Record ID: DEV-344F2A
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval copper alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams Class B Type 2 Group 3, dating to AD 1000-1100. The mount is pentagonal in shape, with a straight base with surviving angled flange, vertical sides and a triangular top which remains undamaged and in good condition. The apex loop is centrally placed and circular, sitting above the heart of the decorative design below. This is composed of three pairs of apertures, two small and rounded lozenge shaped ones at the top, followed by two large and irregular sub-oval shapes in the centre, and two neat circular apert…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: DEV-33CB21
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy casket key, dating to c. AD 1500-1600. The bow is a flattened kidney shape, with the outer inset that creates the waist of the kidney very subtle. A small circular depression marks the point where it was attached to the stem, which has three increasingly thick horizontal collars, with a narrowed waist between the first and second collar. The upper part of the stem adjacent to the bit appears hollow, although it is now filled with debris. The bit is E-shaped, formed of three prongs extending from a pyramidal strip to their rear. Measurements: 45.…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
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Record ID: DEV-339C56
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy spherical crotal or rumbler bell, dating to c. AD 1600-1800. Approximately 50% of the lower hemisphere of the bell is now missing, sheared off from just beneath the sound holes, one of which would have been circular while the other appears lozenge shaped. There is a distinctly thickened rib at the equator of the bell, dividing the two hemispheres. In the upper hemisphere are two opposing sound holes, which are larger than those in the lower hemisphere and both circular in shape. The suspension loop is square in shape with an irregularly ci…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
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Record ID: DEV-336522
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy ampulla dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1200-1400. The object is flask shaped, with a circular pouch below a rectangular neck. It is hollow, and the two side loops are now missing, with no clear indication of their presence on this surviving part of the ampulla. It has been compressed post depositionally and is now somewhat flattened. There is possible decoration on both sides, but it is badly worn and impossible to make out. Measurements: 41.9mm length, 24.9mm width, 7.2mm thickness, weight 39.08g
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
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Record ID: DEV-3325D8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by Robert Rood of Dartmouth, Devon. Dickinson (2004, 46) Devon no. 79A; not published in Williamson, dating to AD 1660-1700. Measurements: 19.8mm diameter, 0.9mm thickness, weight 1.72g
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
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Record ID: DEV-32E8EA
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy jetton of Hanns Krauwinckel II dating to c. AD 1586-1635. Rose/orb type, mint of Nuremberg. Reverse: HEVT RODT MORGEN TODTT (Today red, tomorrow dead). As Mitchiner (1988) no. 1585. The jetton has been pierced at the 12 o'clock position on the obverse right at its perimeter, possibly with a punch. It has also been pierced at the 3 o'clock position, although this piercing appears less orderly. Measurements: 21.3mm diameter, 0.4mm thickness, weight 1.19g
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-2F26E9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver siliqua of Valens, dating to AD 375-378 (Reece Period 19). VRBS ROMA reverse type, depicting Roma seated left on throne, holding Victory on globe and spear. Trier mint. RIC IX Treveri 45. The flan appears unclipped.
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2EF8CB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy cup weight from a nested set, probably of 16th to 18th century date The weight is complete (with a basal diameter of 20mm, a rim diameter of 29mm, a height of 16.6mm and a thickness of 2.5mm) and now weighs 28.02g, equivalent to an avoirdupois ounce (28.35g). The base has two stamped marks, now worn: one appears to be a letter ‘D’, the other is possibly a rampant lion. On the rim are the letters ‘R’ and ‘I’, which may be a ‘1’, indicating a one-ounce weight. It is unclear what the remaining marks signify. The letter forms are consistent …
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: WILT-2EEC66
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Henry III, dating to AD 1250-1256. Voided longcross class 5c, minted by Ricard in London. North (1994: 227) no 993.
