front face of the bow has a median longitudinal groove and two transverse grooves at its end. The foot tapers towards the end, where it is heavily twisted. The back face of the foot bears traces of the catch-plate. Cf Hattatt (1985, p. 55, fig. 23, no. 309) Length: 25.22 mm Width: 6.80 mm Thickness of the bow: 2.53 mm Weight: 1.22 g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4E5106
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A virtually complete cast copper-alloy figurine in the form of a jester, probably of later Medieval or Post-Medieval date, c. 1400-1700. When viewed from the front the figure stands with his head looking upwards to the right, his hips bent slightly and his right hand raised. His left hand is placed on his hip though not directly joined to it. On his head he wears a double-pointed cap, while on his body some clothing folds and a belt at his waist are just visible-though the body of the figurine is heavily worn. Almost all the facial features have been worn away, though the eyes are sti…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beetley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4E4BC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Colchester Derivative Type, so called Fantail brooch, dating to AD 50-150. It consists of two semi-tubular wings with no decorations on the front face. The back face of the head has the double lug in which the spring is still inserted. The spring mechanism is in good condition, with the copper-alloy spring bar passing through the lower lug and the pin, which only lacks of the tip. The bow has a roughly D-shaped cross-section and it is decorated with three longitudinal grooves ont the front face. The lower end of the bow has a transverse g…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4E3869
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval hammered silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Canterbury mint, Class 10ab, Spink 1409b. Obverse: Crowned bust facing. Inscription EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB Reverse: Long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. Inscription CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR Diameter 1.88mm, weight 1.29gm
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-4E11C5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (c.1250-1400) copper alloy circular seal matrix with a pierced semi-circular lug to the reverse. The lug has an old break across the piercing and the edge is badly damamged to the front. The front depicts a tonsured head facing left, a left arm below raised to an area in front of the chin, presumably in supplication. Around is the inscription [----] III SC II [-] ?TODIhOD WILTONE*I - perhaps suggesting of the town of Wilton in Wiltshire. The reverse of the seal matrix is undecorated with a central raised elongated V-shaped platform from which the semi-circul…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-4DFF7F
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy box clasp, possibly from a multi-stranded necklace or other item of jewellery (c. 1800-c. 1900). The object is two machine pressed rectangular plates soldered to a central rectangular block which is probably solid. The back plate is larger than the front plate and is perforated along its two longer edges. Each circular perforation is about 0.8mm in diameter. The holes were for individual strands. The front plate is decorated and has a 'scrolled' border with a wavy edge. The border encloses a rectangular panel within which there is a line of ten pellets.…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-4DE886
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead pendant in cruciform shape, probably of Medieval or Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1100-1800). The object has a loop for suspension as a pendant; the loop has a sub-circular perforation and is sub-circular in section. The body of the cruciform is sub-rectangular in section. The short horizontal arms of the cruciform are slightly asymmetrical, with one side thicker than the other. The long vertical shaft of the cruciform bends to one side at the terminal. In profile the cruciform is concave, with a bend downwards after the loop, towards the horizontal arm, which then bend…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
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Record ID: NMS-4DE0A9
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy Cherwell variant Ewart Park sword dating to the period c. 900 - 800 BC. Octagonal-sectioned socketed handle with two rivet holes positioned on the long axis on each face, now filled with corossion product. Within the socket is a fragment of wood, traces of a white substance, possibly adhesive (or wax) and a ring of corrosion product running around the mouth. The handle tapers slightly from a width of 25.5mm to 21.5mm before expanding into the shoulders to a maximum width of 42.1mm. The junction between the integrally cast blade and the hilt is stepped on b…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Record ID: KENT-4DDD5F
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy impersonal medieval seal matrix, dating from the mid-13th-14th century. Description: The matrix is shield-shaped in plan and flat slightly concave, except for the small neatly formed triangular suspension loop at the central point of the reverse. The matrix features a well-defined central design of an eagle with it wings outstretched, with two main parts of the wings clearly shown (upper covets and the lower longer remiges), the head is turned to the left on the matrix (and would appear right on the seal). Around this is an inscription starting from an …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: ESS-4D8946
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper-alloy artefact, possibly part of a Roman brooch. The item is flat and rectangular, with a short perpendicular tab at one end. The tab is broken and appears to have originally been longer or connected to another component. The opposite end of the artefact also appears to be broken. The surface of the item is divided into four equal segments, separated by thin and slightly raised lines running transversely across the surface. The back is plain and undecorated. Suggested date: Roman Dimensions: weight: 5.7g, length: 24.2mm, width: 14.6mm, thickness: 1.9mm, d…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.