Record ID: YORYM-4B015B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1350 - 1450. The buckle has a single looped oval frame with a projecting lip to the outer edge. From the opposite side of the loop an integral forked spacer extends, each arm flanking a narrowed pin bar. One arm tapers to a blunted point while the other terminates in a worn break. The metal has a dark brown/green patina and is worn. The buckle is 64mm long, 14.9mm wide, 3.4mm thick and weighs 4.6g. Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead, p.36-37 and are dated to circa AD 1350 - 1450. Ref: Whitehead, R. (1996). Bu…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-4B506A
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy spur terminal of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1700. All that remains is a short length of one D-sectioned arm with an integral figure of eight terminal. A pointed transverse collar is present at the junction of the terminal and arm. The metal has a mid-grey/green patina and is worn. The spur is 29.3mm long, 14.5mm wide at the terminal and 5.3mm wide at the arm, 2.5mm thick and weighs 3.2g. A spur with a similar terminal is recorded as BUC-1B8F8B which is dated to the 13th - 14th century based on examples in the London Museum Catalogue. T…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
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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: WILT-46A427
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine (AD307-361), Reece Period 16. Reverse type BEATA TRANQVILLITAS depicting a globe on an altar inscribed VOT/IS XX, with three stars above it. Trier mint.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-46FC2E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine (AD307-361), Reece Period 17. Reverse type GLORIA EXERCITVS depicting two soldiers standing holding spear and shield, between them one standard. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-476056
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus, possibly a contemporary copy, of an issue of the house of Constanine, dating to AD 353-361 (Reece period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a soldier advancing left spearing a fallen horseman. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-4870DB
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Lead alloy object of probable Post-Medieval or Modern date, c. AD 1700-1900. The object is C-shaped in plan, with original internal and external edges, but terminating in old breaks at either end. Towards one end the fragment expands in width and tapers in thickness, and is probably almost complete. It is triangular in cross section, with a beveled exterior edge. This face is decorated in low relief, stippled with pellets within two raised borders, the other faces are undecorated. It is 21.60mm in length (approximating to the diameter of the original item), the centr…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-48D2F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of the house of Constantine, dating to AD 318-324 (Reece Period 16). VIRTVS EXERCIT reverse type, depicting trophy flanked by two seated captives.Uncertain mint.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-49192D
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Roman copper alloy furniture fitting, dating to c. AD 43-410. The fitting consists of a plano-convex knop, with a narrowed, waisted projection expanding from the base. There are traces of iron corrosion affixed to the base of the projection. The knop is undecorated except for a slightly obliquely angled incised circumferencial collar around the the base. The finial is 20.7mm in length/height, 17.94mm in width (diameter of dome) and weighs 21.16g. The object has broad similarities to other objects identified as Roman furniture fittings (e.g. KENT-BEFFF9, KENT-712CC9, P…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
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Record ID: WAW-4AC3FE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age coin: gold stater of the Catuvellauni, Tasciovanos Tascio type struck between c. 25 BC and AD 10. ABC 2574
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
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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: 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: 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: 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: SUR-489666
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post medieval copper-alloy circular pan weight, 40.4mm in diameter and 6.5mm thick. The front is flat and divided into quarters by a thin moulded cross; each quarter has a number 1 in the centre, in line with the radius. The reverse is undecorated but has rounded edges. When complete it would have weighed around 90g / 3oz.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
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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: 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: 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
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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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