Record ID: LANCUM-DF0511
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A siver sixpence of Elizabeth I of the third and fourth issue dating to 1570AD with the initial mark a castle [ELIZABET]H D G [AN FR ET HI REGINA] is the ob legend and PO[SVI/DE]V AD/IVTO[RE/ MEV] is the rev. The diameter is 21mm and the weight 1.71g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-91247A
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1450 to 1200BC. The axe shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985) and Read (1995: p.3 fig 9 ). The axe is almost complete with a length of 123mm. The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 20mm. The flanges are flat, longiform in plan, straight and parallel as far as the stop, with a width of 20mm. The blade is flaring 42mm wide…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-9098D7
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early Medieval hanging bowl mount or escutcheon probably dating to the c. 7th century AD. The mount consists of a discoidal mount body, with a broken hanging terminal. The terminal is decorated with three circles two of which are sub-divided into recessed squared segments decorated with milifiori glass composed of blue with white dots delineated by red. Within the very centre of the mount, a recessed circle has been inlaid with green glass or enamel. The outer circumference of the mount disc itself has also been tinned or silvered. Millefiori is very unusual on han…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-9080D6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval harness pendant dating to the period AD 1200-1400. The pendant is broadly oval with five semi-circular scallop shell knops.. The suspension loop is missing. The oval is enamelled in blue and decorated with a 3 flowers probably roses or possibly thistles. Preserved in fair condition with an even brownish patina, it measures 39mm long, 27mm wide at its central body, and weighs 14.41g See also: BUC-704BF4 & NMS-362865. The pendant is similar to Ashley (2002:17) ref. 163 which he parallels to an excavated 13th early 14th century example. Ashley, S.…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-907504
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring probably dating to the medieval period 1200 to 1600AD. The object is circular in plan and hexagonal in cross-section. The ring varies in thickness where the object has worn probably due to wearing against another connection. It has a mid-green patina. Plain rings of such proportions have often been suggested to be Medieval or Post-Medieval harness rings (Geake 2001, 74), though they are typically un-diagnostic. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 7.29g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-906F6C
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable Roman penannular bracelet (200BC-400AD). The shaft is slightly curved and broken with a rounded terminal. The patina is worn and corroded with light green patches over dark green. The length is 28mm, the width is 12mm and the weight 8.48g. Similar to SWYOR-5A58F2.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-906A9C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of probable Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1690 - 1750. The frame of the chape is described as "cooking pot shaped" (broadly trapezoidal in shape, curving corners. Two internal spikes project from the inner edge of the loop. The chape is a dark brown in colour, with an uneven patina. A buckle with a similar chape is illustrated in Whitehead (1996, p.103, no. 662). This type of chape is also illustrated as type V on page 96 (Whitehead, 1996). Whitehead suggests a date c. 1690-1720 for this type of chape. Other similar buckles and chapes have been recorded on…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-906590
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy shoe or knee buckle dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1660-1720). The buckle consists of a slightly convex sub-trapezoidal symmetrical frame with flat expanded outer edges. The top and bottom edges of the frame taper inwards and consist of a moulded spherical spindle housing. Each end has a indent for the pin to rest on. The underside of the buckle frame is plain and flat except for the spherical spindle housing which extends slightly beyond the frame. The spindle remains and also has a cast stud chape mostly intact minus its' stud end. The buck…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-905FE3
Object type: FLINTLOCK MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron hammer of a large flintlock pistol, possibly a Brown Bess lock (Noel Hulme, 1969, fig. 214, fig. 69, no. 5). The jaws would have connected together and to the hammer by a vertical bar running down one side. The screw would have run vertically through the jaws adjacent to the side fixed by the vertical bar and would have tightened to hold the flint in place. The flint is missing but would have projected beyond the open side of the baws - opposite the vertical bar and screw. The mechanism is showing signs of active corrosion. The length is 125mm, the width is 78mm and the weight…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-9052B3
