Record ID: DUR-44C2C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval silver double patard, probably Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477). Initial mark: illegible/missing The coin is a 'double' brockage, the obverse being struck over the reverse and vice-versa. Obverse (probably): [KAROLVS DEI GRA DVX BVR]G CO FL[A] (double annulet stops); Shield with the arms of Burgundy. (Reverse struck over). Reverse (probably): [SIT NOMEN DOMINI] BENED[ICTVM] (May the name of the Lord be blessed) (double annulet stops); Cross fleuretty with diamond-shape at centre containing a fleur-de-lis. (obverse struck over) Simi…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: DUR-443F8D
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fired pipe-clay marble probably of the modern period AD1850-1900. A spherical and smoothed clay ball, probably a Victorian toy. The marble measures 16.72mm in diameter and weighs 4.3g. There are similar objects on the database at NLM-BC92BB and NLM-688E68.
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: DUR-424732
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fine-grained, dark grey stone, oval-ended and broken at one end, of uncertain date. It has been used as a whetstone for sharpening blades. The stone is natural, not deliberately shaped, oval in section, thickening and widening to the broken end. The complete end is rounded. The top of the whetstone shows signs of brown 'polish' and has numerous shallow, linear grooves in the surface. The back is concave and rougher; it shows a couple of diagonal grooves but these may be natural wear. Whetstones are known to have been used from the Bronze Age onwards. The improvised use of vari…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: DUR-88C675
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap junction or strap distributor of late medieval or post-medieval period c.AD 1400-1700. The object is quatrefoil, formed from four roughly circular loops, one of which is broken. The loop opposite the broken one is largest with an internal diameter of 10.mm. the other two loops are slightly smaller and roughly the same size with an internal diameter of 9.54mm. Abrasion marks at the outer edges of two of the loops suggest wear where reins or straps have rubbed. The break on the fourth loop shows a hollow in the metal and suggests an ancient break at a…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2018
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Record ID: DUR-876907
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn hammered silver half-groat of Elizabeth I, AD 1558-1603. The coin is worn on both faces and slightly chipped at the edges. The obverse in particular is worn so that the bust is obscured. There are two pellets visible, inside a beaded inner circle. The inscription reads [ED] G-ROSA-SINA-SPINA. The reverse shows a long cross fourchee dividing a shield with the royal coat-of-arms. The inscription reads CIVI [TAS] LON-DON. The initial mark is a hand (1589-1592). The coin is North number 2016, North Volume II, page 137. It measures 16.88mm in diameter and is 0.46mm thick, weig…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
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Record ID: DUR-85ED28
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval copper alloy trade weight of the Georgian period (1714-1820). The weight is disc-shaped and circular in plan and is uni-faced. The reverse is flat and plain although slightly abraded. The front has a circumferential ridge around the outer edge so that the centre of the weight is inset. Stamped in this depression is a G(E) surmounted with a small crown. Two concentric lines appear to be incised through the outer edges of the letters and the lower part of the crown. This type of trade weight is discussed in Biggs (1993, 54) where it states that the marking…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
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Record ID: DUR-847C06
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pottery figurine of the late post-medieval to modern period. The fragment comprises a male head and part of a shoulder depicted in high relief.The head has a 'goatee' beard, a moustache and shoulder length hair and a 'cavalier-style' hat worn to the right, so potentially it represents a 17th century Royalist soldier or even King Charles1. The back of the object is flat suggesting a mantel shelf ornament of the Victorian period. The fragment measures 6mm in height and is 24.32mm thick weighing 64.4g. The pottery has a brownish-orange glaze which was a speciality of …
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
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Record ID: DUR-1DDF3D
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, sheet copper alloy clasp dating from the post medieval period c AD1600-1800. The object is rectangular in shape although misshapen at the edges. The centre of the rectangle is quatrefoil with four sub-rectangular cut-out areas. The front of the clasp is stamped with a design of tendrils and leaves. The reverse appears to be undecorated. The surface is brown in appearance with some gilding apparent in places particularly under the loop on the reverse. The separate soldered wire loop, measuring approximately 1.93mm in diameter, is on one long edge, attached only at one end. T…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-1BB9C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, badly worn long cross silver penny, of uncertain date c AD 1279-1483. The coin is worn, cracked and damaged, missing a fragment from the edge. The reverse design shows a long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Part of the legend is visible, the reverse reading CIVI/TAS/L-N, probably denoting a London mint. The obverse shows the partial legend ANGL and ED, suggesting a coin of one of the Edwards, possibly Edward I. Post-recovery treatment of the coin has unfortunately rendered much of the legend illegible. The penny measures 19.91mm in…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-1A784B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified, cast iron object, possibly a crossbow bolt or arrowhead. The object is sub-cylindrical in cross-section. It is 55.30mm long and 14.90mm in diameter at its thickest point and weighs 31.91g. There is possible evidence of a narrow point of square sub-section although this may be incidental due to corrosion. The object has an orange-brown patina but is so badly corroded and delaminated as to make accurate identification impossible.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-1A1A62
