Record ID: DEV-A71052
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy hooked clasp, possibly for a book fitting, and most likely medieval to post-medieval in date c. AD 1450-1650. The object is made of two plates held together by rivets. The plates share the same broad form, comprising a rectangular body, firmly joined along the base edge, but tapering into a squared terminal along the upper split-end. The terminal tapers gently into the plate creating concave curved edges. The front plate is flat. There is a decorative, incised, vertical line on either side of the clasp, approxim…
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
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Record ID: DEV-A4F24E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy fob seal with surviving intaglio, dating to the post medieval period, c. AD 1700-1850. There is a cylindrical loop at the top of the object for attaching the fob to a chain. The loop is decorated with grooves creating a ribbed effect. The fob frame is formed of two mirrored sides, each forming an omega shape. The sides are fused at the top (below the attachment loop) but part as they reach the die frame, resulting in four feet. There is a convex protrusion below the attachment loop but from here the curvilinear arms taper …
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: DEV-90A272
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), dating to the period AD 170-171 (Reece period 8). Reverse type PRIMI/ DECEN/NALES/ COS III/ S C in wreath. Mint of Rome. See RIC III, p. 293
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2023
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Record ID: DEV-755FE2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, incomplete openwork copper-alloy object of uncertain function and possible late early-medieval date (c. 9th-11th century). It is formed of a broadly flat, openwork plate with curvilinear sides, broken at one, possibly both, short ends. The widest point of the plate is around halfway along it. The object may terminate in a devolved animal head, seemingly plain, but slightly corroded. The plate is formed of conjoined cells of elongated scrolled C shape which joined to form a central arcuate cross. Two larger such cells abut back-to-back at the terminal, above which two sma…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnstaple area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-55BD90
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete medieval copper-alloy French jetton of the 'shield of France modern' type, dating to c. 1385-1488. The quatrefoil border around the obverse shield is difficult to parallel; the jetton has thus been marked as noteworthy. Measurements: 25.5 mm diameter, weight 2.46 g This jetton has suffered some minor losses to its circumference.
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: DEV-876CEE
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy openwork dress clasp, broken at the diagnostic end but an eye piece, based on similar examples (c. 17th century). The dress fastener comprises a circular moulded openwork plate with seven pellets at the centre, forming a sexfoil flower. This is surrounded by a band of eight circular perforations, three of which have worn through. This is in turn surrounded by a moulded border of alternating pellets and transverse bands. There are three rounded attachment knops positioned around the circumference. A rectangular hook projects from …
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: DEV-5F7A18
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle probably of post-medieval date. The buckle was formed of a pair of oval loops; one has been lost to an old break at the junction of frame and pin bar. The extant loop has an effectively flat reverse, with possible central concavity from the casting process. The front is bevelled both externally and internally, the latter more steeply. There are hints of very small protrusions at each end of the pin bar. A thick sheet copper-alloy pin is still attached.  Measurements: 15 mm in length, 22 mm in width and 2.35 …
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2023
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Record ID: DEV-5D250A
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly squashed, but complete late medieval copper-alloy thimble (c. 15th century). The thimble is of cast, one-piece construction, with sides that taper slightly to a domed top. From a central tonsure on the dome, circular pits spiral out, covering the dome's perimeter and all of the sides above a basal plain band, itself delineated by an engraved circumferential groove. Measurements: 22 mm (max.) diameter, 21 mm height, 0.5 mm thick, weight 11.39 g For similar thimbles see Read (2018, 25-28) attributed to the 15th century.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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Record ID: DEV-3B950F
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper-alloy axehead fragment: probably the terminal of a Middle Bronze Age palstave (c. 1500-1100 BC). The cutting edge is shallowly rounded and somewhat abraded. The sides only barely perceptibly flare to this edge. The break, a shallow diagonal, appears old; the solid cross-section revealed suggests that this was a palstave. Such an identification is reinforced by the presence of a central casting seam visible on the side. No decoration appears to survive on the fragment, though the patina is pitted in a few places. Measurements: weight 48.87 g
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-D090E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy brooch of unusual form (c. 1st to 3rd century). It consists of a long, thin trapezoidal plate connected by an angled section to the head, probably for a hinged pin. It is unclear to what extent the head survives; the brooch is broken at the start of a section that is expanded slightly from that from which it extends. It may have developed into a tubular head to retain an axis bar for a hinged pin; there are hints of a central pin slot. As noted, a small angled section connects this to the plate; it is set at an angle of just over 45 degrees.&n…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: DEV-CFDA38
