Record ID: PUBLIC-50D4CB
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval or post-medieval hammered or cast copper-alloy book clasp. The clasp is flat and roughly rectangular narrowing from a wide attatchment end toward the hook end. The object is bent to a 90 degree angle twice along its length fom post depositional damage. At the hook end of the object there is a pair of rectangular lugs immediately behind the blunt rectangular hook which is folded underneath. There are three rivet holes along its length from and four rivet holes in its slightly splayed fishtail terminal. The initial rivet hole from the hook contains the remains of a c…
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 5th February 2015
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Record ID: KENT-29B540
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn enamelled copper-alloy heraldic horse harness pendant of Medieval date, c. AD 1270-1400. Description: The pendant is of quatrefoil / quatrelobed form with an angular knops between each lobe. Taking up much of the centre is a shield of arms displaying the royal arms of England consisting of three lions on a field of red (heraldically:Gules, three lions passant guardant). The shield is in the common 'heater' form with angular top corners. Decoration in the lobes is uncertain due to wear. At the apex of the pendant the suspension loop remains. Measurements: Length:14.50…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Record ID: KENT-1F50D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A highly worn, corroded and abraded copper-alloy Roman coin, probably a nummus. Mint, emepror and type illegible, AD 296-402. Measurements: 14.35mm in diameter, 1.62mm thick and 1.17g in weight.
Created on: Friday 21st July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Record ID: KENT-B5ED89
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tinned copper-alloy roman disc brooch with peripheral lugs. Dating to the second half of the 1st century AD, likely originating in the upper Rhine Valley (Modern Switzerland). Description: The brooch is flat and circular with peripheral lugs, most of which are missing or remaining only as a stubs, 3 remain intact (8 originally). There is a circumferential white metal coated flat ring and a pierced centre. The gap between the piercing and the ring as well as known examples (Hattatt 1987, 158) suggests a second ring existed and is now missing. The pin attachment cons…
Created on: Friday 29th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: KENT-990342
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn roman nummus of Galerius (305-311), GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type uncertain probably minted at Lyon AD 298 (Reece 15.). RIC VI Lyons 40b. Measurements: 24.16mm in diameter, 2.5mm thick and 4g in weight.
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: KENT-30F43D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast heavily worn incomplete Post-Medieval copper-alloy belt fitting, dating to c.1550-1625AD. Description: The object is an S-shaped belt catch with a sub rectangular cross section. It has one snake head terminal at the complete end, although the now missing one would have been the same. It has a double incised band on its upper surface splitting each end in half. The remaing loop has been preferentially worn, the other loop has broken off at almost the same point. The fitting is patinated green and the break appears to have occured in antiquity. Measurements: Length: 36.7mm,…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2017
Last updated: Friday 22nd November 2019
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Record ID: KENT-97E36B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy late Medieval post-Medieval button, c. 1475-1600. Description: The button is biconvex and hollow, with a central boss and ovoid openwork decoration on the front and oval openwork decoration on the back. The attachment loop is on an oval shank which is rectangular in section but is very worn on one side. The button is mid brown with some lighter patches with a green hue. Measurements: 17.63mm long, 11.39mm in diameter and 1.85g in weight. Discussion: This type is illustrated by Read (2005, 30, no.93) with a late 15th to 16th century date. Int…
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
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Record ID: KENT-437D9C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A highly worn, degraded and abraded roman As or Duppondius. Illegible Ruler and type, dating to the period AD41-260 (Reece period 1-12) Measurements: 21.5mm in diameter, 3.36mm thick and 6.47g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
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Record ID: KENT-77A0BF
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy rounded moustache-shaped object of late Bronze Age or Iron Age date. Description: The object has been cast in one and is crescentric in shape. It has a uniform vertical groove in the centre of the body, with a rectangular hole beneath.The body tapers down to a point with cast alternating ridges and grooves running up to 14.22mm from the central vertical groove. The alternating pattern is not present on the inside edge of the object and consists of 11 lines on each side. The object is covered in mottled green patena. Measurements: 42.64mm wide, 23.82mm high. 11.04m…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2017
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Record ID: KENT-792817
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thin strip bracelet or bangle fragment. Narrow D-sectioned band fragment, broken at one. The convex display face bears decoration comprising a band of sixteen incised lines unevenly spaced 6mm form complete strap end. The complete end has a notch and ridge which may relate to a join or clasp, possibly even extra decoraiton.. Another bracelet fragment, differently decorated can be seen on the database; NLM-4DABC8. Suggested date: Later Roman, 250-410 AD, based off similar finds on the database SF-73B8E8 (undecorated fragment), WMID-F98122 (undecoratted complete) and Crummy…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd April 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
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Record ID: KENT-215FA0
