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Record ID: OXON-C4B31C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold quarter stater of the Southern region (attributed to the Atrebates) dating to the period c. 60-20 BC. The coin is a 'Selsey Dahlia' type (ABC 503; VA 220; BMC 478-84).
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2021
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Record ID: OXON-DBDF1C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman Republican denarius of the moneyer Cn Domitius Calvinus, dating to c. 39 BC (Reece period 1). Obverse: OSCA, head of Hercules right. Reverse: DOM COS ITER IMP. Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex. Mint of Osca (modern Huesca, NE Spain). Crawford 532/1. There is a small hole / punch in the centre of the reverse which does not continue through to the obverse.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: OXON-DB2C2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Republican silver denarius serratus of the moneyer Q. Antonius Balbus, dating to the period c.83-82 BC (Reece Period 1). Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter facing right with S•C behind. Reverse: •Q•ANT(ligate)O•BALB(ligate?) / P R (in exergue), Victory in quadriga right, holding a branch and wreath, R control mark beneath. Mint of Rome. RRC 364/1d.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: OXON-F1DC55
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem of late 17th century date. The stem has a faint maker's mark which has been identified as that of William Pearce of Marlborough, Wiltshire, who was operating c. AD 1690. The mark is partly contained in a cartouche with tapering point at the base with two pellets or stars either side of the point. The upper portion of the mark is unclear. The mark reads WIL[L] PEARC[E]. The clay pipe fragment was found in a garden on land previously used as an orchard. For an illustration of the mark, see p22 of this document from www.pipearchive.co.uk : http://…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
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Record ID: OXON-F637A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval silver halfpenny probably of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), dating from c. AD 1335-1369. Mint of York. No image available
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2020
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2020
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Record ID: OXON-0ECC7D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman / Byzantine provincial coin, a follis (40 nummi) of Justin II (AD 565-578), dating to the period AD 574-578. The obverse depicts Justin and Sophia enthroned [...]NVS PP [...], the reverse depicts the letter M (for 40 nummi) with ANNO to the left and X [..] to the right (giving the regnal year), a cross above the M and an epsilon for the 5th officiana below. In the exergue; CON for the mint of Constantinople.
Created on: Friday 29th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2019
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Record ID: OXON-98F032
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch dating to the Middle Iron Age, c. 300-150 BC. The brooch is an Adam's Class 2Bb2, a regional type nicknamed the 'Vale brooch' with a concentration in the Oxfordshire / Berkshire area. It is estimated that approximately one-third of the brooch survives. Three domes are joined horizontally by a short neck, with the central dome having a slightly larger diameter than the two side domes (11.9mm and 11.4mm respectively). On the underside of the brooch the outer two domes are hollow while the central dome has two integrally cast pin lugs on either edge…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: OXON-404A15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval silver cut halfpenny of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-66), 'Sovereign/Eagles' type dating to the period c. AD 1056-1059. Uncertain moneyer (appears to end in an 'E'), struck at the Oxford mint. North N827.
Created on: Saturday 26th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Record ID: OXON-1C2E42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early-medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, late psuedo-Imperial or National Coinage, probably minted at Cirilia (Aveyron), Rodez (France), c. AD 560-585. The coin is comparable to others listed from Cirilia and Rodez (especially Prou 1910-11; Belfort 1509, 1570; Depeyrot Rodez 3-2A). Refs: Prou 1892: 395; Belfort 1892: 428, 445; Depeyrot: 119 (vol IV).
Created on: Thursday 24th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
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Record ID: OXON-731268
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy button of early modern date. The button bears the words 'RAILWAY POLICE' above and below the letter 'E & G'. This button is probably from the uniform of a member of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Police, which were operational in 1847 until they were absorbed by the North British Railway in 1865. Why this button should be so far from home is unknown. The reverse of the button bears the slogan 'EXTRA SUPERFINE : BEST QUALITY'. There is no indication of the name or address of the manufacturer, which is often seen on later 19th century buttons. The fasten…
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-72AB60
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn but complete medieval silver 'Tealby' or cross and crosslets penny of Henry II (AD 1154-1189), probably a Bust F type and therefore dating to the period AD 1170-1180. Probably mint of Canterbury. North N961.