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late early-medieval to medieval copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount best classified as being of Williams Class A, Type 11A, and dating to c. AD 1050-1125. It would have consisted of a sub-triangular plate, but the upper part of the plate is now missing following an old break, as is the apex loop. From the base of of the plate a rectangular angled flange projects backwards, at an oblique angle. The flange is also recessed on each side, that is, it does not attain the full width of the base of the plate. The flange is perforated twice; the corroded remains …
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-A5B082
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn nd corroded copper-alloy post-medieval Nuremberg jetton of anonymous issuer of the Lion of St Mark type dating to c. AD 1500-1570. It has been perforated five times, possibly for reuse. Four holes are fairly equally spaced around the perimeter, made through the reverse, forming a broadly square pattern. A smaller hole has also been made through the obverse at its centre. Measurements: diameter 26 mm, weight 3.59 g
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-4D0E0D
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval late Tournai copper-alloy jetton of Shield of France modern type. Ave Maria reverse legend, dating to c. AD 1415-1497. See Mitchiner (1988, 226-228), no. 683 in particular (p. 227). Measurements: diameter 26.5 mm, weight 4.75 g  This jetton has received some losses to its circumference, particularly on one side off its flan.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-4C96A4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy strap-mounted and skirted terret ring. Only the base of the main ring now survives, with slightly more surviving one side of the skirt. It is broadly of D-shaped cross-section, with flat interior with rounded corners. It is moulded externally into a series of segments of differing sizes; not enough of the ring survives to discern a pattern. Below the main ring is a waist below which the hollow skirt expands. The skirt was apparently formed of two 'leaves', one now highly abraded. The other main part of the skirt is sub triangular. Set below, the…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-12DEE1
Object type: LATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy door or window latch in the form of a long-beaked bird's head (c. 17th-18th century). The object has a curved beak section divided from a rectangular plate by a moulded collar. The head is decorated with an incised oval eye, and a curved line down the centre of the beak. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The latch is a medium green colour. Measurements: 60 mm (current) length, 48 mm wide, 4 mm thick and weighs 33.47 g The object is similar to NMS-100CA3, SWYOR-FC4FF7, HAMP-477952 and KENT-ACF377 on this database. Another similar exa…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
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Record ID: DEV-10E72D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age La Tène III type/ Nauheim derivative brooch dating to the period c. AD 10-100 (Plouviez period E). While much of the brooch survives, the integral pin is missing, as is the catch-plate. At the top of the bow is the head of the brooch. The head was probably made of four coils of circular cross-section, two either side of the bow, but the internal coil that would have developed into the bow has been lost to an old break. The coils on the other side of the bow may have been squashed flat. When viewed head uppermost, the first coil to the left of the pin and …
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-0FCE12
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy uniface trade weight dating to the post-medieval period (early-mid 19th century). The object is circular with a recessed upper surface within a prominently raised lip/rim. The reverse also has a small recessed area at its centre around a centring pit. Incised concentric circles around this presumably result from the turning process. The upper surface also has a central pit within a slightly raised border. This is surrounded by a pair of engraved concentric circles, with a further trio of circles between the last and the bevelling from the lip/rim. The lip/rim is it…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-D8B951
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy Spanish 'cob' - revalued as a 6 maravedis 'resellado' piece probably of Philip IV (1621-1665) countermarked 166[...] (on coin). Uncertain mint. Measurements: 22 mm in diameter, weight 3.31 g The uneven flan has been profoundly dished by the countermarking process
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braunton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-D889AA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy Spanish 'cob' - revalued as a 6 maravedis 'resellado' piece probably of Philip IV (1621-1665) countermarked 16[...] and 166[...] (on coin). Uncertain mint. Measurements: 24.5 mm in length, 21 mm in width, weight 2.66 g The uneven flan has received a pair of nicks
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braunton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-D837CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy Spanish 'cob' - probably an 8 maravedis piece of Philip III (1598-1621) possibly dated 1616 or 1618 (on coin). Uncertain mint (see Calico et al. 1982, 103ff.) Measurements: 22.5 mm in diameter, weight 5.81 g This coin has an uneven flan.
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braunton CP', grid reference and parish protected.