Record ID: IOW-DD4ED3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Medieval silver penny of Henry VI (1422-1461), minted at Calais. Annulet issue, 1422-1427. Initial mark: cross V (North 1991: 74, ref: 1432). Obverse: [hE]nRIC REX AnGLIE (double saltire stops), Crowned bust facing (annulets by neck). Reverse: VIL/LA/CAL/IS (double saltire stops), Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant, an annulet in VIL and CAL quadrants. Diameter: 17.6mm. Weight: 0.82g. DA=12:1. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DCBF91
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Iron Age silver uninscribed South-Western type stater (c. 50 BC-c. 20 BC). The coin is attributed to the Durotriges. Obverse: Degraded head of Apollo right. Reverse: Disjointed and pelleted horse left. Diameter: 17.6mm. Weight: 3.77g. DA=12:12.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DB33D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval silver halfgroat of James I (1603-1625), minted at London. Initial marks: lis/lis, 1604-1605 (North 1991, 146, ref. 2104). Obverse: I:D:G:ROSA SINE SPINA (a rose without thorns), Rose with crown above. Reverse: .TVEATVR.VNITA.DEVS. (may God guard these united, i.e. kingdoms), Thistle with crown above. Diameter: 17.7mm. Weight: 0.78g. DA=12:6. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-DABBD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very thin fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing of Charles I (1625-1649). Type 1, Richmond 'round' (1625-1634). Initial marks: missing (North 1991: 164, ref: 2277). Obverse: [C]ARO:D:G:M[AG BRI]; Crown with two sceptres in saltire through it. Reverse: [FRAN ET] HIB:REX; Crowned harp. Length: 17.0mm; width: 9.2mm. Weight: 0.14g. North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-D99DEB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1: Body sherd: Dark grey. Abundant sub-angular quartz and very frequent mica flecks. The outer surface has been burnished. Abraded breaks. Length: 41.0mm; width: 37.9mm; thickness: 8.4mm. Weight: 14.36g. 2: Body sherd: Dark grey. Tiny pieces of angular quartz with occasional mica flecks. The outer surface has been burnished. Abraded breaks. Length: 22.8mm; width: 20.1mm; thickness: 8.0mm. Weight: 5.81g. 3: Rim sherd: Dark grey. Occasional pieces of rounded quartz and unidentifiable stone with mica flecks. The outer surface has been burnished. Abraded breaks. Length: 29.8mm; widt…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-D9689C
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval, probably soldered lead alloy powder flask nozzle or funnel (1600-1700). The nozzle is missing. The container is largely semi-circular in plan due to being squashed but would have originally been circular in plan. There is a distinct rim at the open end. The two attachment loops are present but are now bent. The hole where the nozzle was attached is off-centre. Height: 18.0mm; width: 26.3mm; thickness: 20.4mm; thickness of rim: 1.9mm. Weight: 18.92g. Similar powder flasks have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For exampl…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-B01C83
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy spherical animal 'crotal' bell (1600-1800). The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is about 12.0mm long, 13.0mm wide, 5.9mm thick and has a circular drilled aperture. The suspension loop is misaligned with the plane of the body. There are file marks on both faces of the suspension loop. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential joining rib. At each side of the suspension loop, about half way down the side of the upper hemisphere, is a circular sound hole. Two sound holes in the lower …
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2019
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Record ID: IOW-AFBCCA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval Scottish silver cut farthing of William I 'The Lion' (1165-1214), minted by Henri le Rus. Short Cross Phase B (c. 1205-c. 1230). Obverse: [ ]; Illegible. Reverse: [ ]; Voided short cross with a star in each quadrant. Length: 8.8mm; width: 8.7mm. Weight: 0.31g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-AF4E6F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and bent Medieval Irish silver penny of John (1199-1216), minted by Robert at Dublin. Third ('Rex') Coinage, c. 1207-c. 1211. Spink 6228. Obverse: IOhA/NNES/REX; Crowned facing bust in triangle, hand holding sceptre, rose to right of neck. Reverse: ROBE/RDON/DIVE; Sun above crescent moon, a star in each corner, all within a triangle. Diameter: 18.1mm. Weight: 1.37g. DA=12:7.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-AE9B64
