Record ID: SWYOR-549568
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sexfoil mount of probable Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1500. It is essentially flat, with a slightly rounded front face and slightly uneven reverse. The front is decorated with six incised straight lines to emphasis the divisions between the lobes. One lobe is pierced for a separate iron rivet, of which only corrosion survives. Its position in the centre of one of the lobes is unusual. The mount is 31.1mm long, 28.5mm wide and 2.8mm thick. 8.21g. The metal has a smooth grey green patina. Compare CAM-F7C537 which is a mount of similar shape, with a matching off-cent…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-548A86
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead conical probable weight of unknown date, Roman to Post Medieval, about AD 43 - 1800. It is also possible that this object is a gaming piece. The artefact is a slanting cone with an uneven surface. There is a conical hole in the base which extends abouy 5mm into the centre of ther weight. The object has a smooth white patina. It is 14.9mm tall, 18.2mm diameter and 20.02g. Weights can be hard to date due to being a functional artefact, and forms and styles do not alter significantly over time. Weights such as this have been used from Roman through to post-medieval times and nu…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5480FD
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball of post-Medieval date, circa 1600 - 1800. The ball has been flattened into a oval spheroid, probably by impact into a soft material such as wet clay. The ball has a yellowish-grey patina. It is 19.1mm long, 15.9mm wide and 11.8mm thick. 19.49g. The weight suggests that this would have been used in a carbine . (Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.)
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-547C9E
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball of post-Medieval date, circa AD 1600 - 1800. The ball has broken in antiquity and less than half survives. The ball has a yellowish-grey patina. It is 19.9mm in diameter and weighs 19.4g. The weight suggests that this would have been used in a musket (allowing for the incompleteness) . (Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.)
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Saturday 16th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-5478CB
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball of post-Medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1800. The ball has a worn but pronounced casting seam, and is slightly smaller on one side of the seam than on the other. The ball has a yellowish-grey patina. It is 17.5mm in diameter and weighs 24.6g. The weight suggests that this would have been used in a small musket. (Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.)
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Saturday 16th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-5468C4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy unidentified object, probably dating from the 17th century . The object is a thick sheet of lead alloy bent or stamped into a small flattened rectangular cup or container. The inside of the vessel is decorated on the base with the initials R.P in counter-relief. The lettering is also visible on the outer face, but is reversed. The function of this object is unknown and puzzling. The lead has a well developed patina. It is 51.2mm long, 48.1mm wide and 11mm thick. 74.95g.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-545301
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base silver Roman coin; a radiate of Gordian III (AD 238 - 244) dating from AD 243 to 244 (Reece period 12). Felicitas reverse type depicting Felicatas standing left with long cauduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. Mint of Rome. RIC IV.iii, p. 30; no. 140. The coin is 24.1mm diameter, 1.9mm thick and 3.84g. Some green corrosion is visible on the surface of the coin.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-543EBE
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of Early Medieval to Medieval date, about AD 900 - 1500. It is of Walton Rogers Form B2 with two flat faces of equal size and curved sides. The relatively large central aperture (diameter of 9.8mm) suggests a date range starting in the late Anglo-Saxon period. One face of the whorl is decorated with four incuse marks, each a different shape, impressed deeply into the lead. There is a trapezoid, a V shape, an L shape and a slightly curved line. The other face has a slightly raised rim. The whorl has a diameter of 28.9mm and is 10mm thick. 43.5g. It has a well develo…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Sunday 27th November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-542A23
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy pegged spear dating from about 1100 BC - 800 BC. Only part of the socket survives, but there is some preserved wood within the socket. The start of the blades are visible at the upper end, and the circular peg holes survive. The lower end is also incomplete. The breaks are patinated. The fragmentary spear is 69.5mm long, 25.9mm wide at the peg hole, and 25.3mm thick at the lower end. 53g including the trapped wood and mud. The peg holes are 5.6mm diameter. Late Bronze Age Spearheads are discussed in Davis (2016) Later Prehistoric …
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-541E72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and illegible Roman coin; a sestertius of an unknown ruler dating from 27 BC - AD 269. Possible standing figure reverse. The coin is 28.7mm diameter, 3.5mm thick and 15.3g.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5412B9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117) probably dating from the period AD 114-117 (Reece period 5). Reverse: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. Cf. RIC II no. 343. The coin is 18.7mm diameter, 2.4mm thick and 2.79g.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-52D6D4
