Record ID: GLO-19A16A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy bi-conical spindle whorl of Medieval to Post Medieval date that is circular in plan with a large central hole. Both sides are decorated with a series of raised radiating lines.
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: GLO-19904C
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy horse harness pendant suspension mount in the form of a long vertical bar with bevelled sides. The top end is expanded to form a rounded terminal with an elongated knop tip, there is a further expanded ridge 2/3 of the way down the bar, both of these expanded panels have a central rivet hole for suspension, both holes a encrusted in iron corrosion suggesting that that the rivets were made of iron. On the opposite lower end are two downward projecting pierced taps that would have mounted the harness pendent in between. Small patches of gilding is visible on the surface.
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: GLO-18EE8D
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular copper alloy pedestal type seal matrix. This has a hexagonal handle projecting from the rear of the matrix which is surmounted with a triangular loop with a circular hole in the centre. The matrix has a circular face that is heavily corroded, although the image of a hare riding a hound and blowing a horn is visible. Very little detail remains of the inscription, but what can be seen indicates that it should read [SOHOV ROBEN]. The recorder is indebted to Malcolm Jones for the identification of this artefact. Note: this images is incorrectly oriented, as the top of the s…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: GLO-0A50B9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Copper alloy composite strap end that is made from two undecorated sheet plates that the strap. The top plate is a long rectangular plate that has a pointed forward edge. The bottom plate is slightly smaller and has a deep V-shape notch at the rear. A copper alloy rivet attached the two plates together and a second copper alloy rivet attaches the strap to object. Remarkably the end of the belt is still attached to strap end. This belt is a cloth woven belt, the wool has now lost all of it pigmentation giving it an off white colour but the weave and even individual fibres of the clo…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: GLO-0A118B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Silver cut farting of Henry III Class 5 Date: c1251-1272 Obverse: crowned bust facing forwards holding a sceptre (only the bottom left quarter remians) III Reverse: long cross voided with three pellets in each angle OLE
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: GLO-08A28B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Copper alloy spur buckle with integral plate that ends in a truncated hook. The plate is a long and narrow rectangle that has a slightly expanded terminal with a pointed top that would have formed the base of the truncated hook, there are two rivet holes on the plate both are encrusted with iron corrosion which is all the remains of the rivets. On the opposite end of the plate to the hook is an oval buckle with a hole at the base to accommodate the pin, remains of the iron pin are still present in the hole and the forward edge of the buckle. Traces of gilding are visible on the t…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 1st September 2018
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Record ID: GLO-085CE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings hold the pin axis bar, the spring is made up of 9 curles and is made of iron and . The wings are decorated with two recessed vertical lines on the front. There is a loop at the top of the head that holds the external cord of the spring, this then extends down the front of the head forming a short crest nestled in between two ridges that extend down and converge at the bows apex to form a V-Shape. Flanking the head are expanded shoulders. The bow is truncated at its mid-se…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: GLO-751A9B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a silver Denarius of Septimius Severus dated to AD193-211 (Period 10), laureate head right [...] / Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm, [VICT AVG TR P COS]
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
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