Record ID: KENT-B3DC8D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Roman wheel thrown mica speckled greyware ceramic vessel dating c.AD 125-300. Description: The sherds are all irregular body sherds with clear striations indicating they were part of a wheel thrown vessel. The fabric is very hard with some common mica speckling and fine black grit. There is little mica intrusion into the inner fabric. The sherds has very jagged edges and are a dark grey colour indicating a heavily reducing kiln atmosphere. Sherd 2 is slightly darker and has some geometric decoration Measurements: Sherd 1 : 30.37mm long, 25.6mm high, 7.02mm th…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-B3BB85
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small sherd of probable Roman wheel thrown ceramic vessel dating. Description: The sherd is a medium sized rregular body sherd with clear striations indicating a wheel thrown vessel. The fabric is very hard with substantial mica speckling and with some mica intrusion into the inner fabric. The sherd has very jagged edges and is a dark grey colour indicating a heavily reducing kiln atmosphere, although the outside edge is browner particularly towards the base of the sherd while the upper edge is greyer. Measurements: 26.63mm wide, 41.96mm high, 4.85mm thick and 8.26g in weight.…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-B3893A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd probably from a Roman ceramic drinking vessel of Patchgrove Grog-tempered ware. Description: The sherd represents part of the rim of a ceramic vessel with the rim surviving in full in one small place and not enough remains to suggest original diameter. The fabric has a light white brown outer colour and a light grey-blue inner with some brown mottling. The inclusions are profuse, poorly sorted, mixed rounded to sub-angular and up to 3.13mm in length grog (crushed pot) temper. Some other sparse heavily mixed small intermediate white clay and possible quartz inclusions al…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-B34EE8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of wheel thrown ceramic vessel of Roman date c. AD 43 - 410, likely a mica dusted greyware cooking vessel dating to the period c. AD 125 - 300. Description: The vessel survives only as a body sherd with some rim at the top lip. The sherd has mixed variably spaced inclusions of small grit and quartz. and sparse specks of mica dusting. The sherd is unoxidised being ad dark grey throughout. The sherd likely relates to a cooking pot. Measurements: 34.05mm wide. 35.18mm high, 9.03mm thick and 12.20g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-B26C36
Object type: TEGULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of Roman ceramic tegula roof tile dating to 43-402 AD. Description: The fragments are from the same part of the tile and fit together. They include the flange. The outer face of the flange is very irregular and poorly finished. The surface is orangey red and the core is also orangey red indicating an oxidised core. Measurements: 90.08mm long, 90.21mm wide, 56.3mm thick (including flange and 475g in weight. Discussion: Tegulae along with imbrices are roof tiles which together produce an overlapping affect used commonly in ancient Greek and Roman architecture as a…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-B2413E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sheet metal gilt copper-alloy possible harness pendant dating to the 14th century. Description: The object is circular and flat in plan with a circular tab projecting out of the top side and a piercing at the bottom. The upper surface has a squared shield on the upper surface emblazoned with two chevron lines on it. The tab is cylindrical and finishes in a break, although it is pierced just before the break and is folded across the front. The object is very dark brown with substantial light grey-green patination with some gilding. Measurements: 22.56mm in diameter,…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-B1D569
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn crudely cast lead-alloy biface token possibly of the Late Medieval to Early Modern period, dating to AD1400 - AD 1900. Description: The token is roughly circular, quite thin and biface (with decoration on both sides). The decoration is cast in very shallow relief and consists on one side of a small outline bird facing right on one side, it has a large oval eye and stylised beak. The other side also has the outline of a bird from the neck up on it, albeit much larger and with a more detail both are executed rather crudely however. The token is mottled dark grey with substanti…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-B13C33
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy zoomorphic vessel foot with integral zoomorphic spout of uncertain age, (see discussion). Description: The object has a circular base, flat on the base and slightly convex on the upper surface. Evenly placed on the base is a pair of long thin legs, which are roughly semi-circular in cross-section. The legs re-join at the body which is represented only as the very front of the chest, from the chest projects a long thin hollow neck, U-Shaped in cross section. The neck projects at roughly 105-110 degree angle from the legs. The upper edges of the neck has incised k…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2020
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Record ID: KENT-B0A018
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval, about AD 1400 - 1800. Description: The weight is a shallow dome with a convex upper side and a roughly flat base. The upper domed surface is in the form of a male lion with clearly defined muzzle, nose eyes and a main picked out with downward diagonal lines. It is patinated an off white typical of aged lead. Measurements: 24.88mm in diameter, 10.23mm thick and 30.3g in weight. Discussion: Although probably a relatively late, if a weight, as seen by relatively standard 30g weight an earlier date cannot be discounted. Nor can we be certain this is a weight and not a m…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-AFB651