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of Early Medieval (early Anglo Saxon) copper alloy tweezers dating 5th - 7th century. The tweezers are made from one sheet of folded copper-alloy with flared and in-turned nibs. There is a single ring and dot motif on each side of the fold at the top of the tweezers underlined by a pinched line forming a loop with the fold. An incised line runs along the edge of each side down to the flared nibs which are decorated with four punched ring and dots motif in a roughly triangular pattern. The object is formed by folding a decorated and hammered flared copper alloy sheet and curving…
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: KENT-23448B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper alloy object. Long sub-rectangular apparently complete object, tapered at one end with a sub-rectangular cross section. The surface has been polished and this remains apparent on tapered end and for the tip of the wider end. It has typical dark and light green patina for a copper alloy object with some ferrous oxide staining also present. Its use remains unclear, possibly an ingot, although polishing suggests otherwise, maybe a tool of unknown use. Measurements: Length: 68.87 mm, Width: 18.61 mm, Thickness: 4.05 mm. Weight: 57.22 g
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Record ID: KENT-9E6645
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete 17th century copper alloy mount. The mount is triangular in plan with stepped knop at the top and a rounded knop at the bottom. The bottom knop is in two stepped elements divided from each other by a transverse groove and from the rest of the object by a transverse ridge. The upper knop is defined by lateral nicks and they too are divided from each other by a transverse groove. It is lightly curved across the front and flat on the reverse with the remains of two integral lugs remaining as small stubs rising 0.82mm from the back of the mount. Measurements: 13.77mm lo…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2015
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Record ID: KENT-9FD54A
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy quillon or crossguard for a dagger or stilleto of early post-medieval date. Object consists of a thin flat faced bar 31.74mm long 4.22mm high 1.83mm thick, which widens towards the centre with an oval hole through it. The bar has a large triangular shaped piece of decoration resembling either feathers or a scallop shell project away from the bar, 9.39mm where it joins the bar, 22.80mm wide at the bottom, 15.64mm high and 3.5mm thick. Each end of the bar shows damage suggesting it is incomplete. It is very dark brown in colouration with some light green patination presen…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2015
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Record ID: KENT-CF8DA0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman barbarous radiate copying a coin of Tetricus I (AD 271-274), dating to the period AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). Copying a SPES PVBLICA prototype with reverse depicting Spes walking left raising hand and skirt. Uncertain mint. Cf. Normanby no. 1948. Measurements: 16.25mm in diameter, 1.57mm thick and 1.29g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Record ID: KENT-5A2D86
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast copper alloy fitting in the form of a stylised fish or dolphin. The dolphin has an arched back and a curving, forked tail and remains of a small hook likely for fitting the object to a larger whole projecting just past the tail. The dolphin's tail has some simple incised decoration consisting of lines which radiate from the body along the length of the tail fins. Possible facial features are obscured by iron oxide concretion and staining but sunken circular eyes can just be made out. Beneath the head stylised flat fins project below the body of the dolphin to form…
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2015
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Record ID: KENT-5B599E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy seal matrix dating to 12-13th centuries. The seal is a pointed oval shape with an integral lug set at the top of the seal. The front face bears a circumferential legend which reads S. IOh'IS DE LENh'AO[C?]. The legend is proceeded by an initial crossin a square. The central motif, divided from the legend by pellet border, shows seated crowned figure with child sitting on lap both facing left, which dominates centre and right of the motif. Two figures in the left of the motif one kneeling suppliant with arms upraised towards child and 'king', with second figure …
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
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Record ID: KENT-04816D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval strap fitting, c. 14th-15th centuries AD. The object consists of a central sub-hemispherical lobe, flanked on either side by a tapering arm, which a D-shaped in cross-section. At the end of each arm is a solid semi-circular knop, which is also D-shaped in cross-section. The central sub-hemispherical lobe is decorated with transverse moulded ribbed line deocration resembling basketry or rope.. The reverse of the object is undecorated and flat. Reverse is undecorated and most of the strap loop prongs or loop is missing save for tiny stubs on the …
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2015
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Record ID: KENT-056426
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval cast or wrought copper-alloy Jews harp (c 1500-c. 1800). In plan, it has a circular head and tapering arms both of which are characteristically lozenge-shaped in cross-section. The outer diameter of the head is 31.75mm. At the apex, on the front face, is a notch or rabbet to accommodate the iron prong, of which only residual rust remains.The arms are complete. File marks are visible on the arms. The surface is reddish brown - copper with some patches of green copper patina especially around the head, the patches of iron staining likely relating ot the p…
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2016
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Record ID: KENT-06A1A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Silvered copper alloy Roman nummus (AE1) of Galerius, dating to the period AD 294 - 305 (Reece period 15). Obverse shows draped and laurette bust right. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting genius standing left. Uncertain mint. Measurements: 26.06 mm in diameter, 1.8 mm thick 6.07 g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2015
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