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Record ID: DOR-0862D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Valentinian I ( AD 364 - 375 ) dating to the period AD 364-378 .(Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting a female advancing left holding wreath in her left hand. Mint of Siscia. Reference: RIC IX, p. 143, no 15 (a). Date: Roman Weight: 2.36 g. Diameter: 16.5 mm. Die axis: 12.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8AA9B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A liard of Anna van der Marck, Abbess of Thorn in the Netherlands (1604 - 1631) dating to 1614. Diameter: 25.43 mm, Thickness: 0.81 mm and Weight 2.32 g. Die axis: 4 Date: Post Medieval Obverse: ANNA .D . MARC[K] A[B] TH[O] - Crown over larger quartered shield Reverse: [S]IT NO DOMINI BEN[EDI] - Crown over small shield on the cross of St Andrew. Reversed Ns
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8A9E55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward I (1272 - 1307) dating to 1305 - 1310. Class 10 cf. Diameter: 18.52 mm, Thickness: 0.57 mm and Weight: 1.16 g. Die Axis: 6
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8A647B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Caracalla (AD 198-217) dating to the period AD 201 - 206. (Reece period 10). VICT PART MAX. Reverse type depicting Victory advancing left. Mint of Rome. Reference: RIC Vol IV, Pt 1 no.144b. Diameter: 19.48 mm. Thickness: 2.28 mm. Weight: 2.75 g. Die axis: 1
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8A324D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval silver 10 sol-piece of Louis XIV of France (1643-1715), mintmark illegible and probably dated 1702 on coin. Diameter: 17.82 mm Weight: 1.43 g Thickness: 0.66 mm Die axis: 6 The coin has been folded into a S-shape, probably as a love token.
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-896D2D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of James I (1603-1625) dating to 1605 - 1606. Reference: North Vol II, No.2105/1 Diameter: 17.03 mm, Thickness: 0.57 mm, Weight: 0.86 g. Die axis: 6
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8931F1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver shilling of James I (1603-1625) dating to 1604 - 1619 (second coinage). QVAE DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPART reverse legend. Reference: North Vol II, No. 2099 Diameter: 30.36 mm, Thickness: 0.90 mm and Weight: 5.15 g. Die axis: 2
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-F6A4A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
As or Dupondius of the late second century, possibly Crispina ( wife of Commodus AD 178 -187) dating to the period AD 180 - 183 (Reece period 9) .No detail survivng on the reverse. Diameter: 28.16 mm. Thickness: 3.13 mm. Weight: 12.99 g. Die axis: Uncertain.
Created on: Friday 7th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F679E7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper alloy hooked clasp, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1700. The hook section of a two-part hooked clasp. The object has an oval plate with a flat back. From one side expands the stub of the flat, rectangular hook There are three integral perforated lugs, two flanking the remnant of the hook and one at the opposite end. The front of the plate is cast in low relief with a depiction of the Commonwealth arms. The rear is flat and undecorated. Dimensions: length 36.05 mm; width 20.06 mm; thickness 1.69 mm; weight 3.71 g. Please see Read, B 2008 Hooked-clasps & eyes,…
Created on: Friday 7th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F629DB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of post-medieval date. The fitting is elongated with a convex front and hollow back. It comprises a central oval element flanked by transverse collars, with a knop at one end and a backwards curving hook at the other. The central oval element is hollowed at the back and convex at the front. It has three longitudinal facets.The oval element and the knop both have central perforations of which the oval element retains a copper alloy, circular sectioned rivet (just below the transverse collar). The hook is D-shaped in cross section and tapers to a r…
Created on: Friday 7th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F5EC2C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy double looped buckle dating to the period AD c. 1350 to c. 1650. One loop , the centre bar and the pin remaining. The tapering pin is complete and is attached centre bar. It has a D-Shaped cross section. The centre bar is narrowed from the frame and has a trapeziodal cross section. The loops are D shaped and the frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear with slightly bevelled inner edges. Length: 24.05 mm, Width: 24.42 mm, Thickness: 1.96 mm and Weight: 3 g. See Whitehead 1996, Buckles 1250 - 1800, page 54, No. 310 for a similar example.
Created on: Friday 7th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F5918E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Post-Medieval double-oval copper alloy buckle frame. Half of the frame and the centre bar remain, and it is also missing its pin. On the remaining loop there is a moulded rosette on the outer edge and at either side of the centre bar there is a pointed knop. The bar is narrowed from the frame and is trapezoidal in cross section. Height : 21.27 mm, Width: 28.38 mm, Thickness: 2.49 mm and Weight: 3.47 g. The internal loops are c.12.91 x 22.44 mm A similar buckle is recorded in Whitehead 1996 Buckles 1250 - 1800 p.66 no.407. Whitehead dates this to c.1550-1650.