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-725696
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Polden HIll style brooch, dating from c. AD 80-120. The brooch retains both wings which terminate in end caps, pierced to take the spring axis bar. The pin is broken and missing. The bow is angular in form with a rectangular recess at the top of the bow which whould have contained enamelling, but this is now missing. The foot of the brooch terminates in a rounded, expanded knop and the catch plate is intact.
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-71CB72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon silver sceatta, Abramsson's Series E type (quilled bird (or porcupine) / standard), intermediate type, dating to the period c. AD 700-710.
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-70CCD7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy saucer brooch of early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date, dating from c. AD 450-550. The fragment (the larger of the two in the image, on the right hand side) has geometric patterns in a border around a central double-armed cross. There is traces of silvering. The reverse of the fragment retains part of the broken pin lug. Interestingly, this fragment re-fits with a fragment found at Detectival 2018 (which also matched to a third piece found in 2018) and donated to the Museum. The 2019 discovery is a different patina to the donated fragment but they re-fit …
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-DFE8AE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman ceramic vessel, a Samian ware cup, dating to the period AD 145-175. The fabric is fine and hard with a glossy dark red slip on both external and internal surfaces. The base retains some of the pedestal ring. There is a maker's stamp on the base, identified by Paul Booth as die 3a of Albucius II of Lezoux, France, a major centre for Samian production in central Gaul. The form is likely to be a small cup - Dragendorff 33 (see British Museum Collection 1937,0316.2 for a complete example). Many thanks to Paul for his identification of this object.
Created on: Friday 27th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: OXON-23E4AA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete but worn cast copper-alloy and silver Hiberno-Scandinavian-style Early Medieval strap-end, dating to the latter ninth to eleventh centuries. The strap-end is roughly tongue-shaped with a split end for the insertion of the strap, a zoomorphic terminal consisting of an open-mouthed beast with large protruding eyes, and a flat circular region between these which has incised decoration on both sides, featuring a roundel and separate panels of interlace. The inscribed decoration is identical on each side of the plate. This consists of, in the roundel, an equal-armed cross of…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ascott-Under-Wychwood CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-234326
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
 A cast silver gilt looped portion of a post-medieval dress fastener. The item is sub-triangular in shape and is formed of the head and wings of a cherub. Below the head is a large open D-shaped loop, into which the hook part of the garment fastener would slide. Above the head are two smaller sub-circular attachment loops, through which thread would pass to sew the fastener into a garment. In between these two smaller loops is a small knop on the top of the head. Although in an un-cleaned condition, much of the detail of the cherub's face and the feathers of the wings are cl…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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Record ID: OXON-22C70A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An ornate base silver mount dating to the 19th century or later. The mount is sub-rectangular in plan with very rounded narrow edges. At the base of the mount on one long edge is an expanded foot, bevelled in section having a flat back and sloping front. At the top of the mount, in the centre of the long edge, is a trefoil-shaped projection. Within the centre of the mount is elaborate moulded decoration consisting of a central trefoil flower bud above a long pelleted stem. The flower bud has scrolled and pelleted decoration within each petal. Protruding from t…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st November 2021
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Record ID: OXON-223824
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded copper alloy Roman radiate of an uncertain ruler, dating from c. AD 260-296. The coin is too worn for further identification.
