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Record ID: NMS-1236C1
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval Sterling bust type English jetton. Obverse; Crockard type crowned bust facing. Inner and outer circles with alternate cinquefoils and pellets within. Reverse; cross patonce, cinquefoils with central pellets in each inner quarter. Inner and outer circles with crowns within each outer quarter. Blind circular hole in approximate centre of reverse. Similar Sterling jettons are shown in Mitchiner p104-106. Mernick class 3a.14. Circa AD1302-1350. Diameter 21.1mm, thickness 1.1mm, weight 2.93g
Created on: Saturday 13th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-0F5E42
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval solid head button. The shape of the head is biconvex with an integral but crudely finished oval-shaped pierced attachment loop. Dark brown patina. Circa AD1500-1700. Length 17mm, thickness 11mm, weight 3.93g
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: SF-0BB8DC
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman bracelet, dating to AD 270-400. It is pointed oval in cross-section and it is arched in profile. The front face is slightly more convex then the back face and it bears and engraved decoration depicting a sequence of panels defined by two transverse grooves. Each panel has a longitudinal median line of three ring-and-dot motifs, which is flanked by a sequence of oblique short notches. Cf with The Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Jones-Miket , 1984, p. 127, no. 223 or Crummy (1981,pp. 40-43, nos. 1653passim.) Length: 28.16…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0B3C7E
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman stud/mount, dating to AD 100-300. It is sub-rectangular in plan, with rounded short sides and it is hemisferical in cross-section. The back face originally had two integral rivets; the one which suvives now bears a disc head. The front face is decorated with transverse bands alternate with thin ridges. Cf with The Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Jones-Miket , 1984, p. 239, no. 877. Length: 30.42 mm Width: 10.24 mm Thickness: 1.56 mm Thickness including rivet: 8.56 mm Weight: 3.73 g
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0ADA27
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy possibly Roman furniture fitting, dating to AD 43-410. It consists of a hollow knob, which has an oval cross-section and a circular opening at both ends. The opening are bordered by a slightly raised collar on the outer face; the collar has radial short grooves. The central band of the sides is decorated with a sequence of oblique grooves and ridges. See examples of the same type on PAS database: SF-0509E7, BERK-2EC08C. Height: 22.35 mm Diameter: 27.30 mm Thickness: 2.68 mm Weight: 28.93 g
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0AD3E5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy signet/seal finger-ring (c. 1400-c. 1500). The bezel is sub-oval in plan and the shoulders are trapezoid in cross section, with bevelled edges. The bezel is decorated with an incised design of a sub-oval frame which contains a capital letter 'I'. At either side of the 'I', and also at one end, there is an incised branch/palm. This finger-ring is pitted and has traces of a green patina. The breaks are old. Length: 25.0mm; width: 8.7mm; thickness of bezel: 1.8mm. Weight: 2.87g. Signet rings with crowned initials and branches to each sid…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Saturday 13th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-0ABAC0
Object type: SCOOP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval cast copper alloy scoop from a mechanical seed drill. The object comprises a hemispherical bowl with a thick, facetted stem. File marks can be seen on the stem and bowls. There is a circular depression, 2.5 mm deep, 4.5 mm diameter, apparently drilled, on the back of the bowl. The stem terminates in an old break 15.8 mm from the junction with the bowl. This would be one of several spoon-like scoops mounted on a revolving drum which scooped up seed from a hopper and directed it via chutes to the furrow. Overall length 36.7 mm, width 18.2 mm, thickness …
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
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Record ID: WILT-0A9231
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Radiate, probably dating to AD 260-275 (Reece period 13). Uncertain reverse type and mint.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: SF-0A876C
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman furniture fitting, dating to AD 43-410. It is a solid bell-shaped knob and bears at its base a collar made of two circumferential ridges with a thin groove in between. The top has a raised rim surmounted by a broken flattened knop. At the bottom there is a broken rectangular cross-sectioned iron projection, which is surrounded by iron corrosion products. See similar examples on PAS database: SF-0509E7, BERK-2EC08C. Height: 28.65 mm Diameter: 20.02 mm Weight: 47.12 g
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0A68AC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate, probably barbarous, imitating an issue of Claudius II, dating to AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). PROVID(ENT) AVG reverse type, depicting providentia standing left with long vertical sceptre and baton.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: DENO-0A5A41
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy looped socketed spearhead dating to the Early Bronze Age, circa 1700 - 1550 BC. The blade tip is missing, the socket and base of the blade remain, the blade terminating in an old break 30.8 mm from the blade-socket junction. The midrib is lozenge-shaped in cross-section. On either side of the midrib are deep channels. The blade wings are broadly triangular in cross-section.. The ribs do not extend onto the socket. The socket is circular in cross-section, it tapers slightly from 22 mm at the base to 19 mm at the blade socket junction, where it becomes more eliptical …
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SOM-0A3D08
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by Richard Moore of Yeovil in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 338, dating to 1668 (on token). Ref: Williamson (1891, 995).
