Record ID: LEIC-4C9686
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Middle) to Neolithic (Later) flint core, 74mm long, 58mm wide, 43mm thick and 158.4g in weight. Made on a chalky cream flint that has started to turn an opaque blue through patination. The core has been centripetally flaked on both faces and looks like a very exhausted discoidal core.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4C7AE3
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Lower) to Neolithic (Later) core, 108mm long, 82mm wide, 43mm thick and 341.7g in weight. Made on a chalky chert that is turning light grey through patination. Some large removals from one face all over. Poor quality. Shapeless core.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4C6172
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic Bronze Age flint core, 54mm long, 40mm wide, 24mm thick and 60.3g in weight. Made on a dark caramel brown flint that has turned light cream and opaque through patination. The original colour of the flint is identifiable due to a small area of post-depositional damage. The core has been worked all over and is close to exhaustion. One face is still visible as a striking platform from which a series of parallel flakes were removed. The other faces display passive scars that were struck both unidirectionally and bidirectionally.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4C49A6
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint combination tool, 70mm long, 37mm wide, 9mm thick and 27.8g in weight. Made on a semi-translucent flint that has turned mid grey through patination. The distal end of the flake has a dihedral burin and the left lateral edge has been denticulated. The dorsal face shows a heavily worked surface.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4C2E7F
Object type: BURIN SPALL
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Upper) to Neolithic (Early) flint burin spall, 29mm long, 8mm wide, 3mm thick and 0.7g in weight. From prepared lateral edge of a flake. Made on an opaque flint that is light blue in patination.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4C14C4
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic (Early) to Bronze Age (Later) flint bladelet core, 41mm long, 26mm wide, 18mm thick and 22.7g in weight. Made on a dark grey opaque flint. The core is in fresh condition. Small bladelet removals have been struck round the entire piece from the proximal end and both lateral edges.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4BE507
Object type: BACKED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Early) - Neolithic (Later) flint backed blade, 40000 - 1501BC. 45mm in length, 25mm wide and 9mm thick with a weight of 12.4grams. Made on an opaque light brown chert that has started to turn light grey through patination. The blade is broken and has been backed along the left lateral edge.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4AFD6B
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy heraldic harness pendant, 34mm in length, 21mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 4.07grams. The object is scutiform with a rectangular cross section. It is in poor condition with incomplete edges and has an incomplete suspension loop emerging from the centre of its straight upper edge. The pendant has a raised area of white enamel in the form of a lion/big cat which is crouching left and has a very long tail.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4ACBF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I, dating to AD 1641-3.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4AAE6B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver groat of Mary I, Tower mint, AD 1553-4.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4A721E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver groat of Mary I, Tower mint, AD 1553-4.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4A32B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VII, Archbishop Bainbridge issue, York Mint, AD 1504-09.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-49EA8D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy half angel coin weight of James I. 14mm in length, 14mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 3.39grams. The weight is rectangular in form and cross section and is decorated on the obverse with a circular border of raised dots containing an image of St Michael spearing a dragon. The reverse has a solid circular border containing a crown above the inscription X.s The weight has been counter stamped on this side with the royal cipher of a crowned I for the reign of James I.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-499FC7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy finger ring, 24mm in length, 20mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 3.49grams. The ring has a flat sub -oval bezel which is decorated with an elongated, raised rectangle. This has five small circular recesses in its surface, one in each corner and one central. The lower bezel is damaged but originally its form echoed the rectangular centre. The shoulders are triangular in form and project slightly where tehy join the bezel. They are decorated with a slight ridge running down their centre and have a corresponding slight recess just before each edge. Where the sh…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-495678
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy pin head, 28mm in length and 9mm in diameter with a weight of 3.38grams. The pin has a globular head with a slightly flattened upper surface. It has no signs of decoration. It tapers in width towards the shaft and sits on two faint raised, rounded collars. The shaft is circular in cross section, plain and incomplete. The form is similar to Cool types 1-3.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-48ECA9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver denarius of Julia Domna dating to AD 203 (Reece period 10). Reverse type - PIETASPVBLICA - Julia standing, hands raised in invocation, with an altar to the left. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-48B85A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman enamelled copper alloy plate brooch, 29mm in length, 23mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 4.60grams. The brooch is circular in form and eliptical in cross section. It has a central circular hole, 4mm in diameter, which is surrounded by sub triangular raised 'petal' motifs which sit in a field of blue enamel. This is enclosed by a narrow raised border, which sits on a slightly wider circular platfrom with a small recess running around where the two join. The brooch has projections at cardinal points. To the right (as pictured) is the hinged catchplate, now missing its pin.…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-482813
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VII, Canterbury mint, 1504-09.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-FD732C
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Modern copper alloy Italian fascist youth badge, 3mm thick and 38mm in diameter with a weight of 11.44grams. The badge is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It is missing its pin and central disc on the reverse. The badge shows a left-facing helmeted bust of Benito Mussolini, surrounded by the inscription CREDERE OBBEDIRE COMBATTERE" (Believe Obey Fight) and inscribed "G.I.L." (Gioventù Italiana del Littorio) = Italian Fascist youth. The Reverse is inscribed witha warning - "MODELLO DEPOSITATO / RIPRODVZIONE INTERDETTA" = reproduction forbidden patent pending.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-FD29B2
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early 20th Century copper alloy die-cast cap badge, 31mm in length, 30mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 3.31grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It is die-cast and consists of an open laurel wreath surrounding the letters LVR, with a fox running left across the top. LVR= Leicestershire Volunteer Regiment. The object probably dates to 1914 - 1945.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2018
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