Record ID: PUBLIC-590B73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), Reece period 16, dating from AD 324-330. VIRTUS AVGG reverse type depicting camp gate with open doors, four turrets and star above, mint of Arles or Arelatum. Cf. RIC VII p. 269, pl.6, no.321
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-57AAA2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Irish halfpenny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), mintmark trefoil, dated to 1601 on the reverse. The coin is worn and bent, but the crowned harp and the date 1601 is visible on the obverse and the shield with part of the inscription [POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM] MEV on the reverse. Base silver and copper coins were produced as emergency coinage to help finance the campaign againt the Irish in 1601. There is a small hole near the edge of the coin which has torn away the edge at that point, which might have originally been for suspension. Cf. Spink (2002) p.153, no.6511
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-573E78
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rose and orb jetton minted in Nuremberg by Hans Krauwinckel II (master 1586, died 1635). Mitchiner (1988) p.445, nos.1574-1577 with possible die flaw in letter 'M' on reverse but that is where part of the jetton is missing. The jetton seems to have been pierced deliberately on one edge but the outer edge of the circle is now missing so it may have originally been complete and used for suspension.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-566794
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy single loop clasp, missing its strap bar and plate at one end, with a moulded zoomorphic decoration at the other end, the head of a mystical beast, possibly a griffin. The head is in high relief and has fine detailing, with pointed ears, holes for eyes which may once have had a decorative infill, a protruding snout, a band of diagonal grooves above the eyes and grooves radiating from either side of the snout, which probably represents the animal's pelt. In plan the clasp is rectangular, and in profile the animal's head is curved over as if to fit over anot…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3146C8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver double patard of Charles the Bold (1467-1477), dating from the period between 1467 and 1477, initial mark cross on obverse and fleur de lis on reverse, double annulet stops, minted in Flanders. The obverse legend: KAROLVS DEI GRA DVX BVRG CO FLAtranslates as Charles, by the grace of God, Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders and the reverse legend: SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM translates as may the name of the Lord be blessed.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-303B30
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy dress hook of Post-medieval date with would have been used with a corresponding eye that mirrored the shape and decoration. At one end is a T-shaped bar or toggle, which would have attached to textile or leather, which expands into the plate with a transverse groove just inside from the edge. It has a sub-rectangular plate with moulded and openwork deocration in the form of a central heart and a pair of projecting rounded lobes at the hook end. Between the heart and the bifid lobes is a U-shaped notch on each side, before it expands to the lobed collar and then tapers a…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2F9FDA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second Issue (1560-1561) with bust 3C on obverse but mintmark missing, without rose or date, Spink 2558, perforated for later suspension.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2EC2F1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third and Fourth Issue (1561-1577), mintmark acorn (1573-1574), dated to 1573 on the reverse, intermediate bust 4B showing ear, Spink 2562.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9E3E55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy barbarous Roman radiate, dating from c.AD 275-285, Reece period 14, with a radiate bearded bust facing right on the obverse and an unclear central figure on the reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9D81A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy barbarous radiate copying a commemorative coin of Claudius II Gothicus (AD 268-270), Reece period 13, struck after his death, c.AD 270-285, CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting an altar with flame above and square divided by cross with pellet in each quarter on front face. Cf. Cunetio no.2873
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9CEAF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Licinius I (AD 308-324) dating from c. AD 310, Reece period 15, GENIO POP ROM reverse type depicting Genius standing left, draped, holding patera and cornucopiae, with 'T' to left of figure and 'F' to right, mint of Londinium with reverse mint mark T/F//PLN. Cf. RIC VI, p.132, no.117b
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Last updated: Saturday 4th November 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9C6E56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Class 4a2 (1282-1283) with narrow face and long hair, egg-waisted 'S', barred 'A' and large comma contraction marks, minted in Canterbury.
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E14EDD
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy dress hook. This example is a Read's Class E Type 3 single sharp-hooked clasp with an integral attachment loop in the same plane as the circular plate. The attachment loop is mostly missing but would have been trapezoidal in plan. The hook is re-curving with an angular shank. The plate is circular in plan with an engrailed edge and domed in profile with a concave reverse. It is decorated with a moulded rosette with a central pellet surrounded by five larger pellets alternating with five smaller pellets, representing petals and leaves. …
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2017
Last updated: Sunday 15th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E0F913
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Tudor solid biconvex button with a simple integral circular looped shank. Diameter 11.8 mm, length 14 mm, diameter of loop 6 mm, weight: 4.10 g. Read (2005) illustrates a similar button on page 52, no.182, which is dated from the late 15th to the 16th century. Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar button on page 29, fig.7.40, which is dated from the late 15th to the 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2017
Last updated: Sunday 15th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-920E44
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy box mount, sub-rectangular in plan with a plano-convex section apart from behind the zoomorphic terminal which is hollowed out. At this terminal there is a snake head face consisting of two eye sockets set into a brow ridge with a perpendicular ridge running from there along the snout with ends in two indentations for nostrels. The opposite terminal is rounded and still retains a corroded iron rivet and there is also a corroded iron rivet at the centre point of the mount. Length, 40 mm, width 6.8 mm, thickness 3.6 mm, weight 3.25 g. The zoomorphic animal head with…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-913011
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Polden Hill type two-piece brooch with a spring mechanism. The cross bar of the brooch is composed of hollow, rectangular wings which are semi-circular in profile to accommodate the iron spring, now missing. Between the two wings at the back projects a semi-circular lug pierced with two holes. The upper hole was for the chord of the spring and the lower hole has the corroded remains of the end of the iron axis bar in place. The pin is also missing, which was probably also made of iron. There is a small fragment of copper alloy wire, found with the…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8F5824
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy hooked sword belt hanger in the from of a thistle flower, flat in section. There appears to be a broken section across the opposite end to the hook, where a belt atachment might have been. On the external arm of the hook there is a moulded foliate pattern that appears as a frond. The surface of the central plate is quite corroded but there does not appear to be any more moulded decoration, just incised lines which are later damage since depostion. Length 41 mm, width 30.5 mm, thickness 2.5 mm weight 11.8 g. Read (2001) illustrates a similar sword belt h…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8E4A11
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Tudor solid biconvex button with a central pellet and a simple looped circular shank. Diameter 12 mm, length 16.3 mm, diameter of loop 6.8 mm, weight: 3.9 g. Read (2005) illustrates a similar button on page 52, no.186, which is dated from the late 15th to the 16th century. Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar button on page 28, fig.7.25, which is dated from the late 15th to the 16th century.
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-12A5DE
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the rim and part of the body of a large cast copper alloy cauldron. The upper edge of the rim is flat and at an oblique angle to the interior of the piece and the rim itself everts outwards at about 45 degrees from the body of the vessel. The body of the exterior angles inwards at the broken edge creating a wide vertical band leading to the rim which might have been a flattened rib or the area to fit the handle brace, which has broken away from the body of the vessel. The exterior is coated in black organic material which was burnt on to the surface of the cauldron when …
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-123E33
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy single loop kidney-shaped buckle frame with a pinched outer edge where a central groove forms the pin rest between bifid mouldings. The upper face of the frame .is decorated with a series of oblique grooves that radiate out from the two outer corners of the frame. The strap bar is narrowed and flush with the frame and the pin is missing. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar kidney-shaped buckle on page 11, no.20 which is dated from c.1450-1550.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2017
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