Record ID: SOM-E64731
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy bifacial coin weight, for the Portuguese 'joe' gold coins, issued between AD 1760 and AD 1773. The value of 18 shillings indicated was equivalent to the 'half joe'/2 escudos coin (Withers & Withers 1995, 55). Both faces are marked with a small S above a large 18 above a small 4 . 14 1/2, all within a laurel wreath. This indicates a weight equivalent to that of 18 shillings. The 4 . 14 1/2 stood for the official weight of the coin (4 pennyweights and 14.5 grains). It has a diameter of 19.6mm and is 3.4mm thick. It weighs 6.85g/105.8 grains. As such it is n…
Created on: Monday 28th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E406A5
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy seemingly unifacial coin weight for a half guinea of late post-medieval date. The coin weight is square in plan with a thin rectangular cross-section. One side is stamped with the letters P G, above the numerals 2 (doublestruck) and 16; the back is plain. Between the letters, and with its top slightly above is a stamped rectangle with engrailed sides, probably a local maker's mark. The initials and numbers refer to the weight of the object in pennyweights (P 2) and grains (G 16) and refer to the weight of the gold half guinea. Weights with this design and value were iss…
Created on: Monday 28th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A3C7D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy button brooch of early-medieval date (5th - 6th century AD), of Class C. This example is incomplete in so far as its iron pin been lost to corrosion; a trace of corrosion product is present adjacent to one of the lugs (now so abraded that one cannot distinguish the pin lug from catch-plate). The rim is upturned (H.: 3.2mm) and very slightly flared. The upper surface is decorated with a central moulded anthropomorphic face-mask viewed straight on within a line border. The helmet is formed a pair of nested peltaic outlines. The eyebrows and nose are formed of a single T-s…
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pawlett CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A2F363
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval copper-alloy strap-end, classified as Thomas's (2003, 2) Class A, Type 1 (Trewhiddle style), slightly damaged at the attachment end. This would date the artefact to around the 9th century AD. The strap-end is flat in profile. The plate expands from a width of 10.0mm the attachment end to a maximum width of 13.5mm at the base of the split. From this point it tapers consistently towards an animal head terminal (W.: 6.8mm). The upper half of the split attachment end survives intact, pierced twice, though neither rivet survives. It has also been bent upwards. The lowe…
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E7D323
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end, classified as Thomas's (2003, 2) Class A, Type 1 (Trewhiddle style), broken across the main panel before the animal head terminal. This would date the artefact to around the 9th century AD. The strap-end is flat in profile, though bent downwards at an angle at the terminal as a result of the old damage mentioned. The plate is sub-rectangular with sides that tapered very gradually towards an animal head terminal. Both halves of the split attachment end survive, though neither rivet is in situ in the two rivet holes; one of th…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E5B0E1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end, classified as Thomas's (2003, 2) Class A, Type 1 (Trewhiddle style), abraded and broken at the attachment end. This would date the artefact to around the 9th century AD. The strap-end is flat in profile, though bent downwards at the attachment end as a result of old damage. The plate is sub-rectangular with sides that taper gradually towards an animal head terminal. Only the lower half of the split attachment end survives, abraded and broken through at the two rivet holes; no rivets survive. The plate is unifacially decor…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7F0D53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 355-361 (Reece period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type depicting soldier spearing a barbarian who has fallen from a horse. Mint unclear.
Created on: Friday 11th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7BA565
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy dress fastener, sub lozengiform. This is the eye section of such fasteners, with its rectangular loop intact. The central area of the plate has a raised foliate design with a central quartered berry and four leaves in cross formation with four small circular berries in the angles. This design is within a broadly lozengiform line border formed of four lines with scrolled ends, at the middle corners forming a pair of projecting rounded knops at either side. There are two pierced lobes flanking the hook, one either side. At the opposite end to the hook is a t…
Created on: Friday 11th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-56EBE2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and now incomplete post-medieval mount, probably a strap-fitting, with a pair of integral prongs. The mount is sub-rectangular in form with trefoilate short ends decorated in openwork. Most of one of the openwork ends has been broken off at its junction with the main rectangular plate, with the vestiges bent under the plate to one side; there is a small stub at the other side. The openwork ends are decorated with back-to-back kidney shaped cutouts below and either side of a lozengiform cutout. Small triangular mouldings protrude from the cusps of the extant trefoilate end. Th…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-54FA35
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of anonymous issuer, 'French shield' type, fictitious legend, c. AD 1500-1525, see Mitchiner (1988, 355ff.). This very corroded jetton has an abraded circumference and has been bent.
