Record ID: DEV-A3286F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A worn silver Roman denarius of Tiberius (AD 14-37), dating to the period AD 14-37 (Reece period 1). PO(NTIF-MAXIM) reverse type depicting a female figure seated right holding long vertcal sceptre and branch. Mint of Lugdunum. Cf. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 95, no. 26 passim.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2017
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Record ID: DEV-F4840D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn Roman copper-alloy coin, probably a contemporary copy of a Claudian as, dating to the period c.AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Unclear reverse type possibly depicting a standing figure with elbow projecting to right. Cf. Boon, 1988: pl. III, especially nos. 41-44 (nos. 41-43 for Antonia under Claudius), for similar contemporary copies that may provide parallels. The coin is struck on an irregularly shaped and unusually thin flan. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working t…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Record ID: DEV-42B6B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Vespasian (AD 69-79), dating to the period AD 75-76 (Reece period 4). [P]ON M[AX TR P COS VI/VII] reverse type depicting Pax seated left holding branch. Mint of Rome. As RIC II (2nd ed.), pp. 114, 120, nos. 772-773, 852.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clyst St. George CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-451F14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy as of Herennia Etruscilla (wife of Trajan Decius), dating to AD 249-51 (Reece Period 12), FECVNDITAS AVGG S C, Fecunditas standing left with hand over child and holding cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 3, p. 137, no. 135b. This is the third as of Herennia Etruscilla recorded on the PAS Database, the first with this reverse type.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnstable CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-F4184C
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman figurine, probably depicting Cupid, and dating to c. AD 43-410. The figurine is incomplete, missing below the knees and with both wings incomplete. The figurine is naked with its legs bent and knees thrust forward, probably in a flying pose, but resembling a squat. Its left arm is raised whilst its right rests on the corresponding thigh, with hand open. Both hands are simplistically rendered and mitten-like. The face is relatively crudely detailed, with mouth and eye sockets engraved into the surface of the metal and creating a scowl-like effect, with gaze an…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
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Record ID: DEV-85654B
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy finger ring of Guiraud's type 5 ('ring-key'), probably dating to c. AD 200-410. The hoop is D-shaped when seen from the side, with a flattened and slightly projecting rectangular bezel, of equal width to the hoop. The hoop is plano-convex in cross-section and undecorated. From one corner of the bezel, and perpendicular to the hoop, projects a sub-circular-sectioned hollow stem with an extremely simple sub-triangular bit projecting from its inside edge near to its base. The bit projects so that it is parallel to the bezel and the ring can still be worn on the fi…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2019
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Record ID: DEV-2F6E66
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Republican silver denarius of the moneyer M. Baebius Q.f. Tampilus, dating to the period c.137 BC (Reece period 1). Reverse type depicting Apollo in a quadriga right, holding bow and arrow with reins in left hand and branch in right, below ROMA, in exergue [M.]BAEBI.Q.F. Mint of Rome. As RRC, p. 268, no. 236/1
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: DEV-C4F5F9
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy nail cleaner with a swollen blade of Eckardt and Crummy 2008, 122, probably dating to c. AD 75-250. The object consists of a flat blade, 0.8mm thick, in the form of a stylised leaf. With a transverse oval plate at its shoulders, 14.1mm thick, from the bottom of which projects a long, narrow sub-rectangular neck which bifurcates and terminates in a split end of two points, 3.9m wide. The split point is further defined by a V-shaped groove on one face. From the top of the blade expands a narrow shank, rectangular in plan and cross-section, 3.9mm wide by 2.1mm thick,…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Last updated: Friday 7th August 2020
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Record ID: DEV-514F0E
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy slide key, probably dating to c. AD 43-150. The key is largely complete, with only slight damage to one of the teeth. The key is 52.7mm long, conisting of a sub-rectangular shank terminating in a circular hoop at its apex, 13.5mm wide, the shank below the hoop is 11.8mm wide, narrowing to 5.9mm below the mid-point. In profile the shank tapers gradually from 9.0mm at the hoop, to 7.6mm at the terminal. The shank is decorated with a combination of cast and incised decoration, with the jucntion of the hoop and handle flanked by a pair of transverse ridges on either la…
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
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Record ID: DEV-631FD5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver object, in two parts, comprising of a repousse impressed heart-shaped foil surrounded by an incomplete beaded border, with an outer band of larger, flower-shaped bosses. This outer border is lost around much of the perimeter due to a break along the line of the border. The top edge is flat, with a further flower-shaped boss in the cusp between the two lobes of the heart, on the reverse of this top edge is the remains of a white metal solder. The foil was found associated with a separately made silver loop, comprising of a folded sub-rectangular strip …
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Ashford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-5DFF12
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (active 1586-1635) dating to 1586-1635. Rose/orb type inscribed GETRIVW HANDT KOMBT DVRCH ALLE. Minted at Nuremberg. As Mitchiner (1988, 437) no. 1507. The jetton has suffered a loss at its circumference. It measures 24 mm in diameter and weighs 1.37 g See also LIN-A31F79 and KENT-00842D on this database