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
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Record ID: SOM-0A1FD8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by the constables of Taunton in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 227a, dating to 1667 (on token). Ref: Williamson (1891, 987).
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: SOM-0A1EA9
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A pierced post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of the Schultes workshop, Hans Schultes I or II, dating from 1553 to 1603. ​'French shield' type inscribed LIB MICH ALS [ICH] DIH. Minted at Nuremberg. No direct equivalent is found in Mitchiner (1988) but the obverse correponds to his nos. 1380 (Schultes I) and 1399 (Schultes II); the reverse is in the style of no. 1398 (Schultes II) but with a different legend. ​​Diameter 28. 3mm, thickness 0.9 mm, weight 2.69 g. The jetton shows evidence of reuse, having a circular pierced hole close to the edge, above the crown and sli…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-0A1E21
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle or late Bronze Age copper alloy spear head, probably dating to c. 1550-800 BC. The surviving fragment comprises of the mid-rib, circular in cross section and tapering from the top of the socket to the point, which is lost to abrasion. Vestigial remains of highly abraded wings project from either side of the rib. Dimensions: length 34.5mm; width 14.4mm; thickness 9.7mm; weight 12.20g. The presence of a midrib would suggest a date in the Middle or Late Bronze Age (Davis 2016; 2017).
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2020
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Record ID: SF-0A1DAC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval buckle pin dating to c. AD 1100-1450. Formed from a sheet rather than cast. Rectangular shaped section with a pointed tip, the loop has been formed by bending the shaft into shape. Similar to Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories, page 90-91, nos. 397 and 415 also similar to page 94, no. 422.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0A1BFD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman to Early Medieval propeller-shaped belt stiffener, dating to AD 350-450. It consists of a central oval flat element, which has a sub-trapezoidal plate extending to either side. The front face has a longitudinal median rib, which is pierced at either end by two copper-alloy rivets. The long borders of the front face are decorated with a line of incised dots. The back face is flat and undecorated. See similar examples on PAS database: NMS-1537C3, PUBLIC-4E2332. Length: 26.32 mm Width: 18.21 mm Thickness: 3.18 mm Weight: 4.98 g
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-09E8B2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by the town of Bridgwater in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 48, dating to 1666 (on token). Ref: Williamson (1891, 974).
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-09E8BE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval, sheet copper-alloy probable buckle plate. Description: The plate consists of two rectangular sheets of copper-alloy held together by two, in-situ, copper-alloy, circular rivets. There is a 1mm gap between the sheets. Both sides of the plate are incised with two, parallel longitudinal lines. One end of the plate is intact but the other end, where it was attached to the buckle, is broken across the rivet hole. There is some gilding visible on both sides. Measurements: Length 22.99mm: Width 7.85mm: Thickness 1.81mm: Weight 1.25g. Discussion: There has been some discu…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd October 2018
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Record ID: SOM-09D9CD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by the town of Bridgwater in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 48, dating to 1666 (on token). Ref: Williamson (1891, 974).
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.