Record ID: LANCUM-EDF827
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval letter opener or erasing knife in the form of a miniature parrying or fencing dagger. The double edged blade seems to be non ferrous alloy and has broken off at the hilt. At the break it is rectangular in section, while at the point the section is a pointed oval. There are two parallel lines running roughly halfway down the length of the blade from the hilt on either side. A rivet with a surrounding eight petaled flower motif secures the blade at the base of the hilt's handle. There is a rounded raised ridge circling the handle above the flower and two below it. The hilt…
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-EA62BF
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval or modern copper alloy discoidal 1-ounce avoirdupois trade weight. On the recessed front face there is a central grooved circle and five stamped impressions, a ligatured AB, a crowned T, a crowned W and two identical showing a sword or dagger crossed with a ?straight-stemmed ?flower. The crowned W is the royal cipher of William III (1694-1702). For other examples of the crowned T , crowned W & the AB see IOW-251DO7, NMS-63A3F5 and NMS-76DFE3. There are nine other similarly stamped weights on the database, the description of one of which makes reference to a source sugge…
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-EA1483
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy shoe buckle frame with the embedded remains of an iron spindle. Three low mouldings cover and flank both spindle housings. The convex edges are undecorated and there is a small pin notch on the inner face of one. Form similar to Whitehead 2003 no. 617. Length 26.8. Width 20.6mm. c.1660 - c.1720. Finders' no. POD 10/29
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E9E887
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy nested cup weight in quite fresh condition, for 1 ounce avoirdupois, lathe-finished, with an internal central blind hole and turning marks. On the interior of the base are two punched impressions, a possibly half impressed octofoil and a group of three black-letter minins. Height 13.5mm. Diameter 23.5 - 29.5mm. Weight 28.825g / 1.017oz. Mid 16th - 18th century. Finder's no. POD 10/28
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E997A4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of a medieval to post-medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessel with sooting on outer surface, weight 8.5g, 14th - 17th century. Finder's no. POD 10/27
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E94018
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cylindrical lead weight with a median hole. Length 49mm. The diameter swells from both ends towards the centre, 19 - 30.5mm. Hole diameter 11 - 9mm. Weight 217g. Probably for use with a line or net and not for measuring weight. Perhaps 13th - 18th century. Finder's no. POD 10/25
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: WAW-E8D788
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy button and loop fastener dating to the early to mid-Roman period (c. AD 50-200). The remains of the fastener are represented by two arms that would have formed a circular hoop. There is a circular void at the beginning of the hoop that would likely have once held enamel decoration. The loop is tear-drop shaped and is set on a stem with a 90 degree angle from the fastener.The object is pitted and worn with a light green patina. This style of button and loop fastener can be classified as Wild Class II. A more complete example can be seen in Leahy and Lewi…
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 29th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E8BE21
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman copper-alloy finger ring of Henig Type II. Approximately one quarter of the hoop is extant, including approximately one half of the expanded bezel and one tapering shoulder. It is plano-convex in cross-section. There is an incomplete oval recess for a missing setting on the bezel. The breaks are not recent and the the whole fragment has a uniform green patina. Similar examples on this database include: DOR-6EE3AE, which is in a similar state of completeness, and NMS-8FC3E3, which is complete with its setting. 1st to 3rd century AD. Length (a straight line from…
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Sunday 29th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E8AF1D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tapering cylindrical lead weight with a median hole. Length 20mm. Diameter 22.3 - 19mm. Hole diameter 11 - 9mm. Weight 53.67g. Probably for use with a line or net and not for measuring weight. Perhaps 13th - 18th century. Finder's no. POD 10/22
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E88ADC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy buckle, an oval frame with an offset, narrowed bar and a barrel-shaped moulding in the centre of the rounded outside edge, and a gilt sheet plate, probably rectangular and with a pin slot and frame recesses, that has lost an uncertain amount beyond a transverse row of three rivet holes. Gently curving lines of rocker-arm engraving remain visible in the small area of gilding which survives around one rivet hole. Frame length 21mm, width 33.2mm. Plate width 28mm. 13th - 14th century. Finder's no. POD 10/21
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-E87929
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin, probably a barbarous radiate of uncertain ruler. Obverse: possible portrait head to left. Reverse: illegible. 
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E8294E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing of Charles II, date illegible, 1672-9. Finder's no. POD 10/18
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-E81F93
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II dating to the period c.AD 1586 - 1635. Rose/orb type. Obverse: (HANN(S).(KR)AVW(IN)KEL.(IN)[VRNB] around alternating crowns and lis with central rose. Reverse: Legend unclear. Orb within tressure of three arches.
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E80BA2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval asymmetrical double-looped buckle frame, one loop D-shaped, the other trapezoidal. There is a small projection at the ends of the bar and larger lobes at the junctions of the sides and edge of the D-shaped loop. Broadly comparable with Whitehead 2003, no. 585, but with a more slender trefoil knop in the centre of the curved edge. Length 27.3mm. Width 16.7mm. c.1575 - c.1700. Finder's no. POD 10/17
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
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Record ID: WAW-E7FD64
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Post Medieval trade weight from a stacking set dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1600-1800). The weight is circular in plan and rectangular in section, with a raised rim on the upper face. The upper face is stamped with the sword of St Paul and a probable ewer next to and opposite the sword, denoting that the weight was made by the Founders Company in London. Also stamped is the letter A to the right of the sword and another marke to the left but this one is difficult to decipher. The letter A indicates the avoirdupois system of measurement. These motif…
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 29th March 2021
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Record ID: LIN-E7F8AE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval mount or strap end, dating to c. AD 1200-1500 The object is semi-circular and flat with a central knop protrusion. One edge is broken. It is decorated with a flower or sun motif of six petals and a central annulet, surrounded by an incised curved line and a transverse groove underneath the motif. (Surviving) Length: 13.28 mm; Width: 12.00 mm; Thickness: 1.04; Weight: 0.75g
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mumby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E7E2C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Irish shilling of James I, dating to AD 1603-1604. First coinage. EXVRGAT DEVS DISSPENTVR INIMICI reverse depicting crowned harp. Mint of Dublin. Spink (2002), p.154, no.6512-6513. The obverse and reverse designs are almost worn smooth due to wear.
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
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Record ID: LIN-E7DBA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), class 3b, dating to 1248-1250. Moneyer NICOLE, London mint. Obverse description: Crowned bust facing Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX III' Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in angles. Reverse inscription: NIC/O[LE]/ONL/VND Diameter: 17.90 mm; Thickness: 0.90 mm; Weight: 1.10g
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E7C8E1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to post-medieval deep plano-convex lead spindle whorl. Diameter 27.5mm, thickness 14.5mm, hole diameter 11 - 6mm, weight 61.17g. 11th - 16th century. Finder's no. POD 10/16
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-E7C848
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy post-medieval Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II, dating to the period AD 1586 - 1635. Rose/orb type. Obverse: HANNS KRAVWIN(KEL) IN N(VRNB) around alternating crowns and lis with central rose. Reverse: (GOT)ES.REICH.BLIBT.EWICKK (God’s Kingdom endures forever), with orb within tressure of three arches. As Mitchiner nos 1540-1552. Post-depositional fold to one side.
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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