Record ID: CAM-C13B18
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The incomplete remains of a Medieval copper-alloy buckle. Only small portions of the frame, pin and buckle plate survive. The buckle plate is made from copper-alloy sheet metal of 0.6mm thickness. All edges of the plate are worn and some loss of extent due to breakage is probable. The plate has a maximum width of 11.7mm. It passes around the pin bar of the incomplete buckle frame recurving to form a double layer of plate with gap of c.0.5mm between the two layers. The length of both sides of the plate are incomplete with irregular worn breaks. Both having broken before the presence of…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
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Record ID: CAM-C12847
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver coin, Penny of Edward I - III (AD 1272-1377), not further defined, dating to AD 1279-1377. Due to the condition of this coin it has not been possible to further identify the details. The obverse legend reads: +EDW[...]. Obverse probably shows part of an unclear bifoliate/trifoliate crown. Reverse legend probably reads: C[../.../.../..]OR. Reverse shows two arms of a solid long cross with three pellets in the only surviving quarter. Die axis is 12 o'clock. Only just over a quarter of this solid long cross coin survives. This fragmen…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
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Record ID: CAM-C10023
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval buckle frame, pin missing, dating to c.AD 1620-1680. This is a form of buckle described by Whitehead, R. as a double loop trapezoidal buckle with moulded decoration on the loops. See Whitehead, R. 2003, p.84. This buckle frame weighs 6.28g, has a length of 26.9mm, maximum width of 38.7mm and thickness of 2.5mm. The frame's cross-section is trapezoidal being slightly greater in measurement on the reverse surface than the front. The central integral pin-bar measures 2.4mm on the length axis. The narrower end of the frame has four lobes on the external edge. Thes…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
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Record ID: CAM-C0CE89
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-oval veering to sub-rectangular shaped lead palm guard, probably of Post-Medieval date. This artefact weighs 131.10g. It has a length of 54.7mm and width of 46.0mm. It has a smoother convex surface and more irregular concave surface. The edge of the object varies in thickness from 2.4mm to 12.8mm. Over all, over the dished shape this guard occupies a depth, across the centre, of 11.4mm. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/textile-equipment/ .  Also see Bailey, G. 1993, pp.64-65.
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
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Record ID: CAM-C092E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward I, AD 1272-1307. Class 3d, Canterbury mint dating to mid-late AD1280. Obverse shows a trifoliate crowned forward facing bust. Obverse legend reads: + EDWR' ANGL' DNS' hYB. Reverse shows a solid long cross with three pellets per quarter. Reverse legend reads: CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR. Die axis is 7 o'clock. Weight is 1.34g, diameter is 19.1mm and thickness is 0.6mm.
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
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Record ID: CAM-C01CCC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper-alloy annular buckle with pin surviving attached to the frame. The buckle frame and pin have a combined weight of 1.51g. The frame has an oval cross-section, flattened on the upper and lower surfaces. The width of the frame varies from 1.9mm to 2.9mm. This gives the frame a maximum external diameter of 16.1mm with internal measurement of 10.8mm. At 90 degrees to those measurements the frame's diameter measures 14.7mm externally and 10.4mm internally. The frame has a thickness ranging between 1.7mm to 2.1mm. The frame is completely…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
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Record ID: CAM-BF8EA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver voided long cross penny of Henry III, AD 1216-1272, (voided long cross coinage AD 1247-1278), dating to AD 1253-1256. Class 5c, Mint is Canterbury, "moneyer is Walter or Willem (most likely its Walter)". Obverse shows, the lower half of coin from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock, [Crowned] forward facing bust with sceptre. Obverse legend reads [hENRIC]VS REX/III. Reverse shows a voided long cross with three pellets per quarter. Reverse legend reads [...]ANT/W[...]. The AN are ligated.  Die axis is 7 o'clock. Weight is 0.88…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: CAM-BF29BB
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Post-Medieval to Modern lead alloy/pewter button. Weight is 5.83g. The body of the button is circular in shape with a diameter of 24.1mm. The body is primarily flat with just a hint of a convex curve to the front and concave curve to the reverse. The edge of the body has a thickness of 1.8mm. The moulded button's front has a beaded border of closely set pellets and inner concentric linear circular border all of which occupy the outer 2.9mm. At the centre of the front face are the capital letters, in relief, 'CAM'. These letters each have a …
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2022
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Record ID: CAM-BF0B35
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stirrup strap mount of Early-Medieval date. This is a Williams Group A mount dating approximately to the 11th century AD. This mount has a pentagonal shape and weighs 20.24g. It has an incomplete height of 38.4mm a worn break having occurred across the apex fixing aperture. Similar in shape to that shown in Williams, D. 1995 p.3, fig.4. A single Scandinavian-style beast creates the edge profile to each side of the mount, its tip of ear and tip of snout represented as small rounded protrusions from the edge. The base of the mount is a straight flat…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2022
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Record ID: CAM-BE9814
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval Irish copper-alloy 'gunmoney' halfcrown of James II (1685-1691), dating to September 1689 (Spink S6579D). Ref: Spink 2003: 168. The coin is corroded with damage to the surface of the flan obscuring some detail of the design and inscription. Obverse shows a laureate head facing left. Obverse legend: IACOBVS. II. – DEI GRATIA. Reverse shows a crown over crossed two sceptres (similar to the imagery used on farthings of his father Charles I), XXX above, ‘J’ to the left, ‘R’ to the right and [...] below partly obscured by a sub-rectang…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: CAM-A9AB69