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete worn copper-alloy Medieval pedestal seal matrix dating to the 14th century. Description: The object is cast in one piece and consists of a narrowing tapering handle from a wide convex base forming together a conical shape. At the top of the object is a pointed oval suspension loop. Just prior to the suspension loop is an incised line producing a collar. The matrix' die is circular with a central device of a falconry hunting scene with a bird of prey perched on the back of a rabbit or hare. The surrounding legend reads retrograde as to appear the correct way round…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-9E799C
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast and decorated socketed chisel head dating to the Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age transitional period c.9th-8th century BC, Ewart Park Phase. Description: The chisel has a wide flat crescent shaped blade at the end of a long cylindrical body. The blade heavily abraded. The socket end has an oval aperture 10.57mm by 7.97mm. Each edge has a pair of opposed diagonal lines incised on them, creating a feathered decorative affect. One of the thin edges has the feathering go all the way up to the blade while the other stops before the blade begins to fan out. A fifth lin…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th May 2020
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Record ID: KENT-9DB685
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn, abraded and folded copper-alloy jetton of Hans Schultes III (master 1608-1612). Rose/Orb type, As Mitchener 1403ff. Obverse: Alternating crowns and lis with central rose. Legend: '+GL[ICK IST W]ALCZ[ET VN]D', Fortune is changeable. Reverse: A traditional imperial orb with cross patty in a tressure with three main arches and three pellets outside the tressure. Legend: [+HANS SC]HVLTES ZV [NVR]EN. Measurements: 22.12mm in diameter, 0.35mm thick and 0.56g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-9D6334
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and slightly corroded Post-Medieval copper-alloy trade token farthing Issued in Andover, Hampshire for the poor of the town. Williamson 1889, pg 258, Hampshire no. 14. Description: Obverse: A lion under a tree; the arms of Andover. Legend: '+ H[ELP]:O:ANDEVER.1666'. Reverse: A cripple. Legend: '[F[OR.YE POORES.BEN[EFIT]' Measurements: 16.06mm in diameter, 0.89mm thick and 0.62g in weight. Discussion: During the mid-17th century (c.1648-1672), due to a shortage of official coins, halfpenny and farthing tokens were issued by private businesses to facilitate small…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-9CFA23
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped but fine halfpenny of Henry VII, minted at London c.1504-1509. North 1735. Withers Class 3c, Measurements: 11.71mm in diameter, 0.65mm thick and 0.27g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2018
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Record ID: KENT-9C8EE1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and abraded copper-alloy Roman nummus (AE3) of the House of Valentinian (AD 364-378), likely of Valentinian I (r.AD 364-375), Valens (AD 364 - AD378) or Gratian (AD 367 - AD 383). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Minted between 364-378, uncertain mint, mintmark illegible. Possibly Arles mint (see discussion) Reece Period 19. Measurements: 16.79mm in diameter, 1.25mm thick and 1.33g in weight. Discussion: It has been suggested by Sam Moorhead (2013, 141), National Finds Advisor on roman coinage, that nummi of the Arles mint u…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-9BBAB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A highly worn, corroded and abraded copper-alloy radiate, probably a contemporary copy (barbarous radiate) possibly imitating a coin of a Claudius II (AD268-270), posthumous 'Divus' CONSECRATO issue dating to the period c. AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). CONSEC[RATIO] reverse type depicting an altar Measurements: 16.32mm in diameter, 2.01mm thick and 2.35g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-89A98D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver penny of Henry VIII (1509-1547). Third Coinage (1544-1547). Minted at Southwark, London, with E mintmark, North Vol 2, p.115, no.1855 Measurments: 14.33mm in diameter, 0.67mm thick, 0.61g in weight.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-894B24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A adulterated silver contemporary copy of a siliqua of Theodosius I (AD 379-395). VRBS ROMA reverse type depicting Roma seated left on cuirass holding Victory on globe and spear. Prototype dating to AD 388-392, Mint of Trier, -//TRPS. (Reece Period 21), as RIC Vol. IX, Trier 95b, obverse legend shows errors. Measurements: 17.26mm in diameter, 1.32mm thick and 1.53g in weight.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-889D99
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast circular gilt copper-alloy mount or escutcheon possibly from a hanging bowl or harness fitting (or, just possibly, a shield-boss apex mount) of fifth to seventh-century date. Description: The mount is disc shape and quite flat. The decoration is cast in relief and has a raided outer rim. The underside shows some blobs or scars of corrosion product possibly corresponding to a solder by which it was attached to the vessel. The decoration comprising a central recessed circular field that may once have held a setting of some kind but which is now missing, possibly of garnet, g…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: KENT-877601
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307). Minted at Bury St Edmunds between AD 1299 - 1301. Class 9b. North Vol 2, p.30, no.1037/1. Measurements: 18.07mm in diameter, 0.76mm thick and 1.01g in weight
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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