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2EE6FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy circular brooch of disc type and Early Anglo Saxon date, c. mid 5th to mid 6th century date The cast brooch is sub-circular and is near-complete, missing the pin and with some peripheral damage (with a diameter of 37.8mm – 40.1mm, an overall depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rear of the brooch is near-flat, slightly dished with less finishing at the centre. The missing pin was secured around a single perforated lug (9.9mm high, 8.5mm long and 2.9m thick at its base with a perforation diameter of 3.0mm). The catch-plate has broken at the cat…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2ED342
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and top of the bow only (with a surviving length of 28.7mm, a surviving depth of 4.4mm and a weight of 10.3g). The brooch is a Polen Hill, and employed a spring mechanism, now lost. The spring was secured between lateral lugs and behind semi-cylindrical wings (with a width of 25.3mm and a diameter of 7.5mm). The wings are damaged and heavily-corroded with no surviving evidence for decoration. The globular head appears to have had curved moulding on the sides (giving a width of 13.2mm) but no other features are now evident. The top of t…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2EB845
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of ‘Eye’ type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the side of the foot with a recent break and is somewhat distorted (with a length of 59.3mm and a weight of 13.0g). The brooch is of one-piece construction with the chord tensioned by a forward-facing hook (3mm wide) above the head and the spring (with a width of 18.9mm) coiled two to three times each side of the pin and appears to be broken on the shorter side. The spring is of rectangular section as it coils from the bow and becomes circular sectioned on the pin (with…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-2E8EC4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward II, dating to AD 1320-c. 1333. Class 15a, Canterbury Mint. North (1994: 37) no. 1066.
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2E8EC1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Developed Axe or Palstave form The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end (with a surviving length of 15.6mm and a weight of 8.4g). The butt end is comparatively straight with some damage and thins to a blunt edge (with a width of 19.0mm and a thickness of 1.5mm). The sides are straight and slightly divergent for their short lengths to the break (with a maximum width of 24.4mm and a thickness of 4.7mm). The sides are rounded and convex across their thicknesses with the suggestion of a fin…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2E5A50
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast alloy lead / pewter button dating from the Post-Medieval period c. AD 1700 - 1800. The front of the button has a central shallow concave feature, 8.46mm in diameter. From this radiate out decoration of eight curved petals, the petals accentuated by a line of micro-dots. The surface of the front has evidence remaining on it that it was once silvered. The back of the button has a casting line across its centre and there is a bent over loop still attached. Part of the loop's fixture to the button protrudes through into the back of the concave hollow on the front. Dia…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-2E3A98
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate of Carausius, dating to AD 286-293 (Reece Period 14). PAX AVG reverse type, depicting Pax left with a transverse sceptre and olive branch. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2E314A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy zoomorphic mount terminal or fitting of uncertain date, possibly Late Iron Age or Early Roman The cast mount appears to be complete or near-complete (with a length of 19.7mm and a weight of 8.2g) and comprises the head, body and fore limbs of a beast, possibly a bear or similar. The mount was attached using a fixing within the sub-circular sectioned, hollowed end (of 9.8mm – 10.4mm diameter), which is angled at an approximate 45° angle to the axis of the body. The fixing appears to have been ferrous but is now heavily corroded with no magnetic trace of iron surviv…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: DOR-2DD9B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver short cross penny of Henry III (1216 - 1272) dating to 1217 - 1220 Class 7a1 or 7a2. Minted by Ilger in London Reference: North Vol 2 No. 978 Date: Medieval Diameter: 17.81 mm Weight: 1.36 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: SF-2DCE42
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval or post-medieval spindle whorl. It is dicoidal in shape with a central circular hole c.5mm in diameter. The outer face is decorated with four inwards pointing raised V-shapes. The form and decoration suggests a medieval to post-medieval date, although spindle whorls can be difficult to date as they were in use with little change from the Roman period onwards. Diameter: 24.93mm, thickness: 6.10mm, weight: 21.65g
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: SF-2DC7CC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead token of probable later medieval to post-medieval date. It is disc shaped. One face is decorated with an unclear design and the other with what appears to be a bird with outstretched wings. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded. Diameter: 19.23mm, thickness: 4.07mm, weight: 7.49g
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holbrook', grid reference and parish protected.