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fifteen flint pieces, mostly if not all debitage. 1A - Larger tertiary flint flake. Bulb and point of percussion present. Impurity present. Diffuse ripple marks, suggestive of soft hammer production. No definite intentional retouch present, possible incidental edge abrasion. Hinge fracture present at distal end. Weight 12.65g, length 44.4mm, width 33.2mm, thickness 10.6mm. 2A - Larger secondary probable flint flake. Probable bulb, and point of percussion present. Very subtle diffuse ripple marks, suggestive of soft hammer production. Possibly some unintentional pressur…
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2022
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Record ID: CAM-A8EDC6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four flint pieces, mostly if not all, debitage. 1A - Larger secondary flint flake with cortex on both of the thin proximal and distal ends. Bulb and point of percussion present. Diffuse ripple marks suggestive of soft hammer production. More defined ripple marks on dorsal face possibly the result of later damage. Fissures on ventral face. No retouch present. Weight 13.75g, length 55.0mm, width 39.3mm, thickness 10.0mm. 2A - Secondary flint flake. Bulb and point of percussion present. Diffuse ripple marks, on ventral face, suggestive of soft hammer production. Slightly more …
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2022
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Record ID: CAM-A7B65D
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A secondary flint pebble core for producing small blades c.30.2mm x c.6.3mm. Single striking platform with blades removed only part the way round. Three definite adjacent parallel blades removed, possibly another one or two incomplete or damaged blade removal scars to the side. Diffuse ripple marks, suggestive of soft hammer production. No bulb or point of percussion visibly present. Some larger, scaled, ripple marks at right angles to blade removal, indicating removal of flint to the side - whether intentionally or through accidental damage is uncertain. Core has a…
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2022
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Record ID: CAM-A76485
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A secondary flint scraper tool. Bulb and point of percussion present. Dark flint, impurities present. Mostly diffuse ripple marks, suggestive of soft hammer production, but some more strongly defined might possibly be result of later damage - also more strongly defined ripple marks on retouch. Retouch present on dorsal edge: short, probably scaled - possibly sub-parallel, abrupt. Finder's research = 'side scraper, Bronze Age'.
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2022
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Record ID: CAM-9364F2
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17 pieces of flint and chert mostly debitage of unknown date, probably Mesolithic to Bronze Age. 1A - A primary piece of burnt flint showing no sign of being worked, no bulb or point of percussion and no conchoidal ripple marks. A large convexly curved hinge fracture is present along the entirety of one end. Weight 11.77g, length 37.7mm, width 25.4mm, thickness 11.5mm. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2A - Tertiary pale chip of flint. No bulb or point of p…
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2022
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Record ID: CAM-C3BDAB
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver cufflink button of Lewis, M. form 1, type A (crown above two love-hearts). This artefact is complete but the edge of both discs have been bent. Two silver discs of sheet metal, almost identical, have been shaped and a loop soldered onto the reverse surface of each. A connecting loop, the link, then attaches the two 'button' components together. The artefact weighs 1.92g and the sheet metal has a thickness of 0.4mm. The central field of each 'button' has a diameter of 11.6mm after which the edge of the metal disc turns down and flar…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
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Record ID: CAM-433E2C
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Roman hair pin, only the head and short length of the shaft survive. This fragment weights 3.24g, and has an incomplete length of 21.7mm. A rectangular plinth, that accounts for 2.8mm of the length, separates the pin shaft from the rest of the pin head. The plinth measures 7.4mm width x 6.1mm thickness and is decorated by a groove running around all sides, set at the mid point on the length axis, that creates the appearance of two thin plinths one hovering above the other. Projecting out below the plinth is the start of the integral pin shaft. This has a sub-…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-C79987
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), 'Third Issue' dating 1583-1603 (North 2016), initial mark: anchor (probably), dating 1597-1600, mint: Tower. Ref: North 1991: 137. The coin is in poor condition, worn and damaged, with the c.40% of the outer circle missing. Obverse shows an unclear crowned bust left, two pellets behind. Obverse legend reads: [E D G ROSA] SIN[E SP]INA. Reverse shows long cross fourchee over Royal square shield. Reverse legend reads: CIVI/[TAS/]L[.../...]N . Die axis is 12 o'clock. Weight is 0.56g, diameter is 16…
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2022
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Record ID: CAM-C7844C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), [ ], An apparent Centaur advancing right. Mint unclear.  This is most likely to be a LEG II PARTH piece struck at London. Die axis possibly 1 or 2 o'clock.
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th September 2022
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Record ID: CAM-35E0C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman nummus of Valentinian I (AD 364-375), dating to the period c.AD 364-375 (Reece period 19). [GLORIA RO]-MANORVM reverse type depicting the Emperor advancing right holding standard and dragging captive. Mint of Lyon. cf. LRBC p. 51, no. 281 for a possible parallel. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 1.93g, diameter is 17.3mm, thickness is 1.7mm.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
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