Record ID: SF-33BA74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold Merovingian tremissis, dating to the period c.AD 500-c.700. A previously unrecorded type possibly minted in Isarnodero, Maurienna, Gaciaco and Lovinco or Sidunis. Arent Pol (pers. comm. 23/02/2023) of Universiteit Leiden has kindly offered the following comments: 'The type is not to be found in my database, so again: a new variety to the corpus. The reverse shows the letters IS or IG (that could be inversions of SI or GI) alongside the cross. For the options IG or GI no parallels exist, for IS and SI there are the mints of Isarnodero, Maurienna, G…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frinton and Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7B3489
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A fragment of a Roman silver finger ring dating to circa AD 100-300. The extant elements consists of the circa half of the bezel and a small portion of one shoulder and part of the hoop. The bezel is flat with a front face bearing a rectangular border made of stamped circular dots. The surviving shoulder is prominently projected, tapering inwards gently into the hoop which terminates in an ancient break. Length: 16.5mm; Width: 13.7mm; Thickness: 2.2mm; Weight: 2.08g. Discussion: The ring is fragmentary and therefore difficult to attribute to a classification with …
Created on: Friday 18th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures Hamlet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0E7516
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete, but damaged, silver post-medieval bodkin. It is rectangular in cross-section, tapering gradually to a sharp point at its lower end. A flattened, rounded, sub-triangular terminal projects from the upper end with three small knops projecting from each of its corners and a small circular hole through its centre and. A rectangular hole is positioned c.9mm below the terminal and is surrounded by an engraved border on both faces. There are numerous small transverse grooves along the sides above and below this hole creating a slight wavy effect. Both faces are also de…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-074C0E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete post-medieval silver seal matrix. The base is oval and its outer face is engraved with a heart pierced by two arrows with a single arched crown above surrounded by a border of small, parallel, diagonal lines. The handle is hexagonally faceted, terminating in a hexagonally faceted knop above which there is the lower end of a missing suspension loop. Date: AD 1650-1750 Dimensions: Length: 11.04mm, width: 10.28mm, thickness: 10.65mm, weight: 1.80g Discussion: Numerous similar seal matrices have now been reported as treasure, including: LVPL-B42673 (2015 T571)…
Created on: Friday 9th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 24th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Osyth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DE1B16
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Roman Republican denarius of Man Acilius Glabrio Denarius, dating to 49 BC (Reece period 1). MN ACILIVS III VIR VALETV reverse, depicting Salus standing left, holding serpent and resting left elbow on a column. Syd. no.922, Cr. no.442/1a.
Created on: Friday 25th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DE0704
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver medieval penny of Edward III, dating to the period AD 1351-2. Pre-Treaty Series C. Minted in London. North, vol.II, nos.1149-50
Created on: Friday 25th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DDFBB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval halfgroat of Edward III, dating to the period AD 1351-2. Pre-Treaty Series C. Minted in London. North vol.II, no.1148
Created on: Friday 25th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DDDE9E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (clipped) silver half real of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, dating to the period AD 1474-1504. Minted in Seville.
Created on: Friday 25th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Finchingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DDD3FD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval penny of Henry III, dating to the period AD 1222-1242. Class 7b-c. Minted by Roger of Canterbury.
Created on: Friday 25th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Finchingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DDCA6A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (clipped) medieval silver penny of Richard II, dating to the period AD 1377-99. Type 1. Minted in London. North vol.II, no.1325
Created on: Friday 25th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DDAB2E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver medieval penny of Edward III, dating to the year AD 1351. Pre-Treaty Series A. Minted in London. North vol.II, nos.1136-1137
Created on: Friday 25th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-776C28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (clipped) Roman silver siliqua of Honorius, dating to the period AD 395-402 (Reece period 21). VIRTVS RO-MANORVM reverse type depicting Roma seated left on cuirass, holding victory and spear. Minted in Trier.
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steeple Bumpstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-883508
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval penny (possibly a contemporary copy) of Henry III, dating to the period AD 1250-75. Class 5. Minted by uncertain moneyer in Canterbury. Thick flan and apparently miss-spelt moneyer - possibly indicates a contemporary copy of Walter of Canterbury of whom Class 5 copies do exist (see North 1995, BNJ 65, 97).
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-87D665
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval penny of Edward I, dating to the period AD 1300-1305. Probably Class 10ab. Minted in Durham. c.f. North vol.II, no.1038-1039
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8746D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval penny of Henry II, dating to the period AD c.1170-80. Cross and crosslets (Tealby) Type. Bust F1?. Uncertain moneyer and mint.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-C7F39B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval penny of John, dating to the year AD 1205. Class 5b1. Minted by Rener of London. North vol.II, no.970 i
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Bentley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-C75325
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (cut half) silver medieval penny of Henry III, dating to the period AD 1248-51. Class III or IV (probably III). Minted by Henri of uncertain town.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Bentley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-261C3D
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete silver post-medieval cuff link. It is disc-shaped with a bevelled outer edge producing a slightly concave reverse. Its outer face is decorated with two raised hearts with a crown above them (Lewis Form 1, Type A) against a background of small incised dots. The reverse has traces of a break in the centre where an attachment loop would have extended originally. It survives in fine condition with very little damage. Date: Later 17th century Dimensions: Diameter: 15.12mm, thickness: 2.26mm, weight: 0.69g Discussion: The fashion for cufflinks to faste…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frating', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-25C588
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete gilded silver medieval annular brooch. It has four sides of equal length, each one curving inwards slightly. At the junction between three of the sides there is a rounded knop and at the fourth junction a constricted bar flanked by a moulded strip on either side where the pin would have sat. The outer faces of the junction knops are decorated with engraved dots and the lower knop is divided into two by a central groove. The position of the pin notch suggests that the brooch was intended to be worn in a lozenge rather than square position. The outer face of e…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twinstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C269BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Augustus dating to the period 35-34 BC (Reece Period 1). IMP CAESAR DIVI F reverse type depicting a shield with three concentric circles of studs and central boss. Mint possibly is in northern Italy or Illyricum. RIC I (rev.ed.), 85, no.543a.
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tolleshunt D'arcy', grid reference and parish protected.