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2019
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Record ID: OXON-21DE4C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2019 T846. Description: A complete and well preserved post-medieval gold 'posy' ring, dating to the period AD 1600 - 1750. The finger ring has a D-shaped band, plain externally. Inside the band is an inscription in a Roman script reading 'God hath me lent my content' followed by a maker's mark of the letters I P within a rectangular cartouche. Dimensions: Internal diameter - 19.25mm. Thickness of band - 1.4mm. Weight - 3.7 grams. Discussion: The practice of exchanging posy rings, made of gold more often than silver, engraved with mottoes were popular for betrot…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cornbury and Wychwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-D23516
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint thumbnail scraper of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date, c. 2400 BC - 2200 BC. The scraper has been made on a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint, lighter at the edges where the flint is thinner. The scraper retains the platform and bulb of percussion. There is invasive retouching around both lateral edges and the distal surface, all of which is restricted to the dorsal side.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AEE243
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Crispus (AD 317-26), dating to the period AD 323-4 (Reece Period 16). CAESARVM NOSTRONVM reverse type depicting a wreath with VOT X within. Mint of Lyon. RIC VII, p. 135, cf. no. 220. The exergue is unclear, but there do not appear to be dots either side of PLGC.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: OXON-AEBA11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded copper alloy Roman sestertius of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period c. AD 43-260. Mint of Rome. The reverse depicts a figure standing left.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AEA416
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy sestertius of Diva Faustina I (wife of Marcus Aurelius), dating to the period c. AD 141-161 (Reece period 7). [AVGVSTA, S C] reverse type depicting Pietas standing left sacrificing over an altar and holding box of incense. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 163, no. 1127; BMC IV, p. 244, no. 1523.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AE64BA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A debased silver Iron Age unit of the Western Region Dobunni, dating to the period AD 20-43 and issued by the ruler Antedios. Cottam et al.'s 'Anted silver unit' (ABC 2072) with reverse featuring the ruler's name. Obverse: highly stylised profile face the hair represented by two rows of close-set pellets. Reverse: Triple tailed horse, advancing left, mane made up of close set pellets, pellets in front and behind horse, below the horse [AN[, above the horse TED. ABC 2072; BC 3032-3028; VA 1082.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-ADF049
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn lead alloy unifaced token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The obverse design consists of the letters N N in a serifed font, unusually stamped into the face rather than being cast. The reverse is plain. Suggested date AD 1600-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-ADE40F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and bent lead alloy unifaced token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The obverse design consists of a large cast W (or M). The reverse is plain. Suggested date AD 1500-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-ADD328
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and worn lead alloy unifaced token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The obverse design consists of the cast initials of the issuer ; I.B (probably for J B). The reverse is plain. Suggested date AD 1500-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-ADC7E8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and worn lead alloy unifaced token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The obverse design consists of a grid pattern (Powell type 7). Suggested date AD 1500-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AD4755
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The token is circular and flat. The obverse design consists of a six-petaled flower while the reverse depicts a five branched tree or feather (probably Powell type 17). Suggested date AD 1500-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AD3BD6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The token is bifacial having on one side, a motif of multiple chevrons with points towards the centre (Powell Type 12), while the other side has faint traces of a design, possibly the issuer's initials, but it is too worn to read. c. AD 1600-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AD21CA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The token is bifacial having on one side, a six-petaled flower with central pellet while the other side has the initials 'T.R'. Probably 18th century in date.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AB141E
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete three-piece discoidal silver button of post-medieval date, in very good condition. The button is biconvex and is hollow with two blow-holes on the lower hemisphere and separate soldered loop. The upper half of the button is decorated with an incised design of a four petalled flower around a central stamen. This is surrounded by a circular border along the button’s hemisphere which has hashed triangles in the gaps between each petal. The underside is plain with no evidence of a maker's mark. Dimensions: The button has a maximum diameter of 14.8mm…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton Veny', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-445FAE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-medieval silver groat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), dating to the period AD 1560-1561. First issue. Cross crosslet initial mark, mint of London. North N1986.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-442557
