Record ID: SUR-484EC8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Royal Artillery Button dating to 1790 to 1840. The button is convex and shows signs of having been heavily polished during its use. The moulded design depicts three vertically stacked cannons with three bezants separated by stacks of cannon balls in a band above, all within a recessed shield-shaped field. The back is concave and has a stub of a now lost fixing lug.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-487B9B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude square lead alloy pan weight, plano-convex in profile and heavily abraded. The weight measures 64.3mm in length and weighs 477.92 g or 16.86oz. As Saunders et al (2001), number p131, number 50 and probably medieval.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-4B2BFF
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Norton, Yorkshire hoard (2018T742) 1055 AR denarii and one radiate (and pottery fragments) to AD 231 Summary:     Mark Antony (coins dated 32-31 BC) 46 Nero (AD 54 - 68) 7 Galba (AD 68-9) 2 Otho (AD 69) 2 Vitellius (AD 69) 2 Vespasian (AD 69-79) 47 Titus Caesar 3 Domitian Caesar 2 Titus (AD 79-81) 2 …
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2022
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Record ID: NLM-4AAADD
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead alloy badge. Cast circular badge bearing the naturalistically rendered leftward-facing profile of a man wearing a soft hat, perhaps with badge or cockade; a collar ruff; and a fur-fringed garment with puffed, slashed or thick corduroy sleeves. The figure is set within a border of alternating pellets and bisected ovals perhaps pendent from an outer order of triangles, either as shorthand for the leaves of a wreath or perhaps standing for the vegetal garlands which sometimes frame images in earlier Renaissance art. An integrally cast loop is set centrally on the back. The impressio…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshchapel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4B5ED0
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy dress hook of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 5 being trefoil in plan. The main plate is an openwork trefoil knot design with a D-shaped section. An integral D-sectioned hook extends from the lower curved edge of the bottom loop of the knot, terminating in a point. Two small circular details, possibly representing roses, mark the join between the main plate and the sub-rectangular attachment loop. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The dress hook is…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
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Record ID: GLO-480661
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
~~A silver scottish cut half penny of William I (AD 1165-1214) third coinage (Short Cross and Stars) phase B, bust III (Spink S5029), dating to c. AD 1205-1230. Moneyer: Hue Walter, minted at Edinburgh, Perth or Roxburgh. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 14. Obverse: bust facing left LER Reverse: Voided short cross with 5 pointed stars in each angle HV-ER
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: GLO-49754E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver scottish penny of William I (AD 1165-1214), third coinage (Short Cross and Stars), phase B, bust II (Spink S5029) dating to c. AD 1205-1230. Moneyer: Hue Walter. Mint: Edinburgh, Perth or Roxburgh. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 14. Obverse: bust facing left LE REI WILA[..] Reverse: Voided short cross with 5 pointed stars in each angle [...]RETLAW (all of these letters are reversed).
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: SUR-47CB55
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla of medieval date, c.AD 1150 - 1350. The body of the ampulla is circular with an elongated rectangular neck extending from one edge. The remains of two attachment loops project to either side of the neck where it meets the body. The opening at the top of the neck has been pinched shut. On one side of the rounded body of the ampulla there is moulded decoration in the form of a scallop shell. This design is often asssociated with St James of Compostela or more generally as a symbol of pilgrimage. The reverse of the object is undecorated aside from traces of…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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Record ID: SF-458829
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy Medieval seal matrix, dating to AD 1250-1350. It is circular in plan and bears a D-shaped lug on its back; the lug has a circular hole. The die has a cast central motif depicting a basic swirl consisting of a central dot, which is surrounded by six short crescent-shaped elements; the legend around the swirl reads [S' R]ICARD MAROIN ("Seal of Richard Maroin"). The seal matrix is damaged on the edge, missing a small portion close to the lug. MAROIN could be for MARION - Reaney, DBS s.n. Marion, gives Mariun (1279) and Marioun (1350), but Withycombe [ODECN 3rd…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reed', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-482C30
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy stirrup strap mount, 53.6mm in length, of Williams' Class A, Type 12 (closed form). The mount is diamond or lozenge shaped and has moulded decoration comprising a saltire cross with four recesses, a central moulded boss and peripheral knops to the ends of the arms. Two further knops are present on the lateral points of the diamond shaped frame. An integral loop is located at the top containing the remains of an iron rivet. A flange extends rearwards from the base of the mount, containing the remains of two more iron rivets. The mount…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Saturday 19th October 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-443292