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Budleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-7A936B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2017 T790, not Treasure, returned to finder Description: A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The ring consists of a hoop with a D-shaped cross section and plain exterior. The interior of the hoop is inscribed in italic script: Lett thy love bee as mine to thee, followed by an unidentified maker's mark, probably an obliquely angled W within a sub-rectangular punch. Dimensions: The finger ring measures 23.3mm across the hoop, is 4.3mm wide and 2.2mm thick; it weighs 7.99g. Discussion: The length and style of inscription would both suggest a 17th-18th century da…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Modbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-B6F580
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T840: Acquired by Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon Description: An incomplete Post-Medieval probable hair or bodkin pin. The surviving fragment comprises of the shaft of the pin, missing its head. The shaft is rectangular in cross-section, with rounded ends and tapers from an old break into a rounded point. One face of the pin features incised decoration, with a line following either edge of the face and converging at the point. A further transverse line defines a rectangular field below the break, this contains a series of short, longitudinal incised scores,…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heanton Punchardon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-343398
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T869: disclaimed; returned to finder. Description: A silver-gilt dress-pin head. The head is spherical and probably hollow and contains the end of the pin shaft. It is decorated with silver wire filigree. Two horizontal filigree bands divide the head into two hemispheres. Each hemisphere is decorated with four sets of filigree circles, each containing three further circles around a central pellet. In each spandrel, between the large circles and the central band, is a small circle containing a pellet. At the top there is a pellet within a smaller filigree circle, …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Curry CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-605972
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T873; disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: A silver-gilt dress-pin head. The head is spherical and probably hollow and contains the end of the pin shaft. It is decorated with silver wire filigree. Two horizontal filigree bands divide the head into two hemispheres. Each hemisphere is decorated with three sets of two concentric filigree circles, each containing a pellet at its centre. In each spandrel, between the large circles and the central band, is a small circle containing a pellet. Some pellets are missing. At the top there is a further larger pellet …
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-7C5E38
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2018 T154: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A Post Medieval silver gilt finger ring. The hoop is rectangular in cross-section, with a perpendicular split and raised, triple stranded circumferential border defining a central rectilinear field. This is engraved with the inscription + DI * TO * LYVE, in seriffed capitals, with a cross potent initial mark and asterisks denoting eight pointed stars. The interior is plain and there are no maker's or hall marks. Dimensions: Diameter 22.2mm; width 7.9mm; thickness 1.5mm; weight 3.99g. Discussion: Silver gilt …
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melksham Without CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-D6D86A
Object type: TOOTH PICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017T709; disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: An incomplete Post-Medieval silver toilet article-pendant, combining a toothpick/nail-leaner and ear scoop. The surviving fragment consists, broadly, of a rectangular sectioned bar of silver, forming the handle, with an integral attachment loop expanding centrally from one side. This was damaged subsequent to finding, and has been reattached by the finder using superglue. A plain silver hoop with a circular cross-section and soldered join passes through the loop, with this apparently being original. A thread of bl…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembworthy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-C34CF4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T738: Submitted for valuation Description: A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The ring consists of a hoop with a shallow D-shaped cross section and plain exterior. The interior of the hoop is inscribed in italic script: Not the gift but the Giver, followed by a maker's mark in block roman capitals within a rectangular punch: TS. Dimensions: The finger ring measures 19.2mm across the hoop, is 2.4mm wide and 0.9mm thick; it weighs 1.33g. Discussion: A finger ring in the British Museum features the same inscription, but in an earlier script: 1961,1202.138. P…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Modbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-54DB39
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A post-medieval silver cufflink. Both elements of the cufflink survive, attached by a sub-oval silver wire link. Each element is circular in plan, flat with a downturned edge and flat rim. The disc has been stamped with a design of two hearts surmounted by a single crown. A copper alloy wire loop is soldered onto the reverse of each. Dimensions: Each element is c.14.1mm in diameter and 4.8mm thick, the wire loop is 14.5mm long; altogether it weighs 1.49g. Discussion: Cufflinks were first introduced in the latter half of the 17th century, and those depicting crowned heart…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cornwood CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-6141DD
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete Post-Medieval silver hawking vervel. The vervel is flat in cross section and circular in plan, with a large, central circular aperture and slightly convex inner and outer faces. Both faces of the vervel are inscribed with italic script, reading: Returne to Gilbert . Hodey // * of Alscot ~ in Devon, the ~ appears to be a branch like filler. A slight change in the surface on both sides at 1-2 o'clock seems to suggest the loop was soldered closed at this point. Note that yellow mud fills each indented letter giving the appearance of gilding in the picture. Dim…
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ottery St Mary CP', grid reference and parish protected.