Record ID: PUBLIC-FA8CD8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy strap-end of Thomas Class A1 (Trewhiddle style) with traces of a silver inlay. The strap-end is convex-sided with a zoomorphic terminal. The terminal is trapezoidal in shape being narrowest at the snout and has been cast to give slight relief to the tip of the snout and again to the eye region; The whole of the terminal is slightly thicker than the main body. Decoration in the form of engraving is found above the snout and at the point where the terminal joins the main body; here, two subcircular lines have been engraved within which are …
Created on: Saturday 1st April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Farnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-397E37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy annular brooch dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1450. The brooch is complete with its pin. The frame is sub-circular in cross-section and undecorated, with a recess for the plain and untapered pin. The brooch is 15.10mm diameter, 3.01mm thick and weighs 2.46g. Attached to the brooch is a length of brown textile approximately 2mm wide and 17.5mm long, which itself is woven into a thin strand of now-pink textile. This arrangement thereby shows that the annular brooch was originally sewn into a garment.
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2017
Last updated: Saturday 22nd April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Manuden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FE1DD8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Iron Age unit, Gaulish import of Vericius, dating to the period c.50-40 BC. Obverse: A bust right, in front a pellet in ring. Reverse: [VI](RICI), a horse galloping left, an achor below. Identification by Liz Cottam: This is an imported Gaulish bronze, struck by a chieftain called Vericius, c.50-40 BC, who was leader of a small community known as the Catuslugi ('The Battle Troop') based around the temple of Bois-l'Abbe (Eu, Seine-Maritime) in northern France. There are several very similar types of Vericius; this one is distinguished by an anchor under the horse. …
Created on: Monday 20th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Stansted', grid reference and parish protected.