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Record ID: WAW-E129D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type (flat wing ends type, Severn Valley, northern Midlands and Marches), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.j. Plate 49. The wings are semi-cylindrical and terminate with a perforated wing cap, of which one is incomplete. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The wings are undecorated. The bowhead is hump-like in profile, and has a small hook at the centre of the upper edge of the wings. The bow head is decorated with a central vertical 'V' shaped groove with more fine obliquely angled grooves either side. Th…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2017
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Record ID: WAW-E11918
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: halfpenny of probably Edward I minted in an unknown mint between 1280 and 1307. The coin has been folded in half along an arm of the reverse cross. The reverse is not visible due to the fold.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-E0FDA1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval seal matrix. The matrix is a pyramid type, which has a circular base. The reverse of the matrix has a hexagonal sectioned stem which terminates with a trefoil loop and a collar below the loop. The underside of the matrix has a central. The device appears to be a bust in profile facing a smaller full length figure standing with their head turned to the bust and holding an unknown object in their arms. This is within a star shaped border composed of two interlocking square frames. There is possibly lettering in exterior field between the frame and the edge of the…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-E0E656
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast lead or lead alloy cloth seal. It is composed of two discs over laying each other and connected by an integral ribbon. One disc has a stud, the other a hole through which the stud is positioned. One face has a beaded border within which there is a plant with flowers and has a 'V' within. The reverse disc has a prominent '21' stamped off-centre. The surface of the seal is oxidised forming a mottled cream colour. It measures 24.68mm long, 19.55mm wide and 4.36mm thick. It weighs 7.5g.
Cloth seals were in use between the 14th and 18th centuries (Egan, G. 1989 'Lead…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-E0D340
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval cast lead or lead alloy cloth seal. It is composed of two discs over laying each other and may have originally been part of a four-disc seal. One face of the disc is decorated with a lion rampant behind a vertical rod. The reverse of the seal has the legend '[ ] / EIN / VI'. The surface of the seal is oxidised forming a mottled cream colour. It measures 18.14mm long, 15.44mm wide and 2.62mm thick. It weighs 2.7g.
Cloth seals were in use between the 14th and 18th centuries (Egan, G. 1989 'Leaden Seals for Textiles - Some Archaeological Evidence Relat…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-E0BE17
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post Medieval button: In plan it is circular with the edge being slightly abraded. The upper face of the button is flat and decorated with a low-relief square border with a '+' and 'X' over laying each other. The 'X' is decorated with a wiggly line. The wiggly line is also found in the field beyond the square frame. The reverse of the button is slightly domed towards the centre where there is a broken edge. This break is not recent and would be where the loop would have been positioned. The surface of the button has an dark green/grey patina. The button measures 31…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-E0A453
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: penny of Henry VI (1422-1461) minted in York between 1445 and 1454. The coin has been heavily clipped. North No. 1510.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2012
Last updated: Sunday 19th March 2017
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Record ID: WAW-E095E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: halfpenny of Richard II minted in London between 1377 and 1399. North No. 1331a and Withers Type 1C.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-E08238
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: A copper-alloy barbarous radiate probably dating to between AD 275 and 296. The reverse type is illegible. Reece Period 14. Unknown mint.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-8E5566
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount. The mount is a drop shape in plan with an integral knop at one terminal. The opposite terminal has a recently broken edge. The upper surface is decorated with a punched annulets and a possible scroll design. There is a rivet hole in the centre of the knop filled with an iron rivet. The reverse is flat except for a wide integral circular sectioned stud which is flattened. The mount has a mid green patina. It measures 29.78mm long, 17.96mm wide, 4.14mm and weighs 6.3g.
The mount probably dates to the 17th century based on the design. What it moun…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-8E43C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) minted in London between 1558 and 1603. The coin is incomplete.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-8E1427
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: silver, or more likely, base silver Shilling of Edward VI (1547-1553) minted in an uncertain mint between 1547 and 1553. The coin when found was bent in half and the finder has since straightened it.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-8DDE64
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint secondary flake. The flake is knapped from an opaque mid brown coloured flint. The flake has at least five vertical scars of varying sizes on the dorsal surface, with two short scars at distal end. The ventral surface has a small bulb of percussion, bulbar scars and concentric rings. The flake weighs 1.7g and measures 27.43mm long and 20.17mm wide.