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver medieval halfpenny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327) dating to the period AD 1310 - 1314. Mint of London. Withers Type 12, North 1069/3.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-43AEF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman sestertius of Julia Domna, dating to the period AD 196-211 (Reece Period 10), HILARITAS S C. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 208, no. 855.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-438EAC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped silver medieval halfpenny of Edward IV, first reign (1461-1470), light coinage (1464-1470). Obverse has Long cross fitchee initial mark dates the coin to c. AD 1469-1470. Trefoils by neck. London mint. As North (1991) number 1608.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-41C51C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and clipped medieval cut silver halfpenny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272), dating to the period AD 1251-1256. Class Vb or Vc. Struck by the moneyer Renaud at either London or Bury St Edmunds. North 992 or 993.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-417664
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn complete silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272 to 1307), dating to the period AD 1305-1310. Probably a class 10cf. Minted in Canterbury. cf. North no. 1041. The reverse die appears worn as one pellet looks like and annulet.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-415643
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272 to 1307), dating to the period AD 1301-1310. Probably a class 10cf2. Minted in Canterbury. North no. 1041.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-40FE4A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy post-medieval farthing trade token issued by Thomas Stotesbury of Whitefriars, London, between AD 1649-1672. Obverse depicts George and the Dragon. Williamson 1889, 3485, p.797. A parallel for this token is in the British Museum (T.3993). This is an uncommon trade token.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-40C3BA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn medieval silver penny of Edward II (AD 1307 - 1327), probably Class 10cf5 and therefore dating from AD 1309 - 1310. London mint. North N1043/1.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-40704A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337) dating to AD 314 (Reece Period 15). SOLI INVICTO COMITI reverse type, Sol standing right raising right hand and holding globe. London mint, S F// PLN. As RIC VII, p. 98, no. 10; Cloke and Toone, 2015: pp. 212-213, no. 8.02.015
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-402F12
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval halfgroat of Henry VIII (AD 1509-1547), dating to the period AD 1509-1526. Portcullis initial mark, mint of London. North N1762.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-4012FE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval halfpenny of Elizabeth (1588-1603), third issue, mint mark key (1595-1598). Obverse: portcullis with mint mark above, Reverse; cross with three pellets in each arm. North N2018.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-3FD4DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver medieval penny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327), class 11a, dating to AD 1310-1314. Durham episcopal issue with cross moline. North N1060.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-2F21A9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman probable barbarous radiate of Divo Claudius II, dating to the period AD 275-285. Reece Period 13. CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting an altar.
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-2EFA4A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper alloy Roman radiate of Carausius, dating to the period AD 286-293. Reece Period 14. Reverse type depicts Pax standing left with branch and vertical sceptre. Nothing in fields. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-2EAA8C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly damaged silver medieval penny of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), fourth coinage pre-treaty period series A issue dating to AD 1351. Lombardic N's, annulet stops in legend and an annulet in each quarter of the reverse. Mint of London. North N1136.
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-038CDB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold quarter stater of the Western Region / East Wiltshire, dating to the period c.60-20 BC. Obverse: Wreath design with hidden face and wheel. Reverse: Triple-tailed horse right with beaded mane, pellet in ring between mane and neck, floral sun above, wheel below. This is an unknown variety of quarter stater belonging to a larger group of coins derived from British Qc types. It appears to combine an obverse that is close to the 'Three Wheels Right' type of East Wiltshire (ABC no. 2093) with a reverse similar to the standard British Qc/Selsey Dahlia type (ABC 500). John…
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 2nd August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-01F271
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A small gold ingot of uncertain date, but probably later Iron Age to Early Medieval (Viking). The ingot is roughly sub-rectangular in section and in plan. There appears to be damage or a lip in the ingot on one long edge. The short edges appear to show cut-marks. Dimensions: Length: 24.6 mm, Width: 13.5 mm, Thickness: 2.1 mm. Weight: 7.82 g Discussion: Although gold ingots are traditionally difficult to date out of context they are often attributed to a Viking date, c. AD 750-1050. The Vikings had a bullion economy where the purity and weight of the metal were more impor…
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2023
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Record ID: OXON-EDA46A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  Medieval gold finger ring. The ring is made from a rectangular strip of gold, now squashed out of shape, the two ends folded over each other at almost equal intervals along its length so that it is now a third of its length. One end narrows at one side to a pointed terminal. This terminal is softly rounded and bent slightly as if to be the beginning of a hook. The opposite terminal has a transverse break. The outer surface of the strip has punched decoration. This consists initially of a single pellet, just above the pointed terminal, followed by a series of cres…
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-DA1073
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint tanged and barbed arrowhead dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2200-1800 BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of a orange brown flint and displays retouch over both dorsal and ventral sides and over the tang and barbs, which are complete. Overall the arrowhead is in very good condition.
