Record ID: OXON-45BB99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch, incomplete and now in two refitting pieces. The brooch has wide arms with a C-shaped section, end caps and a double lug on the head / within the spring casing. The spring and pin are missing. The head of the brooch is comma-shaped in profile and has a faint, short mid-rib near the top. There are two semi-circular mouldings at the juntion of the wings and bow and a diagonal line on each of the wings. The bow is broken approximately a third of the way down but the lower two-thirds of the brooch is present and refits per…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
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Record ID: SOM-45962C
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 Dorchester in Dorset, Williamson Dorset 53, dating to 1669 (on token). Ref: Williamson (1891, 177).
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
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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: 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: PUBLIC-43C151
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, possibly a contemporary copy, dating to the period c.AD 330-340 (Reece period 17). CONSTANTINOPOLIS reverse type depicting Victory left on a prow holding shield and sceptre. Prototype of the mint of Trier: Mint mark []//T[R]P. Approximately 15% of small flan missing due to break.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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