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy toggle of late Iron Age to Roman date c. 300 BC - 100 AD. The item is cylindrical with a bulbous central portion and two flat circular terminals. There is an intact attachment loop now broken rising from the central portion of the body, though the void underneath is now filled with hardened soil containing oxidised iron remains. The patina is mostly smooth and even, dark brown with some iron staining. The length is 24mm, the width is 11mm thickness 11mm and the weight 10.07g. For similar examples on the database, see: IOW-9FA5A1, IOW-8E8798, HAMP-E837B2. Ot…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-904ACC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Aluminium ring of the 14th Waffen SS Grenadiers Galizian Division depicting an eagle. The length is 26mm, the width is 23mm and the weight 2.47g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-903B6E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast Lead alloy sub-circular uniface token of Powell Type 14. It is decorated with a cross and pellets on one face wth a pellet in the intersection of the cross and the other side is undecorated. Tokens had a wide variety of uses and were easy to manufacture; they are therefore difficult to date precisely outside of archaeological contexts; those with this design are generally thought to be Medieval in date, c.1250-1800 AD. The diameter is 27mm and the weight 11.74g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-903431
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button of William Duke of Cumberland 1741 - 1757AD. The diameter is 26mm and the weight 5.89g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-902CF6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval cast copper alloy double loop stock buckle dating to c. 1690 -1720, with separate copper alloy spindle, pin and chape. The frame is sub-rectangular in plan, with rounded sides and corners. It is D-shaped in cross-section: convex at the front and flat at the rear. Viewed in profile, the buckle curves backwards (towards the strap) symmetrically on either side of the central spindle. It is thickest in the centre, where the spindle passes through a drilled hole. From here it tapers in on both sides. On the front, these thickened central parts of the frame are decorated …
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-9026E5
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast lead pilgrim's ampulla, probably dating to c. AD 1350-1530.The hollow flask-shaped ampulla is of Spencer's type 2, with a simple rounded bowl and parallel sided neck. Sub-triangular suspension loops project from either side at the juncture of the bowl and neck; these are now broken. The ampulla is inscribed with 112 or 118. The length is 46mm, the width is 30mm and the weight 32.54g. Although in use from the late 12th century, the majority of the robust ampulla to survive in England are those of the later Medieval period, probably dating to c. AD 1350-1530 (Spencer 199…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-901E04
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern copper-alloy trade weight dating c.1780 - 1825. The weight is circular with a raised rim on the top. The bottom surface is flat. The top surface of the weight has been stamped with two concentric circles, a crowned GR. Biggs (1992:54-56) suggests that the crowned GR' stamp was used widely on weights that were made outside major centres in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The diameter is 31mm.and the weight 25.06g. Biggs, N. , 1992 English Weights: An illustrated survey White House Publications
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-901915
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to Post Medieval undecorated lead alloy vessel or container, dating from c. AD 1400 - 1600. The vessel is D-shaped in section; being rounded at the front and flat at the back. The vessel is open at the top, and the sides taper towards the closed end. There are no attachment holes or rivets visible, suggesting that the vessel stood on its own rather than being attached to a wall. Similar examples of this object have often been referred to as bird feeders or holy water holders. See IOW-9AEDE6 for a similar example; and for 'alternative suggestions including: dice shakers…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Mellor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-900F10
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy two piece button, sometimes known as tombac or dandy buttons. It is flat and circular in plan with a soldered shank on the back. The outer face is decorated with a machined pattern consisting of an outer stylised flower around a central stylised star, sunburst or flower. The back has a central loop for thread. The button has a remnant white metal coating, possibly a silver wash. It probably dates from between c1675 and c1800 AD. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 4.13g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-10DB29
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy pin probably dates from 720 to 850AD. The shank has a collared head under a spherical head. The head is decorated with a series of raised open circles in recessed borders. The length is 11mm, the width is 8mm thickness 8mm and the weight 3.71g. Cf. LEIC-FA46E1, SWYOR-2FFE70, LIN-95321C SWYOR-2FFE70. Polyhedral-headed pins with ring-and-dot decoration are a common find from Middle-Saxon England, and have been placed in a typology of collared pins by Haldenby (2012) in which he supports a 9th century date.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-10D5DA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin probably dating to the Roman period, c. 43-410 AD. Only the head survives, which is anthropomorphic in nature, depicting a human face looking outwards with moulded hair and facial features. The length is 13mm, the width is 11mm and the weight 2.30g. No parallel could be found for this object, though it seems to perhaps belong to Cool group 18 (pins with anthropomorphic heads) (1991).
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Street Hay', grid reference and parish protected.