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy figurine of Christ, dating from the Post-Medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1900. The figure is three dimensional, but the back is hollowed with a deep depression at the back of the waist and the remains of two integral attachment spikes, one behind the shoulders, and one behind the feet. These suggest that the fiigurine was part of a crucifix. Christ's head is tilted upwards and to the side, his feet are on top of one another, and he wears a loincloth. His arms are incomplete, broken before the elbows. The figurine is 71.9mm long, 29.5mm wide and 7.4mm thick.…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-52B20B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead possible pendant of uncertain date, probably Medieval to Post Medieval, about AD 1200 - 1700. It is an oval sheet of flat lead, with a circular hole piercing one end, with some wear round it on one face, and a simple star design faintly incised on each face. The edges are rounded and the objet has a white patina. The function of this object is unclear. It is 33.9mm long, 24.4mm wide and 3.5mm thick. 15.9g.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-52A9B8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy uniface token of Late Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD1400 - 1700. The obverse is Powell Type 14, decorated with a cast design of a wide gridded cross, perhaps representing mill sails, with a pellet in each quarter. The token is 21.8mm diameter, 2.7mm thick and 7.48g. It has a cream patina.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-529FBF
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy probable token of Late Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1400 - 1700. It fits into Powell Type 2: Initials because it has a single initial P on the reverse in relief. The obverse is Powell Type 14, decorated with a cast design of a wide gridded cross, perhaps representing mill sails, with an I between two pellets in each quarter. The edge of the possible token is straight, either through damage, or perhaps indicating it is a fragment of a larger object such as a toy. The disc is 23.8mm long, 24.6mm wide and 2.5mm thick. 6.8g.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5290D5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of probable Medieval date, about AD 1100 - 1600. It is circular in plan and biconvex in cross-section, with a straight median band. This does not fit neatly into Walton Rogers nor Gleba's typologies based on shape, but probably suggests a Medieval date (though it could be considered to be a "lenticular discoidal" whorl of possible Roman date). The central aperture is circular and has a diameter of 9.1mm. The whorl is 28mm diameter, 9.9mm thick and 42.1g.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-17FF56
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver ingot of Early Medieval date, about AD 850 - 1000. It is a bar of rounded triangular section with rounded and tapered ends. There are four testing nicks along one of the angles. Nicking the side of the ingot was an intervention sometimes undertaken in antiquity to test purity. The ingot is 45.2mm long, 8.8mm wide and 7.1mm thick. 15.4g. The metal has a smooth dark grey patina. The shape, general appearance and testing nicks are all consistent with a Viking-period origin, suggesting a likely date in the late 9th/10th century. Similar parallels can be found, for instance, in th…
Created on: Friday 1st December 2017
Last updated: Sunday 27th November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-C25378
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double looped buckle dating from the later Medieval to Post Medieval period, about AD 1300 - 1650. The loops have a triangular outer edge and are angled at the sides. They both slope upwards from the central narrowed bar. The pin is missing. Compare number 615 on page 94 of the Meols Catalogue and number 315 on page 55 of Whitehead's Buckles. See also SWYOR-09A60E and SUSS-BB42FC. The buckle is 33.7mm long, 25.9mm wide and 4mm thick. 5.89g.
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-C24F94
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame probably dating from AD 1550 - 1650. The loops are D-shaped in plan and the frame is D shaped in section with an angled front and inner side and flat back. One loop is broken off and missing. There is a semicircular projection on the outer edge of the loop and at either end of the strap bar. The projecting lobes have five or six raised lines separated by incised lines angling in to meet at a point on the inner side, giving a scallop shell like design. The strap bar is narrowed. There is a casting flaw in one lobe, making it ho…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-C24A92
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a lead alloy four disc cloth seal dating from AD 1550 - 1700. Only one inner disc of the seal survives. It is stamped on one face with a square topped shield charged with three fleur de lis. The reverse is blank. A projecting rectangular tab indicates where the two discs of the other side of the seal would have been attached, and damage to the opposing edge suggest where the final fourth disc would have been positioned. The seal is 18.6mm long, 12.5mm wide and 1.8mm thick. 1.48g. Cloth seals were in use between the 14th and 18th centuries, but the first four disc seals were…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
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