Record ID: IOW-808280
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval or post-Medieval copper-alloy vessel leg/foot probably from a cauldron, skillet or ewer (c. 1200-c. 1800). There is a transverse break at the top. The pot leg is broadly 'D'-shaped in cross-section, with a vertically ribbed front and a plain flat back. There is a horizontal ridge across the width of the front face near the break at the top. The base of the foot is flattened and at a slight angle. This pot leg is green with flecks of sooting. The break is old. Length: 43.5mm; width: 24.0mm; thickness: 12.0mm. Weight: 53.26g. The vessels to which th…
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 20th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-801F8C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted by Ricard. Class 5b, 1250-1256 (North 1994: 227, ref: 992). Obverse: hEN[RICVS REX] III; Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: RIC/ARD/[ ]/[ ] (AR ligated); Voided long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.5mm. Weight: 0.66g. DA=12:11. The coin is in a fragile condition and was complete when found. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7FDB97
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy non-heraldic seal-matrix (c. 1300-c. 1400). This circular pendant seal matrix has a handle, hexagonal in cross-section. The handle tapers to a hexagonal collar surmounted by a suspension loop with a circular hole. The engraved die depicts a hunting-horn suspended from its straps/baldric with a star (sun) and a moon at the sides. An outer and inner beaded border contains a macaronic inscription which commences at 12 o' clock. It starts in French and ends in English: VEYCI CORn (Here's (a/the) horn) BEY SVN And [MOON] (by sun and [moon]). The star …
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7F6AA0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: [pheon]/pheon, dated 1563 on coin (North 1991: 135, ref: 1998). Obverse: [EL]IZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: POSVI/[DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV] (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1563 above shield. Diameter: 18.0mm. Weight: 1.32g. DA=12:4-5. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7F12AB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy halfpenny token of Samuel Barton of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, issued in 1668. Williamson 1889: Hampshire (262, ref: 67). Obverse: SAM BARTON [AT FRESH]; The Mercers' Arms (bust of a woman with long hair, crowned, surrounded by clouds). Reverse: WATER IN ISLE OF WIGHT; HIS/HALF/PENY/68 (in four lines). Diameter: 18.0mm. Weight: 1.10g. DA=12:6. Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth CenturyLondon: Seaby Ltd.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-7D61F8
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint leaf-shaped arrowhead. Dark bluish-grey semi-translucent patina. Secondary piece largely shaped by invasive, low-angle retouch on all sides. Base thinned for hafting.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 29th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7D5442
Object type: AWL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint awl. Mid-grey semi-translucent patina. A broken hard-hammer struck flake notched on the right underneath the breakage to create the awl.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 29th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7D48B6
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint oblique arrowhead. Dark grey opaque patina. Tertiary piece largely shaped by abrupt retouch on all sides. Oblique truncation on right of tip, base thinned.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7D2D21
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint implement. Notched piece. Re-used material that is light-blue opaque patinated. Large notches created by abrupt scaler retouch have left the flint in a mid-grey semi-translucent patinated state. Original blade struck from bi-directional core. Secondary piece.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 18th January 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-7C7BB6
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint oblique arrowhead. Dark grey opaque patina. Tertiary piece. Tip produced by single truncation that has then been abruptly retouched. Abrupt retouch (short, scaler) along the base and the right lateral edge to shape the piece.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7C7114
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint oblique arrowhead. Mid-mottled-brown opaque patina. Tertiary piece, tip produced by oblique truncations that have then been abruptly retouched. Notching around the base has created a pointed barb on the right. Both edges have been abruptly retouched (short, parallel).
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7C36ED
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead. Dark grey opaque patina. Secondary piece, burnt. Invasively flaked bi-facially.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7C33CA
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy figurine - most probably from the top of a post medieval pipe tamp / tamper (AD 1600-1750). The figure is long, thin and cartoon like with exaggerated arms and legs. The figure is stood in a pose with one hand raising his hat in salute whilst the other hand is wrapped around a large and exaggerated erect penis. The figure has lost his legs one above the knee whilst the other below. The lower stopper part of the tamper is lost. It is possible that the figure may represent a harlequin as he is dressed in a doublet / jerkin with rounded neck whilst the legs are decora…
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-7C2624
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint end scraper. Mid-brown opaque patina. A thick hard-hammer-struck flake. Long, semi-abrupt, stepped retouch on the ventral face of the distal end.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7C077F
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint end scraper. Mid-brownish-grey opaque patina. Tertiary piece, hard-hammer struck, unidirectional scars. Short, semi-abrupt retouch around the distal end.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7BFA4E
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age flint combination tool. Light creamy-grey opaque patina with iron staining. Tertiary piece, abruptly retouched into an awl and notches.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7BEDC5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age flint implement. Piercer. Light creamy-grey opaque patina with iron staining. Tertiary piece, abruptly retouched into a long piercer.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 18th January 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-763FCA
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint arrowhead. Mid-grey semi-translucent patina. Secondary piece, tip created by oblique truncations on both sides. Base slightly thinned for hafting, Large unidirectional scar on dorsal face.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-763181
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Mesolithic flint combination tool. Made on flint, light creamy-grey opaque patina. Tertiary piece, unidirectional scars created by blade technology on dorsal face. Parallel ridge, hard-hammer, plain butt. Left lateral edge is serrated with denticulate removals, distal end abruptly retouched, possibly to create an awl.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-762539
Object type: POINT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint point or arrowhead. Light creamy-brown opaque patina. Secondary piece, possibly re-used. Base notched on the right for hafting. Both lateral edges and the tip retouched (short, abrupt, sub-parallel).
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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