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date c. AD1200-1800. The object is circular in plan and flat in cross-section. The central circular perforation is large at 11.14mm diameter. One side of the object is plain whilst the other has five small, irregular perforations of varying depth and diameter placed centrally on the face. There is also a cut/damage of 5.21mm from the central aperture. The surfaces are light cream to light grey in colour and are worn and slightly abraded. Spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through t…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-CD4AC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and enamel plate chatelaine brooch dating from the Roman period (c.AD100-300). The brooch plate has a straight base with two arched sides which curve to meet at a knop at the apex. The central section of the plate is domed and terminates in a small, spherical knop. Around the centre knop is a sexfoil motif, inlaid with yellow (4) and blue (2) enamel petals. The alternating cells between each petal contain degraded pale coloured enamel or are empty. A circular groove surrounds the central motif and contains some degraded pale yellow enamel at 6-9 o'clock…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: DUR-CBA01C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A misshapen copper alloy shaft from an unidentified object, possibly a large pin or needle, possibly of Roman to Medieval date. The shaft is circular and 'heavy duty' ( being 3.81mm in diameter in the centre) tapering to a sharp point. The head of the object is flat and sub-rectangular, 3.81mm thick. There is a large circular perforation 5.15mm in diameter, near the shaft and, at the top which is broken. There may have been another, possibly rectangular, perforation. The outer (longer) edge of the head has a slight groove running its length. The shaft is bent close to its mid-point…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: DUR-CA9AB9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast pedestal or chessman-style copper alloy seal matrix dating to the Medieval period (c. AD1250-1425). The circular face of seal, which is damaged at the edges, rises to a tapering hexagonal-section handle. This is surmounted by a collared, lozenge-shaped suspension loop. There are no marks in any of the six sides to aid orientation during use. The intaglio design is of a bird (dove) with a leaf in its beak, possibly representative of the Biblical story of Noah and the Flood which tells of the dove returning to the Ark with a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak. This popular…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2017
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Record ID: DUR-C909F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, though worn, silver penny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272) The reverse shows a voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant with a pellet in the centre of the cross. The king's regnal number is shown as III rather than TERCI, therefore a class 3 coin (1248-1250). The mint is possibly Wallingford. The obverse shows a crowned facing bust of the king, without sceptre. The coin weighs 1.1g, is 18.64mm in diameter and 0.81mm thick. Similar examples can be found on the database at SWYOR-3DD950 and WAW-14E111. Wallingford was one of the provincial mints re-opened during the…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2023
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Record ID: DUR-C7E2A6
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast socketed (probably side-looped) spearhead, dating probably from the early Middle Bronze Age, c.1600-1400BC. The object has a broken blade of indented quadrilateral section. There is a prominent longitudinal mid-rib on both sides and abraded cutting edges. Approximately one third of the blade has been broken off. A deep sub-circular socket of 6.04mm diameter is present. Much of the original surface has corroded and is lost; however, that which survives has a mid-brown patina. the remiainder of the object has a mottled green-grey patina. The head measures 5.9mm in length a…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: DUR-8C5E9A
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy openwork pilgrim badge (in 4 pieces) of the reliquary head of Thomas Becket, dating to the medieval period (probably c.1300-1400AD). The largest piece depicts the head of Thomas Becket, full face, wearing his mitre and is cast in high relief.The face is schematic with well-defined eyes and eyebrows. The pupil of the eye is represented by a moulded pellet with a thin line extending horizontally to the edge of the eye. Locks of hair are depicted on the forehead and temples. The bold nose and mouth are crushed and a little misshapen but the mouth appears to be…
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th February 2019
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Record ID: DUR-8AED5E
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast lead pilgrim ampulla or holy water flask dating to the medieval period c.1150-1500. The ampulla is incomplete, consisting of only the lower half of the vessel. It has been cast in two halves and the seam is evident at the sides. It is bag-shaped with a sub-circular base. The sides of the neck, now misshapen, flare slightly to the mouth which is ragged and incomplete. Only the base of one side loop remains, used to suspend the flask from a cord around the pilgrim's neck. there is no decoration on the ampulla which has a creamy-brown patina. The object weighs 2…
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-8A6D82
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn papal bulla of Alexander III whose papacy lasted from AD1159-1181. Abrasion, in-situ, of the round flan of lead has resulted in the loss of most of the original surface detail. The disc is split from the base to the centre. However, the obverse shows the letters 'SPASPE' at 12 o'clock ( SPA-Sanctus Paulus and SPE - Sanctus Petrus ) and a circular border of beads to the right around an extremely worn head shape. The reverse, again very worn, shows three lines of partial letters 'LE' at the top, 'DE' centre right and 'PP.III' at the base. 'PP' denotes Pastor …
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: DUR-51787C
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete retouched flint flake of late Mesolithic to Neolithic date (6500-2100 BC). The lithic is irregularly shaped in profile and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface is convex with three predominant negative scars. The scar forming the left proximal side, which also has conchoidal fractures, has minimal short sub-parallel abrupt retouch applied to the edge. Small areas of cortex are apparent at the distal end and along the blunted distal right edge. The ventral surface is plano-concave with no visible evidence of retouch. Slight conchoidal fractures are apparent across …
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
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