Created on: Friday 7th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
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Record ID: DOR-F564E2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably cast, domed thimble. The small, circular indentations have been hand stamped in a spiral. There is no tonsure on the top. The walls are quite thick. Date: Post Medieval - 1500 - 1650 Height : 19.54 mm, Diameter: 18.49 mm and Thickness: 0.85 mm. Weight: 6.23 g This is similar in shape to an example in Edwin F Holmes datasheet "Sewing Thimbles" FRG Datasheet 9, page 1, Fig. 2 a. The spiral indentations suggest a date of the 16th to mid 17th centuries.
Created on: Friday 7th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
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Record ID: DOR-62F004
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle dating to the 17th century. The buckle frame has two trapezoidal loops and is rectangular in cross section. There is a triangular projection at the centre of the outside edge of both loops and there is a ropunded projection on each of the four corners. On the front of the outside edge there is an incised line running from top to bottom across the knops and point, and a central incised pin rest perpendicular to this. The centre bar is narrowed from the frame, has a trapezoidal cross section and is flanked by a pair of moulded knops. The…
Created on: Friday 30th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
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Record ID: DOR-62D55F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double loop buckleframe. The loops are oval with pointed outer edges. Both loops have flanking pointed knops at the sides. The strap bar is narrowed from the frame and has a trapezoidal cross section. The pin is missing. Whitehead (1996) Buckles 1250 to 1800 illustrates a similar oval buckle with an angled frame on page 55, No.318, which is dated from c.1500-1650. The length is 35.03 mm, the width is 30.60 mm, the thickness is 3.37 mm and the weight 7.09 g.
Created on: Friday 30th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
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Record ID: DOR-62A79D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy double loop 'spectacle' buckle There are traces of black lacquer on the surfaces. The two loops are oval with expanded outer edges. Both loops have been bent forwards. The pin is missing. The centre bar is narrowed from the frame and trapezoidal in cross section. There is a knop at either end of the bar. This buckle is Post Medieval and likely to date from c. 1550-1650. The length is 30.65 mm, the width is 17.46 mm, the thickness is 2.53 mm and the weight 2.87 g. For a similar buckle see Whitehead (1996) Buckles 1250 to1800, number 304 for comparison.
Created on: Friday 30th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-627A58
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval to post medieval copper alloy annular buckle dating from 1350-1650, missing the pin. The frame is circular with an integral centre bar.The pin is missing. The frame has a chamfered inner edge and tapers in thickness to the outer edge. It is decorated on the front with incised lines rinning across its width. The rear is undecorated. The bar is narrowed from the frame and sub triangular in cross section. The buckle measures 46.03 mm in diameter, 3.68 mm thick and weighs 13.89 g.
Created on: Friday 30th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
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Record ID: DOR-61DD62
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval 1500 to 1700AD cast lead or lead alloy inscribed tablet, an incomplete miniature horn book showing the alphabet. Line 1 is - ABCDE; Line 2 is - FG (reversed)HIK; Line 3 is - LMNOP; Line 4 is - QRSTVX; Subsequent lines are missing. Based on the contents and style of the alphabet, probably dates to between c1500 and c1700 AD. Similar objects on the database include SOM-5408E1, YORYM-FA8FF1, LVPL-69A2E4, SWYOR-B234D7, and NMGW-E9EC71 (nearly complete). Full-size horn books were teaching tablets that usually contained the alphabet or the Lord's Prayer and which became …
Created on: Friday 30th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-C61F33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver denarius of Augustus dating to the period 7-6 BC (Reece Period 1 ) AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT reverse type depicting Gaius and Lucius standing front, each with a hand resting on a round shield, a spear, and in field above, a lituus and simpulum left X underneath. Mint of Lyon. //CAES[ARES] RIC Vol I, no 212. Diameter: 17.18 mm Weight: 3.39 g Die axis: 3
Created on: Friday 5th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2017
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Record ID: DOR-C61A20
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of House of Theodora dating to the period AD 337 - 341 (Reece Period 17) FL MAX THEODORAE AVG reverse type Pietas facing holding infant. Unknown mint. Diameter: 15.22 mm Weight: 1.24 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Friday 5th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.