Record ID: PUBLIC-699EF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame. The frame is D-shaped in plan and oval in section with a widened outer edge and a slightly offset strap bar. There is a transverse groove across the front in the centre of the outer edge making a pin rest. A similar example is described in record SOM-CA5700 It is 24.1mm long, 18.5mm wide and 2.7mm thick; it weighs 2.8g.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-69018A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy single-looped roller framed buckle (c. 1250-c. 1400). It has an oval shaped frame with an offset and narrowed bar, thickened at the outer edge. At the outer edge, on the front and rear, there are two transverse ridges as decoration. At each corner of the outer edge there is a rounded knop. This design echoes that of roller buckles of the same period - where the elements are depicted as solid rather than moveable. The buckle has a mid brown/green patina. Length: 15.4 mm; width: 13.1 mm; thickness: 2.3mm Weight: 1.2g. A similar example is sho…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
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Record ID: OXON-65859A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative Dolphin brooch, pin broken and missing. Dating to the period AD 43 - 120. No photograph
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
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Record ID: OXON-652D03
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post-medieval farthing Trade Token issued by John Sindriy, a grocer in Burford, Oxfordshire, dating to AD 1653. The Obverse bears the grocer's arms while the reverse has the initials S over I [E] - the E being for Sindriy's wife (name unknown). Sindriy is mentioned in the rent-roll of 1652 and paid tax on five hearths in 1662 and 1665. Norweb 3602b.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2022
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Record ID: WILT-650859
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, dating to c. AD 1200 - 1400. The pendant consists of a shield shaped plate, with a square top and tapering to a point at the base, with an attachment loop projecting from the centre of the top edge. This was probably originally transverse, but has been deformed and is now on the same plane. The front of the plate is decorated with a recessed, cross-shaped field, although any enamel has been lost. Dimensions: length 29.85mm; width 17.79mm; thickness 2.38mm; weight 3.74g. cf. Ashley (2002: 10) no. 41.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: WILT-648D9F
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 point of the spear head, between the point and the internal socket end. The fragment is sub-triangular in plan, expanding from the point into an old break. The spearhead is cast with a central longitudinal midrib, from which the wings project tapering into the edge. The mid-rib and socket are both rounded in cross section. The fragment is bent, curving to one side in profile. Dimensions: length 35.65mm; width 16.80mm; thickness 9.10mm; weight 11…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-643BDA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch dating to c AD 70-110. Wings expand transversely from the head with a C-shaped cross section, both terminating in perforated wing caps. A perforated crest arcs over the head of the brooch. The bow of the brooch expands from the head with a slightly concave reverse and convex face, tapering into an unelaborated foot. The bow is decorated, moulded in low relief, with two converging ridged flanking the central crest and short, recessed, flanged ridges flanking the upper bow. the catchplate in unperforated with a right curling p…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-6425BA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper alloy post-medieval farthing trade token issued by Charles Yates of Burford in AD 1664.Originally the obverse would have depicted three gates (2 over 1) while the reverse beared the initials Y over C H, the H being for Yate's wife (name unknown). Yates is mentioned in the rent-roll of 1685 and was a witness to a lease in 1658 (from J.G Milne 1935). Norweb 3603.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-63A594
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy dress hook of Read's (2008) class E, type 3, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1625. The dress hook comprises of a sub-rectangular plate cast into an openwork depicting of two inward facing scrolled volutes, with a rectangular loop projecting from the top edge. A backwards facing hook projects from the opposite side of the plate, preceded by a transverse collar, and flanked by flanged knops at their base. Dimensions: 23.3mm in length; 11.80mm in width; 1.45g. cf. Read (2008: 106) nos. 416-419, HAMP-153467 and SOM-BCEA93 on this database.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: LIN-6394F9
Object type: CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An anthropomorphic gilt copper alloy terminal of later medieval or early post-medieval date, probably from a processional cross. The terminal is in the form of a three-dimensional, solid, bust of what appears to be a male ecclesiastical figure, and probably which represents St John. Only the upper body and head of the bust are shown. The features are worn, but the individual has a cap or bowl-like haircut, and round face. He appears to be looking downwards, with his head turned slightly to his right. This may indicate that he was positioned on the right of the cross so as to look towa…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Corringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6243D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch, probably a continental type, dating to c. AD 100-300. The brooch consists of a sub-circular plate with central circular aperture surrounded by a recessed, enamel inlaid band; the surviving enamel is blue. Two small lugs project from the edge on the horizontal axis, both with a circular recess containing degraded enamel. and incomplete loop or crescentic lug expands from the apex of the plate. A further lug projects off centre from the base of the plate, with a break suggesting that the plate was originally symmetrical, the second lug lost…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th June 2019
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Record ID: IOW-61F627
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy trade weight (c. 1600-c. 1850). This trade weight is circular in plan and has flaring sides. At the top the diameter is 17.3mm and at the base the diameter is 15.9mm. The upper face is dished and has a rim with a width of 1.6mm. The central design within a circle appears to have been deliberately obliterated by gouging. The rear face is flat and has a central circular pit, 1.7mm in diameter. The pit may indicate that the weight has been finished on a lathe. The weight is reddish brown with traces of a green patina. Diameter: 17.3mm; thick…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
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Record ID: OXON-618DA4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy strap end with an arch with traces of gilding with possible zoomorphic head and dating to c12th AD Century
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
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Record ID: WILT-618BFF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch, probably dating to c. AD 100-300. The brooch consists of an oval plate, with a recessed central oval cell within a recessed oval border, defined by raised borders, one around the outside of the plate and another defining the central cell. The outer recessed border retains an enamel inlay, which alternates between white and blue around the circumference. A single perforated lug projects from the reverse of the plate at one end, with iron corrosion suggesting the presence of an iron axis bar or pin, with an unperforated catchplate projecti…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-60F929
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval button of the "Stuart" type enamelled in white and black with an integral shank. Dating to the period c.17 - 18th Centuries AD. No photograph.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th August 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-608B3C
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy casket key (c. 1150-c. 1400). The openwork bow is round, flat on both faces with casting waste evident to part, and has an outer diameter of 13.49mm . The oval shank is solid and is parallel and widens slightly towards the bit. The simple bit has 2 projecting clefts. This key is corroded and dull green in colour Length: 34.77mm, 13.49 mm, width at the bow and 5.38 mm width at the pin end of the shank. Weight: 5.0gms.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5FEB62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to 330-340 AD (Reece period 17) Obverse: [CONSTAN]-TINOPOLIS helmeted bust facing left with sceptre . Reverse: Victory on prow with shield and sceptre. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.