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 10th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-52C8D5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval French copper-alloy jetton of Crown type, AVE MARIA GRACIA PL legend, AD 1385-c. 1422, cf. Mitchiner 478a var. This jetton has an abraded circumference.
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 10th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-524592
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of anonymous issuer dating to the period c. 1480-1500.Dauphinétype with fictitious legend, Minted at Nuremberg. See Mitchiner (1988, 347) nos. 1041-1042. This jetton is extremely corroded and has been slightly bent. It has been pierced towards the circumference on the obverse face at 3 o'clock on the obverse, around 10 o'clock on the reverse. presumably for conversion into an item of jewellery. The hole has broken through as a result of old damage.
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burrowbridge CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-517036
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of Wolf Lauffer I (fl. c. 1583-1601), rose/orb type, ALVNSER HAB IST GOTES GA legend (All we have is a gift of God), c. AD 1583-1601. This jetton has been slightly bent. It has a shallow curved removal at one point of the circumference from the process of cutting the flan. The reverse legend is not published in the main reference work, but is evidenced on this database, refs. SF10957, NMS-EFE6. Aspects such as the relatively short obverse legend and rendering of the name Wolf, as Wvlf with a 'v', indicate that this is a jetton of Wol…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burrowbridge CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-339F83
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a slightly flared attachment end; the other end is squared off with a central rectangular curved hook. At the flared end is a single central rivet hole; the head of a copper-alloy rivet is corroded in place. A second corroded rivet head is located around two thirds of the way along the clasp. On the upper surface possible curvilinear decoration can possibly be discerned below the hook. Anything beyond is obscured by corrosion product; there is a circular discolouration around the ri…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-321356
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and abraded bent late 15th/16th-century copper-alloy Nuremberg post-medieval jetton of the 'ship-penny' type, anonymous issue (c. AD 1490-1550; cf. Mitchiner 1166ff.)
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-319AC5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded, incomplete post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of uncertain master of the 'Rose / orb' type, c. AD 1580-1640. Only the part within the inner circle has effectively survived, with ragged breaks all around.
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-311C76
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded post-medieval copper-alloy trader's token farthing (large) (probably) probably issued by the town of Bridgwater, dated 1666 on token, possibly Williamson (Somerset) 48/49
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-30BFC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy coin (uncertain maravedis denomination possibly) possibly struck by uncertain 17th-century Spanish ruler, uncertain mint. This coin is highly corroded and appears to have been cut around the edges, giving the flan a very broad hexgonal form. It may also have been counterstamped (resellado).
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2FC516
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy square biface coin weight possibly for a Lion, possibly made in Antwerp. The weight is flat and on one face is an unclear raised design possibly of a lion seated left, tail curled up over haunches. This design is usually flanked by pillars with three arches above and floor below all within a beaded circular border. On the reverse there may be a hand, possibly flanked by initials, also within a beaded circular border. It is 15.3mm by 14.8mm and 3.2mm thick; it weighs 4.61g/71.0 grains The Lion was issued from AD 1454-1460 in Burgundy by Philip the Good (…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6F81F0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy trade weight from the reign of James II (AD 1685-1688). The weight is circular with a wide raised rim on the top and slight central rise on the upper surface with concentric incised lines around. It is 19.7mm in diameter by up to 3.2mm thick and weighs 4.8 grams, 0.169oz. Though it has probably lost weight through corrosion it is siginificantly underweight for a quarter ounce weight, for which it is the usual module (see Biggs 1992, 51). When made the mass may have been refining through filing; numerous diagonal fine marks are visible on the lower surface.…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 5th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.