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-86C7C3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete silver scalloped mount, probably a strap fitting or dress fastener and dating to the early post-medieval period. The mount can be divided into two halves - the upper part is decorated with two scallop shells, with the rounded outer edges of the shells creating the outer edge of the mount with a slight groove dividing the shells. The lower half comprises a plain sloping sub-rectangular field with notched sides and a flat base. In the centre of this panel, slightly encroaching into the scallops, is a large circular perforation. On the reverse of the fitting are to…
Created on: Friday 12th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chinnor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-5EBB97
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold post-medieval finger ring, a posy or poem ring of late 17th or early 18th century date. The finger ring has a plain D-shaped band with internal inscription in cursive script which reads 'for virtues sake my wife I take'. Following the inscription is a maker's mark of IB within a sub-rectangular cartouche. Finger rings with similar cursive script are dated from c. 1650 - 1750 AD however the maker's mark may be that of Joseph Berry, who is recorded as being 'Free of the Goldsmiths' Company' AD 1675 - 1697 (date of death unknown). A similar mark seen on a posy ring made by…
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-5EB486
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold medieval finger ring with blue/black stone insert (damage to stone). The band of the finger ring is rectangular in cross section with moulded blocks of quatrefoil / saltire decoration separated with rows of raised pellets around the circumference of the loop. Either side of the trapezoidal bezel is lettering that may be an abbreviation of a religious or personal nature; the letters appear to consist of I O L V M [?] (read left to right, top row first). Mid 13th to mid 14th century AD. Weight: 2.2g Inner dia: 19.24mm Outer dia: 24.47mm
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-5E3E68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Pseudo-Imperial solidus attributed to the Visigoths in Gaul, imitating a Roman Imperial coin of the emperor Libius Severus (Severus III) (AD 461-465), dating to the period c. AD 461-470 (Reece period 23). VICTORIA AVGGG reverse type depicting the Emperor standing facing holding long cross and Victory on a globe, right foot on head of a human headed serpent. Prototype of the mint of Ravenna. Cf. RIC X, p. 459, no. 3754; MEC, p.436, nos.174-176.
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
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Record ID: OXON-5D6B82
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold medieval finger ring with seal intaglio and inscription. The finger ring has a plain oval loop, D-shaped in section (more angular near the bezel) with an oval bezel set within the arms of the hoop. The bezel has a bevelled edge and an blue / black glass (?) intaglio within. The intaglio is of Roman date and appears to depict a satyr advancing right with a pedum over his shoulder and possibly holding an animal in his hand (pers. comm. Martin Henig in litt. 25.07.19). The intaglio is of Roman date but the finger ring it is set within is of 13th century date. The finger r…
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2022
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Record ID: OXON-B6A097
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but quite worn copper alloy Roman nummus (AE4) from the House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 335-341. Reece Period 17. GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depitcing two soldiers standing with on standard. Unclear mint and ruler.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
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Record ID: OXON-B689BA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman radiate, probably of Victorinus and dating to the period AD 269 - 271 (Reece Period 13). PROVIDENTIA AVG reverse type depicting Providentia standing left holding baton and cornucopiae. Possibly mint II of Gaul.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
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Record ID: OXON-B669BE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman nummus (AE2) of Crispus as Caesar, dating to the period AD 318-324. Reece period 16. BEATA TRAN-[QVILLITAS] reverse type depicting altar with globe on top inscribed VOTIS XX with three stars above. Mint of Trier.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-4E677E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver penny of Stephen (AD 1135-1154), Irregular Issue, Midlands and South-Western Area (North 887; cf. Mack 181-2), struck by Rogier at the Oxford mint. Ref: North 1994: 206-7; Mack 1966: 69-70. The coin is complete and hardly worn, well struck slightly off-centre. There is a straight crease across the coin, below the centre - the finder reports that he found the coin bent and had it straightened before realising what the coin was.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wheatley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4E0F8A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Anglo-Saxon secondary phase sceatta, dating to the period c. AD 725-745. Series X BMC 30b. Frisian. Obverse: 'Woden head', with long beard, facing; saltires flanking beard. Reverse: Two men facing holding crosses with a long cross between, pellets above.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chinnor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4DDAB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy (with high tin content) Iron Age potin of the Cantiaci (Kent) / South-Eastern Region dating to c.80-50 BC. Rounded Bull type cf. ABC 165. BMC 705-709. David Holman writes: This is a previously unrecorded variety. The nearest parallel is Holman type E1/4-5b, which has the same reverse but an obverse with the face joined to the top of the head. This new variety has a detached face. The obverse also has a stylistic link to E3/4-4a, also from Bucks, although the reverse is quite different.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Crendon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4DCE7B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age potin of the Cantiaci (Kent) / South-Eastern Region dating to c.80-50 BC. Rounded Bull type cf. ABC 165. BMC 705-709. David Holman states it Holman type F1/3, but that it is not possible to classify further.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Crendon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4D9722
