Record ID: SOM-AE746A
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy object, probably a lock pin of Roman date, AD 43-410, possibly a Medieval button. The piece is comprised of a sub-rectangular sectioned shaft and wider circular terminal head at one end. The shaft has rounded corners and widens slighly towards the end opposite the head where there is a sub-rectangular slot through it from one broad face to the other. The head is conical with the point extended into a small bi-conical knop. The edge is engrailed, decorated with regularly spaced small transver incised lines but it is otherwise plain. The piece is 44.3mm …
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
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Record ID: SOM-ADF636
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval gilded copper alloy dress hook of which only the main plate and stibs of the hook and loop remain. The main plate is lozenge shaped with a decorative, moulded border surrounding a now empty central cell with has a hold through the centre where a second or possibly multiple elements were attached. This central cell is un-gilded suggesting it was complete covered by the applied elements. The border has a plain raised line at its inner edge, defining the cell outside which is a flange with an edge shaped into multiple lobes by regularly spaced indents. On this flange and ei…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD98B6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy (probably brass) finger ring with 'posy' inscriptionon the inner face. The ring is D-shaped in cross section with a convex outer side and flat inner. There is a soldered join at one point, visible only as a faint line on the outside but clearer on the inside as a strip of a browner shade. The inscription is worn but reads: VIRTVE PASETH RICHES (Virtue passes riches) with some letters higher and lower than others and no gaps or stops between the words. The ring is 20.3mm in external diameter, 5.9mm wide and 1.7mm thick; it weighs 3.15g. Plain posy/posey…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD4BF7
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The knop, figurative terminal, and part of the stem from the end of a copper alloy 'apostle' spoon depicting Mary holding the infant Jesus, of probable late medieval or early post-medieval date (1450-1550). The bowl and lower stem / handle is lost. The circular sectioned remaining stem narrows slightly from the knop to break. It is a later repair, but how much later is unclear. It has a very different patina to the terminal and is probably of a different material, possibly a high tin/lead alloy. The stem is crudely soldered to the knop with rough solder left at the top. The number of …
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-A9CAA0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A contemporary copy of a Roman silver denarius of Trajan (AD 98 - 117), dating to AD 103-111, Reece Period 5. Imitating RIC II Trajan 122, with obverse depicting a draped laureate bust facing right, and reverse depicting Fortuna standing left, holding rudder attached to prow in right hand and cornucopiae in left. Imitating mint of Rome. The coin is now cracked and damaged, revealing the base metal beneath. Measurements: 18.1mm diameter, 1.9mm thickness, weight 1.49g
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2020
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Record ID: OXON-A8BE38
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy object, possibly something like a fragment of a child's toy fish or a petronal, or possibly a later pencil sharpener. The surface is decorated on both sides with fish scales and still has the 'dorsal fin'. It appears to be squashed flat, with an oval opening at one end. Dating to the period 17th to 18th Century AD.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Sunday 3rd May 2020
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Record ID: OXON-A84A0A
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lump of Bronze Age copper alloy casting waste or jet which is oval at the base and pointed at the end. It has an even green patina.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
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Record ID: OXON-A82E4F
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy dress hook probably dating to c. AD 1550-1700. The fastener consists of an oval plate with two perforated lugs for attachment. These lugs are close to the trapezoidal attachment loop. This fastener is broken on its outer edge. The opposite end of the plate has another circular attachment lug pierced by a circular hole. The front of the plate has chip grooved decoration The face bears central design which is unclear but lies within an oval border which itself contains about 11 bezants. The fastener is 37.1mm long, 21.6mm and weig…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2020
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Record ID: OXON-A77EE6
Object type: TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy post-medieval hooked tag or dress fastener of Read (2008) Class E Type 3. It comprises a central circular plate with concave reverse and moulded decoration on the dome-shaped face. At the top of the plate is an integrally cast sewing loop that is trapezoidal in form and triangular in section. The decoration on the front face depicts a flower or rosette within a linear border. At the base of the plate extends the rear-facing hook which is broken. The tag is 26.5mm long, 14.7mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 2.23 grams. Similar examples are published by …
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
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Record ID: OXON-A7325A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Iron Age copper alloy cast unit or 'potin' of primary phase degraded 'Thurrock' type of the Cantiaci dating to c.175 - 140 B.C, ABC type 120, Van Arsdell type 1402-1442, BMC 660-66. Obverse: Head of Apollo left. Reverse: Degraded bull. Measurements: , Diameter 15.74, weight 3.25g.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Record ID: SOM-A6DA7C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub-circular lead alloy 'pan' weight of probably Medieval to early post-medieval date, c. 1390-1700 The weight has a slightly concave back and flat sides with a slightly irregular, in width and thickness, raised rim around the front. The front is stamped with three very large fleur de lis, almost filling the field. The weight is 53.3mm by 49.9mm and 7.9mm thick. It weighs 108g, 3.8 ounces. The weight was probably originally 4 ounces, a quarter of a pound in the Avoirdupois system, adoped after c. AD 1390 (Biggs 1992, 44). The marks are likely to be local verification marks. Such m…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-A6B8BF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy radiate of unclear Emperor dating to the period c.AD 260-275 (Reece period 13). Unclear reverse type, unclear mint.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2020
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Record ID: SOM-A6902A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead alloy object of uncertain date, c.AD 43-1800. The remaining piece is mainly formed of a rectangular cross sectioned bar with rounded ends and a projection to one side near one end. The front is decorated with five evenly spaced deeply stamped annulets. The projection to one side starts a similar, although slightly thicker rectangular cross sectioned bar before ending in a squared off ends with a much thinner piece continuing backwards and curled under. The piece is 40.0mm long, 16.9 wide and the main bar is 8.2mm wide and 5.5mm thick. The piece weighs 20.31g. The be…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lindridge CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: OXON-A61B36
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman 4th Century AD pierced copper alloy nummus dating to the period AD 318 - 324. The piercing is at the 6 o'clock position. No photograph.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
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Record ID: OXON-A5EF58
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272 - 1307) dating to AD 1280-1. Class 3g. Minted in London. North (1991, 29) No. 1022.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-A58F74
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy hooked tag of early Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 3 (see nos. 416-419). The main plate is decorated with a moulded openwork design featuring paired scrolls facing with an integral, rectangular bar projecting beyond. A sub-oval sectioned hook extends from the lower edge of the plate, bending behind. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. A single s-shaped chain link remains in situ, attached at the bar. The metal is dark green in colour, abraded to a bright surface finish on the upper face. Length: …
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
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Record ID: SUR-A5111C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver groat of Henry VII (1485-1509), Class 3c, with Cross-crosslet initial mark dating to 1504 - 1505 AD. Mint of London. As North (1991), p101, number 1705.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A50E62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus or Commodus dating to AD 139 to 192 (Reece periods 7 to 9) . Unclear reverse type possibly depicting a standard. Minted at Rome. The edges are badly abraded.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Enmore CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-A4D8E8
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early 16th century purse bar of Ward Perkins' Type B1-2 / Williams Class J, complete with articulated loop. The central block is shield shaped and undecorated. Both arms are bent and end in integral sub-spherical terminals, 12.5mm in diameter, which are decorated with four oblique grooves creating the impression of a a quatrefoil with curved lobes when viewed from the end.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A4C4F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval French copper alloy liard of Louis the XIV (1643-1715) dating to AD 1693 to 99. Minted at Poitiers.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Enmore CP', grid reference and parish protected.