Despite the flake initially looking like a barb and tang arrowhead it is a flake, probably dating to the Mesolithic to Neolithic periods (-8300 to -2100).
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-8DCA38
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy incomplete or a fragment of an unidentified object. The object is a circular sectioned bar which tapers to a blunt point at one terminal. The other terminal is broken, but the break is not recent. The upper edge of the object is concave, and the lower edge convex, but more so than the upper edge. The surface has a well developed shiny light grey/green patina. It measures 27.52mm long, 3.94mm wide in the centre, 3.34mm thick in the centre and weighs 1.5g.
The function of the object is uncertain. It is too thick to be the pin of a brooch and perhaps to slender to b…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-650C33
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy strap fitting: mount or clasp. The body of the mount is formed by two discs joined together at the edge. These edges may not be the original edges as they are abraded. The body is flat and undecorated on the upper surface. The lower surface has two copper alloy rivets, one at either end. It is not certain whether these are integral or separate to the plate. The lower terminal of the rivets have a sub-circular washer in place. Fixed to the upper surface of one disc there is a separate a small rectangular bar, which is sub-trapezoidal in section and is rivet…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
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Record ID: WAW-64D3A4
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Post Medieval cast copper alloy hook, possibly a harness fitting. The hooks' upper terminal is a conical from which there is an integral shank protruding from the base. The shank is oval in section. The shank in profile forms a 'C' with a serif at the upper terminal. The lower terminal is a broken edge, but this break is not recent. The hook has a dark grey matte patina and is in fair condition. The hook measures 22.22mm long, 10mm wide and the conical terminal is 7.14mm diameter. It weighs 3.1g.
Read (Read, B. 2008 Hooked-Clasps and Eyes Portcullis Publishing) illustrates …
Created on: Monday 10th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-64BB33
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting; mount. In plan the mount is a rectangular bar which in section is rectangular with rounded upper corners. At each terminal there is a rivet hole with the remains of a copper alloy rivet. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The surface of the mount has an incomplete dark green/grey patina. The mount measures 19.41mm long, 5.3mm wide and 3.55mm thick. It weighs 0.9g.
Egan and Pritchard (Egan G. and Pritchard F. 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate similar mounts, in particular No. 1138. These mounts tend to date to between late 13th to 1…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-6493A1
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy key, probably a casket key. The handle/bow is incomplete and was probably originally sub-circular in plan. The stem is oval in section and is solid except for the terminal which is tubular. The bit is a thick angular 'T' shape in plan. The surface of the key has traces of a mid green coloured patina. In length, from the handle to the terminal of the stem it measures 28.72mm, and the widest point is the bit which is 10.19mm. It weighs 3.1g.
Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. Eas…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-648542
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper double looped rectangular buckle. Only one complete loop remains, and the outer edge of this loop is decorated with transverse grooves. The loop frame is rectangular in section. The reverse is undecorated. The strap bar is narrowed, and is rectangular in section with rounded corners. The upper face of the strap bar is decorated with a transverse groove either side of the centre. Only a fragment of the second loop remains, and these broken edges are not too recent. The pin is missing. The buckle frame has a slightly abraded surface with traces of a mid green patina. The b…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2013
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Record ID: WAW-647505
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap fitting: pendant loop. In plan the fitting has a sub-drop frame with a straightened narrowed and off-set bar at the tip. The exterior corners of the lower edge each have an integral bulbous knop as decoration. The frame is D-shape in section. The surface of the frame has a shiny dark grey patina. It measures 11.49mm long, 20.03mm wide and weighs 1.1g.
Egan and Pritchard (Egan and Pritchard 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate pendant loops, Nos. 1190-3 and date these to mid 14th to 15th century.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th August 2018
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