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age British Eastern Region silver unit of the Trinovantes in the name of Tasciovanus, 'Eagle Griffin' type, dating to c. 25 BC-AD 10. Obverse: Eagle standing left, head right, TA to left, SCIO to right. Reverse: Griffin right, ring-pellet before, trefoil of pellets below. Cf. BMC 1658-59; Van Arsdell 1792.01; ABC 2646.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Crendon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4D7AEC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver unit of an unknown ruler of the Western Region Dobunni dating to the period c. 50-25 BC. Cotswold Cock type. Obverse: Head Type A - moon head right, pelleted crescents for hair, boss on chin, stalking lips. Reverse: triple-tailed annulate horse left, cock's head below, bird's head above. See Cottam et al. (2010:103) no. ABC 2012.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Crendon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4D6B0B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver Iron Age minim of the Regini and Atrebatic (Southern Region) silver Triadic minim of Verica, dating to the period AD 10-40. Four sets of three pellets around central pellet in a ring obverse. Lion running right with VIR. ABC no.1292.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Crendon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4CD03B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age uninscribed stater, Gallo-Belgic import of the Ambiani, c.60-50 BC, 'Gallic War Uniface' type. Obverse: Plain. Reverse: Sinuous horse right, pellet below, pellets above, eye shaped motif behind. As ABC 16. The reverse is struck off-flan.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Crendon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4CAD8B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and little worn Iron Age gold quarter stater of Cunobelin of the British Eastern / 'Trinonvanties' region, 'Classic' type dating to the period c. AD 10-40. Obverse shows CA-MV either side of central corn ear. Reverse shows horse right with branch above and CVNO below. Minted in Camulodunum. ABC 2822 / VA 2038 / BMC 1850. This is only the fourth example of this coin recorded on the PAS database.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Crendon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4C4380
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Roman figurine of a young Genius, half-robed and holding a patera in the right hand and cornucopia in the left. The statue survives in excellent condition with only slight wear. Depicting a standing Genius, one foot is flat while the other's heal is raised, possibly indicating a walking stance. The right arm is bent at the elbow and held beyond the body, within the palm is a patera, held in place by the thumb above the dish. The cornucopia lays against the length of the left arm up to the shoulder. The Genius wears a robe wrapped diagonally from above the …
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Crendon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E26462
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete Medieval gold finger-ring with gemstone setting (perhaps a sapphire) dating to the period AD 1200-1400. The hoop is oval shaped in cross-section. It is thickest closest to the bezel (c.3.1mm thick) and thins evenly to a minimum thickness of 1.5mm. The hoop has been warped into a sub-oval shape but would have been circular. The bezel is sub-oval in shape, set transversely to the hoop. It rises up from the band flaring outwards as it rises up so that it has a conical appearance from all profile views. Its lower surface has a circular hole (c.2mm in diamete…
Created on: Monday 10th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-92E7F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and corroded copper alloy Roman sestertius, probably of Antonine date (c AD 138-192). Bust right, reverse illegible.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-92DD3A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn copper alloy Roman as, probably of Claudius (AD 41-54) and dating to the period c.AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Reverse type depicting Minerva advancing right holding spear and shield.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-92BF04
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn post-medieval lead alloy token or tally, probably dating to the 17th or 18th century AD. The token is plano-convex with a design on the upper curved side only. The design is unclear but comprises a thick central line with other lines radiating around it - possibly a wheel or sun-like device. The underside is flat, plain and undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-92B527
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn and now bent post-medieval lead alloy token or tally, probably dating to the 17th or 18th century AD. The token is bifacial, with one side depicting a four-bar farm gate within a raised border, while the opposing side has the issuer's initials, C (R or H).
