Record ID: PUBLIC-C63831
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of copper alloy tweezers probably dating to the post-medieval period, c. 1500 - 1800. The tweezers are made of a sheet of copper alloy which has been folded over to create a loop which is crimped to obtain a sprung effect to make the tweezers operate. The arms of the tweezers are parallel along their entire length and the tips of the tweezers are rounded inward for optimum operation. There are a series of circular shapes with inner serrations along the length of both arms, seven on one arm and eight on the other. The designs contain a central pellet surrounded by six sligh…
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C2DDE1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button with flat, round head and integral drilled loop. Decoration consists of an engraved six-bladed clockwise impeller on a hatched ground and six punched ring-and-dots, with a larger ring-and-dot in the centre. Cf. Read 2005, no. 118. Diameter 15mm. Length 8.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C2B577
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button comprising a solid bi-convex head with a prominent central nipple and an integral non-drilled loop. Diameter 10.5mm. Length 17.5mm. 16th century.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C2A399
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy ring of irregular cross-section. External diameter 21.5 - 22mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Thickness 2mm. Possibly used in the suspension of drapes (Egan 1998, 62-4). Mid 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C288D4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy button, a white-metal coated, solid, bi-convex head and an embedded wire loop. Diameter 11mm. Length 12mm, of which head 8 and loop 4mm. c.1230 - c.1450.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C25126
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper alloy purse frame of L-shaped cross-section, broken at both ends and with only one attachment hole present. Decoration on the front face comprises deeply engraved repeating double-strand saltires, once inlaid with niello, of which only a tiny amount remains. Williams 2018, Class A1. Extant length 83mm. Second half 15th century.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C21526
Object type: TRIAL PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat, ovoid, probably medieval trial piece: lead sheet with numerous lines, longitudinal, transverse and oblique, of rocker-arm engraving on one face and a few more, less deeply impressed, along with some oblique scored lines on the other. Length 23mm, width 19.5mm, thickness 1.7mm. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C1D20B
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet copper alloy trapezoidal end cap from a medieval iron knife, with a punched hole to hold the end of a scale tang, cf. Cowgill et al. 1987, nos. 119-23. A large example, length 29mm, width 13.5 - 9.5mm. Second half 14th century
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
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Record ID: BERK-C02D6E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate of Carausius dating to c. AD 286-93(Reece Period 14). [PA]X AV[G?] reverse type depicting Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre. Unattributed Mint. Dimensions – Diameter = 18.44mm, weight = 2.1gm.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: BERK-BFE386
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate of Carausius dating to c. AD 286-93 (Reece Period 14). M[ONET/ONETA AV]G reverse depicting Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Unattributed Mint. RIC V, pt 2, p. 534, no. 858. Dimensions – Diameter = 21.95mm, thickness = 176mm, weight = 13.8gm.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: BERK-BFBC56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy possible contemporary copy of a radiate of Carausius dating to c. AD 286-93 (Reece Period 14). Reverse type depicting a female figure standing left holding [?] and cornucopiae . Blundered legend to both sides. Unattributed mint. Dimensions – Diameter = 18.94mm, thickness = 1.4mm, weight = 1.8gm.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: BERK-BF995C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate of Carausius dating to c. AD 286-93 (Reece Period 14). PAX (AVG) reverse depicting Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and vertical sceptre. Unattributed Mint. Mintmark: - // - RIC V, pt 2, p. 535, no. 880 Dimensions – Diameter = 21.71mm, thickness = 1.85mm, weight = 4.3gm.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: BERK-BF7C6A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman radiate of Carausius dating to c. AD 286-93 (Reece Period 14). LIT(I?) A, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and vertical sceptre. Mintmark: - // - Unattributed Mint. Dimensions – diameter = 18.1mm, thickness = 1.77mm, weight = 2.1gm. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Saturday 25th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th March 2020
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