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Record ID: ESS-47A290
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic tranchet axe with side sharpening.14.1cm long, 43mm wide, 31.7mm thick, weighing 184.93g. This axe has a white patina consistent with its age.
Created on: Monday 8th December 2003
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-465DD8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A collection of 10 flints, probably all Neolithic in date. This selection of lithic implements includes one leafshaped arrowhead 15mm wide, 25mm long, 2.9mm thick,weighing 1.04g, a cruder, later Neolithic arrowhead 22mm wide, 37mm long,6.7mm thick, weighing 4.52g, a laurel leaf Neolithic projectile point 31mm wide, 38mm long,5.7mm thick weighing 8.21g, a possibly Mesolithic blade, though the size is consistent with the Neolithic, 24mm wide, 65mm long, 6.4mm thick weighing 11.31g and a selection of six further flakes, all Neolithic in date, though one with a light blue patina could be M…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frating', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-462014
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hammered coin of Coenwulf, Group I, AD796-c805. North 341.
Created on: Monday 8th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-075200
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This copper alloy strap end is 42.08mm long, 9.08mm wide at its widest point, 2.78mm thick and weighs 3.77g. It is subrectangular in plan, tapering to a point and semicircular in section, with a distinct bow. The reverse, flat face of the strap end is undecorated, though there are traces of gilt by the attachment end. The front face of the strap end is essentially plain, but there is moulded decoration at the terminal end. This decoration is in the form of six stepped ridges, straight and 'V' shaped, that proceed to the end of the point, which could represent a highly stylised zoomorp…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mersea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-071FB8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
This copper alloy strap end is 35.6mm long, 10.02mm wide at its widest point, 1.76mm thick and weighs 2.47g. It is suboval in plan, tapering into a pointed end. One face of the strap end is decorated with three incised 'X's in a row, which have a punched dot spacer between. This design is then surrounded by a crude border of punched dots. It is likeley that this simple geometric deign was highlighted with niello, though occasionally enamel was used. The reverse face of the strapend is plain. The attachment end of the strap end has been damaged, so that, though the wedge shaped split f…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mersea', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-06A296
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A crested blade. 48mm long, 20mm wide, 5.8mm thick, weighing 8.37g. This blade has been produced during the process of core preparation for another implement. It is typically Mesolithic, but could also be early Neolithic in date.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-0694B4
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Natural flint flake retouched in Neolithic.38mm long, 34mm wide, 5.7mm thick, weighing 7.57g.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-067F77
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Natural flint flake retouched in the Neolithic.56mm long, 34mm wide, 11.8mm thick, weighing 18.59g.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-060F71
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
This backed knife has been made on a thermally fractured flint. It is 51mm long, 34mm wide, 12.4mm thick and weighs 22.64g. The use of thermally fractured flakes did not occur until the late Neolithic, but this flake is more likely to be late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age in date.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fingringhoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-05E045
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Flint flake. 58mm in length, 41mm wide, 13.8mm thick and weighing 32.18g. This flake is from a marine deposit and dates from the Neolitic onwards.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fingringhoe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-F569D4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
17th century copper alloy trade token of Nathaniel Lawrence of Colchester
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-F54DF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver siliqua of Julian II, AD 360-363, VOTIS V MVLTIS X, Arles, 355-60. RIC VIII 264. Probably unclipped.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-F51B93
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman, copper alloy tumbler lock slide key,30.16mm long, 22.04mm high, weighing 18.30 grammes. This fragment represents the head of the slide key, rectangular in plan, it had six teeth, three of which are missing, one is broken in half and two are intact, set on a straight bit. The handle is lost, though there is a small subcircular lug on the headplate where it has broken off. As commonly made in copper alloy as iron, a good, though smaller, parallel can be found in Crummy, 1983, the Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9, page 126, fig.140, number 4150.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: ESS-F4CC81
Object type: POTTERY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
27 pieces of pottery sherds.Bulk weight is 703g. Diagnostic pieces include two rims of CAM form 268, c.AD125-250 (Hull, 1958, Roman Colchester, page 284, fig.119), a rim from a late Roman flanged bowl and a piece of 4th century Hadham ware. Therefore this represents an assemblage of late Roman pottery.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-F4ADC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Mishapen silver Roman Republican denarius, 87 BC, moneyer L Rubrius Dossenus. RRC 348/2 (DEJP 31/8/15)
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Monday 31st August 2015
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: ESS-F497E5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
17th century copper alloy trade token of Richard Sidey of Kelvedon, Essex
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-F47C15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver short cross penny, possibly of Richard I
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: ESS-F46746
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver long cross penny of Edward I, London mint.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: ESS-F27DC8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
17th century copper alloy trade Colchester trade token. Obverse: THOMAS REYNOLDS IN + T.R. Reverse: BAY MAKER COLCHESTER TR. See Mason, 1902, Ancient Tokens of Colchester, page 49.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-F26594
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Pierced, copper alloy rose/orb type jetton from Nuremberg, dating to 16th or 17th centuries. The obverse shows three crowns alternating with three fleur de lis arranged centrifugally around a ?six petalled rose. The reverse shows an imperial orb surmounted by a cross within a three arched, ornamental tressure.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.