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver cufflink, 15mm in diameter, 2mm thick and weighing 0.73g. The object is circular in form and sub rectangular in cross section, with a turned down and slightly flared edge. Its upper surface is decorated with a stamped from the reverse design, which consists of two raised hearts in a mottled field with a crown above (Lewis Form 1, Type A).The design is enclosed within a circumferential band of raised rectangles flanked by a solid linear border. The reverse has a now broken circular shaped and cross sectioned loop, which has been soldered on. The raised border…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: DENO-4A202A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but clipped early medieval silver denier of the Merovingian Franks dating to c.AD700-50, mint of Marseille (MEC1, no 577). Ref: Grierson and Blackburn 1986: 149; cf. Chambouillet 1890: nos 107-18 (pl.VI-VII). Rev: Anchor cross with the roman nummerals V, II either side of the shank.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: LVPL-4957B2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bi-polar core from Boulder Clay deposited in the last Ice Age, probably worked on an anvil, as indicated by the deep negative scar on the other side and the damage at each end of the piece. Late Mesolithic (between 7400-4000 BC) and similar to material, according to Ron Cowell of the Museum of Liverpool, from sites east of Liverpool or on the Wirral. Possibly the remnants of a larger pebble used to fashion smaller blades by striking, in this case on an anvil.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyme Park', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-4A22AF
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Treasure reference 2018 T740; a post-medieval silver-gilt dress hook of Reads' 'Early post-medieval Class D, Type 7' (Read 2008, p. 83, no. 280). The dress hook is formed of four conjoined fleur-de-lis radiating from a central hole inlaid with a large bulbous-headed knop that imitates a cabochon gem. The knop passes through the central hole and splays onto the reverse to stop it from coming loose. The arms of the dress hook are in moulded-relief with openwork segments between. A separate, soldered, hook and rectangular loop are located on the reverse. Dimensions: le…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: SUR-474EA9
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an enameled copper alloy flat-ringed terret, 51.1mm in length, of later Iron Age date. The fragment comprises a portion of a rounded to sub-rectangular sectioned bar flanked by a 16.4mm wide and partly concave, oval expansion or collar at the end. A portion of a crescentic loop expands in width from the terminal but is broken at a point 30.6mm around the circumference. There is a surviving portion of red champlevé enamel decoration on either side of the portion of the loop, which would originally have covered the whole loop in an axially symmetrical curvilinear design f…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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Record ID: LIN-4B59C6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description Treasure reference 2018 T741: a Roman silver finger ring, probably of Henig Type VIII which dates to the second or third century AD. The ring has a flat sub-rectangular bezel with sloping triangular shoulders. The shoulders taper to form a slender hoop. The bezel is very worn and no inscription or decoration is visible. The shoulders are each decorated with two pairs of incised lines which run parallel to the edges. These taper to the base of the hoop, where two lines continue along the perimeters. The hoop is not joined at the base, but rather overlaps at the centre. T…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-4AE731
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy Roman nummus of Helena Augusta (AD 324-341) dating to AD 324-330. Reverse type SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE depicting Securitas standing holding branch. LRBC 35, RIC 481. Mint mark unclear
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-4A5DCE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 307-337) dating to the period AD 307-318. Reece period 15. SOLI INVICTO COMITI reverse type. Mind unclear
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-4A3323
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman nummus of House of Constantine dating to the period c. AD 330-340. Reece period 17. Victory on prow reverse type. Mint mark unclear
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-49B1D8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy vulvate mount, dating from c. AD 150-300. The mount is formed of a sub rectangular plate with a raised oval shaped boss in the centre. There is a linear groove running lengthwise down the oval, giving the appearance of a stylised vulva. The underside of the mount is concave where the boss is raised on the front. There are two integral lugs at either edge of the concave portion. They are cylindrical in section and end with a hammered or flattened tip. The patina is in variable condition, surviving well is some places and in others having worn away. The corners…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2019
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