Record ID: HESH-0A4DFC
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One lead alloy musket shot / ball of post medieval 1600-1800 date. The shots are sub-spherical in shape with a relatively even surface. The shot has a casting seam and spurs from being removed from the mould. It is a light grey colour with a relatively thick surface patina. Similar shots have been dated to the later post medieval period however the date range should extend into the early modern period as similar projectiles were used in firearms throughout this period. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page …
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Bryan', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-04483A
Object type: MIRROR CASE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval mirror case lid. The object is flat and circular with a circumferential rim around the reverse side. There are two diametrically opposed projections, one is a double lug pierced hinge with a small part of the base loop extant and held by a copper alloy pin. The other is a pointed triangular lug that would have facilitated the opening of the lid. The upper surface is decorated with four moulded banded arcs in shallow relief, extending in from the outside of each quarter to form an incurving lozenge motif. The sides of each arc is delineated with small triangular e…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-04C9A6
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval hollow openwork button. The hollow body is sub-circular with a small central pip at the extremity. Each half has six symmetrically arranged piriform shaped voids through to the hollow centre forming six spoked arms and a solid equatorial band. The loop is integral and flat with a circular piercing for attachment. On the forward half of the button each of the six arms has a moulded central cleft. The forward half of the equatorial band leading up to the voids continues this moulded division. The design is a common type and dates from the 16th century. Similar…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-056201
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame: oval with an offset, narrowed rectangular-sectioned bar and grooved triangular knop on the outside edge, copper alloy wire pin and scrap of missing sheet plate. Cf. Egan and Pritchard (1991), nos. 306-10. Frame length 16mm. Width 20.5mm. 14th century.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0564CE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded 17th century copper alloy halfpenny trade token of William Brothers, Deal in Kent dated 1669. Williamson (1886, 357) No.145. Obverse: HIS / HALF / PENY in three lines with the legend * WILLIAM * BROTHERS Reverse: a sailing ship with the legend * IN * DEALE * 1669. Diameter 18.2mm, thickness 0.8mm and weight 1.3g.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-05805F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of post-medievalcopper alloy double-looped buckle frame, one outside edge only with a trilobed knob in the centre and an ovoid lobe at both extant corners, stumps of broken sides. As Whitehead 2003, no. 529. Extant length 26mm. Width 31mm. c.1620 - c.1680.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: SF-058E83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman radiate of an uncertain ruler, dating to AD 260-296. [SALVS AVG] reverse type depicting Salus standing and feeding a snake in her arms. Uncertain mint.
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-05BF67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman radiate of Carausius, dating to AD 286-293 (Reece Period 14). [P]A[X AVG] reverse type depicting Pax standing left holding flower and vertical sceptre. Uncertain mint.
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.

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Record ID: SF-05E65D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy contemporary copy of a Roman radiate (Barbarous Radiate), copying a coin of Claudius II (AD 268-270), dating to AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). Copying an uncertain reverse type depicting a standing figure.
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: NMS-0603E3
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete gilt and enamelled copper-alloy T-shaped terminal from arm of large crucifix, corroded, bent and broken, Limoges enamelled plate with now obscure cast and enamelled decoration, although probably comprising a symbolic figure representing one of the evangelists. There are traces of engraved detail white, blue and black enamel and red discolouration of some of the metal. The plate is pierced by a rivet-hole, and broken across part of another, slightly larger perforation. One of the arms of the T is missing. Extant length (unbent) 36.5mm. Extant width (unbent) 38mm. There is an…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
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Record ID: DUR-0625F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of the Medieval period from the reign of Edward I, AD1272-1307. Obverse description: Bust facing with trifoliate crown, drapery of angled wedges. Obverse inscription: EDWA R ANGL DNS hYB Reverse description: Long cross dividing legend,three pellets in each quarter Reverse inscription: CIVI TAS LON DON. The coin is in a fair condition with some wear on both faces, more so on the obverse. Thickness: 0.55mm Weight: 1g Diameter: 17.19mm North vol 2, Class 10cf3 1042/1-2
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
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Record ID: NMS-066F1A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy buckle frame, just over half of double-oval with narrowed central bar and copper alloy sheet pin. Convex face of sub triangular-sectioned frame decorated with incised oblique lines. Extant length 20mm. Width 29mm. 14th-15th century.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: DUR-06AF22
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy strap junction of the Late Iron Age or early Roman period, BC100-AD100. The object consists of four conjoined loops arranged around a solid centre which has a depression on both sides. Two of the loops are incomplete, with the remaining two showing evidence of wear; one in particular is very worn from use and is very thin on its outside edge. There is no decoration visible on any surface. Nicolay (2007, 49) indicates such strap junctions functioned as part of horse harness equipment, designed to "link the straps securing the saddle at front and back".…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
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Record ID: NMS-06C42D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward III, Pre-Treaty Series C, Durham, North 1150, very heavily worn, 1351-2
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-06E6DB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward III, 4th coinage of York, clipped and very heavily worn, 1351-77
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-072EC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, Tower, North 2016, clipped and extremely worn, initial mark illegible, 1582-1603
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: DUR-072FDC
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy pilgrim badge of the Medieval period, AD1300-1500. The badge consists of a circular shaped disc with a broken projection at the base. The front is decorated with the face or bust of a long haired and bearded man. The bust has flowers radiating from left side and the top of the head (and presumably from the right side of the head, now lost). Around the bust is a flat circular area with pronounced outer rim. The reverse has a casting seam along the centre with a small knop at what would have been the mid way point. The pin is missing. Length: 16.83mm Widt…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Sunday 17th February 2019
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Record ID: SF-07304D
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval stirrup mount, dating to AD 1000-1100. It is pentagonal in plan and there is a right angle flange at the bottom of the mount. There are two holes on the lower part of the mount, which still house the iron rivets; on the back of the mount survives a fragment of the iron strap or fitting. The apex of the mount is missing but it bears traces of a further central circular hole. The front face is decorated with incised lines depicting a pair of addorsed beasts beneath a pendent lobe (the latter does not survive in this object). The outline of the b…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-073B2A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age gold stater of the North Eastern region / Corieltavi dating to c. 50 - 20 BC (South Ferriby Type). Obverse: Wreath, cloak and crescents. Reverse: Lunate horse left, 'anchor' face above, star sun below, pellet rosette below head. As ABC 1743, VA 811, 835, 837, BMC 3148-78. 22.2 mm, 4.80g.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: IOW-075E2C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and worn Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VII (1485-1509), minted at Canterbury, c. 1490-1500. Mintmarks: tun/[tun] (North 1991: 102, ref: 1712). Obverse: (tun) hEnRIC [ ]; Crowned bust facing within a double stranded multifoil, all within an inner circle. Reverse: [POSVI/DEV A/DIVTO/E] mEV (I have made God my Helper) // CIVI/TAS/CAn/TOR; Long cross dividing the inscriptions with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.6mm. Weight: 1.03g. DA=12:1. North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.