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-92ABAB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn post-medieval lead alloy token or tally, probably dating to the 17th or 18th century AD. The token is uniface, with one side being cast with the design of a five-petalled flower or star, a common motif of tokens of this date.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-929187
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn post medieval copper-alloy one ounce weight with two portcullis stamps to indicate that the weight was made and sold in Westminster (a portcullis is part of the arms of the City of Westminster), as Westminster was outside the jurisdiction of the Founders' Company whose stamp does not appear on this weight. The object has a light green patina. See SUR-6D6B61 for a similar example on this database. c. AD 1758 to 1826. The weight weighs 0.845 ounces - the damage and wear would suggest the original weight to have been 1 ounce.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-8FBEB6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman Republican denarius of Julius Caesar, dating to the period c.47-46 BC (Reece Period 1). CAESAR (downwards) reverse type depicting Aeneas left, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder. African mint. As RRC p. 471, no. 458/1.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Saturday 11th April 2020
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Record ID: OXON-8F6477
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver gilt annular brooch of medieval date. The brooch has an annular frame, triangular in section with a decorative projection in the form of an animal's (possibly a snake's) head on one side. The frame has a small constriction where the missing pin would have been located. There are two areas of ribbing around the frame which serve as additional decoration. Suggested date c. AD 1250-1350. Dimensions: 23mm long, 13.2mm diameter, 3.3mm thick, 0.6 grams. Discussion: According to Egan and Pritchard (1991:254) this style of brooch was relatively …
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benson', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-8F1364
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn copper alloy 'three circles' type jetton of Tournai, dating to the reign of Louis XI (1461-83) or Charles VIII (1483-1497). The obverse depicts three circles each containing a quatrefoil; in each angle is a fleur de lis. The legends are hard to decipher - they may have a religious or nationalistic motto or be nonsensical. The reverse depicts a broad ended cross pattee with a flower in each angle. Mitchener (1988: 211) no. 607.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-67AF42
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and incomplete large cast copper alloy Iron Age enamelled flat-ring terret, dating from c. 50 BC to c. AD 70. The terret ring retains over a third of the flat decorated ring, a short length of the strap bar and one roundel. The flattened ring of the terret is decorated with elaborate 'S' shaped La Tene style scrolls, conjoined into moustache-like motifs connected by alternating top and bottom scroll arms. These motifs are raised within a background that would have contained red enamel, but most of this is now absent. A small circular inset of enamel is retained in the centre of…
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2020
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Record ID: OXON-67519D
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and hardly worn cast copper alloy late Middle Bronze Age/early Late Bronze Age palstave axehead of unlooped type. There is not much difference in width between septum and blade; the particular narrowness of the blade suggests an ancillary use as a chisel. The low flanges are slightly abraded with a small dent in one side. Just beyond the stop ridge on either side is plano-convex indentation. The blade end of the palstave widens from the stop ridge towards the cutting edge while reducing in thickness. The cutting edge is crescentic with slightly expanded and curved tips; the…
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
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Record ID: OXON-651C9D
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy toy musket, c. 1600-1640 AD. Forsyth and Egan Type 5, Design 4. The toy musket is only missing the lower portion of its handle. The musket seems to have been cast in one piece, with a fishtail butt, a plain facetted barrel and angular trigger guard. There is a pronounced ridge at the breech which curves around to form a wedge-shaped pan. The stock and barrel are plain with no decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-FD3896
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy pocket or portable sundial dating to the post-medieval period (c. AD 1600-1800). Circular in plan, and made up of two annular bands which have been soldered together internally where a drawn wire semi-circular loop attaches them together at their outer edges. The nodus is intact; the nodus is a thin sheets of copper alloy with out-turned terminals that runs along the central groove. It would have been completed by a washer-like ring and it was the spot of sunlight passing through this ring on to the inside of the dial which was used to indicate the time. The do…
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-EAA1F2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap end of early-medieval date (c. AD 750 - 950). The strap end belongs to Thomas' Class A, Type 2. It is sub-rectangular in shape tapeing to a zoomorphic terminal consisting of an animal's head with ears, eye-ridges and flat snout all depicted. The main plate is decorated with a simple cross-hatched design. At the rear of the strap end are two holes for rivets to attach the strap end to a leather strap - the rivets are now missing and the holes are damaged. The reverse of the strap end has a recessed plate at the rear end (so the strap) and is otherwise…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-EA9893
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2019 T652. Description: An incomplete silver gilt dress fastener / dress hook of late medieval date. The dress fastener is broadly rectangular in form with a circular suspension loop above the moulded and openwork body decorated with scrolled floral designs. A blunted projection at the base of the fastener does not appear to be broken, neither do the two projections flanking it - this may not have had a hook, rather it was sewn to the clothing through the holes in the body and an opposing fitting hooked into the attachment loop. Dimensions: 17.8mm long, 16.5mm wide, 1.5m…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bletchingdon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: OXON-E93D97
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two worn post-medieval copper alloy rose farthings of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), Type 2 dating to the period AD 1636-1644. Crescent initial marks. North (1991) no.2291.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-E8954F
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2019 T507. Description: Two heavily cleaned post-medieval silver sixpences of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). The first coin has a crescent initial mark and a date above the shield of 1587. This coin has been partially clipped. Obverse legend: ELIZAB D G ANG' FR' ET HIB' REGI, crowned bust facing left, rose behind head. Reverse legend: POSVI DEV' ADIVTOREM MEV', long cross fourchee over royal shield, date (1587) above shield. North N2015. The second coin has an eglantine initial mark and date of 1575 over the shield. Obverse legend: ELIZABETH D G ANG' …
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-E6679C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but bent and worn (and slightly clipped) post-medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), dating to the period AD 1636-1644. Crown initial mark, Group D fourth bust type (no inner circles). North N2257.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Watlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E61A99
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but bent post-medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), dating to the period AD 1579. Plain cross initial mark, mint of the Tower of London. The coin has been bent in the fashion of a love token. North N1998.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Watlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E5B94A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and bent post-medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), dating to AD 1583. Initial mark 'A', rose behind head and date above shield. Mint of London. North N2015.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-E4B99D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver octagonal button of later post-medieval date. The button has an engraved design of a four-petaled flower with smaller lobes around the main flower head. There is a scalloped linear emphasis around the outer edge of the button. On the reverse of the button is a silver loop, soldered on to the body. Many buttons of this type and with similar designs have been recorded on this database. As these button date from c. AD 1725-1800, they do not currently qualify as Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996. .
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
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Record ID: OXON-E46C4C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of eight highly abraded Roman vessel sherds, probably dating from c. AD 240-410. The fabric are unidentified but all similar - with a grey core and pale pink exterior, often powdery. A couple of sherds are quite gritty in texture. Five rim sherds, two base sherds and one body sherd, all apparently from separate vessels, are represented.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-E456CD
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large rim sherd fragment from a Roman mortaria, dating to the period AD 200-400. The fabric is very hard and heavy, fine with a grey core and light pink / white outer, possibly an Oxford- type ware. Trituration grits can be seen on the internal wall of the vessel. The rim is flat and wide.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-E43C6F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two large coarseware vessel sherds, large storage vessels of late Roman date. One large rim sherd and one body sherd. Grey core with pale pink/cream outer. Biscuity texture. Suggested date AD 240-410.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-E42DEE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
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A collection of seven Roman vessel sherds. All are fragmentary and highly abraded but are appear to be a grog and stone tempered 'pink' wares, very crude with a biscuity texture. Five quite large body sherds are represented, along with one rim and one base. All appear to be different vessels. Suggested date AD 240-410.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-E40263
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of eight Roman vessel sherds. All are fragmentary and highly abraded but are all grey wares. Two rim sherds, four body sherds and two base sherds, all from different vessel and of slightly different fabrics, are represented. Suggested date range c. AD 200-400.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-E3F5BF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of six Roman vessel sherds. All are fragmentary and highly abraded but appear to be an Oxfordshire Colour Coat-type ware, with grey core and orange outer. Five rim sherds and one body sherd from a mortaria are represented. Suggested date range c. AD 240-400.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-D50929
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large collection of 47 Roman vessel sherds. Several fabrics are represented, not all immediately identifiable by the recorder. Base, body and rim sherds are all represented, with a suggested date range of c. 240-410 AD. Pink Grog Tempered wares; three rims and two body sherds, different vessels. Highly abraded sherds with pink outer and grey core: Six rim sherds, two body sherds. Coarse ware, biscuit-like fabric, abundant small angular stony inclusions. Pink to brown outer and grey core. Cooking / storage vessels. Very crude. Four rim sherds, two body and one base sherds. Inclusi…
Created on: Tuesday 28th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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