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Richard Dore of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1654. Williamson 1889: Hampshire (265, ref: 99). Obverse: RICHARD DORE; R D in field. Reverse: OF NEWPORT; 1654 in field. Diameter: 14.5mm. Weight: 0.54g. DA=12:6. Richard Dore was a member of the Corporation, but in 1662 he and other members of that body were dismissed for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance. (see: 'The Antiquary' Vol. XLVIII, 1912, where there is an article on the Ledger Book of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1567-1799 by architect and anti…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: IOW-ACF21D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy eye-section for a belt or strap clasp (c. 1800-c. 1850). The object is composed of three integral parts, a domed plate with a circular attachment loop at one end and a rectangular attachment loop at the other end. Most of this rectangular attachment loop is missing due to breaks and only stubs survive. The circular loop is orientated 90° to the plane of the plate. The domed plate is moulded at the front and is in the form of a well defined forward facing male lion's head with a heavy mane. The plate is concave and plain at the re…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-A0F447
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and corroded Roman silver denarius of Diva Faustina I (AD 138-161), dating to the period AD 141-161 (Reece period 7). AED DIV FAVSTINAE reverse type depicting Hexastyle temple in which is seated the figure of Faustina I. Mint of Rome. Obverse: DIVA-FAVSTINA; Draped bust right. Reverse: AED DIV FAVSTINAE; Hexastyle temple in which is seated the figure of Faustina I. Diameter: 17.9mm. Weight: 2.77g. DA=12:6. As RIC III, p. 69, no. 343.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-A0CA15
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy harness suspension mount (1200-1400). The mount consists of two sub-rectangular loops with an extension at one end. Viewed from the side, each loop measures about 23.0mm x 13.5mm and has a thickness of about 3.0mm. Both loops are sub-rectangular in cross-section. The loops are joined by a central part which forms an oval-shape when viewed from above. This part is pierced at the centre with a circular perforation. The perforation formerly accommodated a rotating stem that held a banner or pendant at its outer end. The extension has a length of abou…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-A08C02
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A compete and worn post-Medieval to Modern lead alloy weight (c. 1750-c. 2000). The object is circular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. There are two drilled circular holes that pierce through. This weight is grey with patches of a darker grey patina. These weights were and are used to weigh down the hems of curtains, and perhaps also skirts. Diameter: 28.4mm; thickness: 3.3mm. Weight: 20.70g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-A00BF5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A compete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of James Waters of Greyfriers Gate, London (1649-1672). Williamson 1889: London (616, ref: 1232). Obverse: lAMES WATERS AT; A friar. Reverse: GRAYE FRIERS GATE; I A W. Diameter: 15.4mm. Weight: 0.79g. DA=12:6. Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: IOW-9DA026
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy one-piece brooch of 'Nauheim derivative' La Tene III type of the Late Iron Age or Early Roman period (c. AD 10-c. AD 100). Some of the spring, the pin and catch-plate are missing. The brooch has a head with an internal chord. It has an incomplete bilateral four-coil spring which extended to form the pin, now missing. The flat body is triangular in plan and tapers to a point at the bottom. At the top of the body, just below the chord, there is a small projection at either side. The front of the bow is decorated with two incised lines that form a vertica…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
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Record ID: IOW-9D3246
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216), minted by Walter. Class 5c, 1207-c. 1210 (North 1994: 221, ref: 971). This coin could possibly be class 6. However, the lettering is small so it is probably a class 5c. The obverse has a voided short cross instead of a bust! Obverse: [hEN]RICVS A[ ]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Reverse: [ ]VWALTER [ ]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.1mm. Weight: 0.56g. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-9CEF04
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1350-c. 1650). This buckle frame is convex at the front, flat at the rear. The oval loops are of similar size and shape and are bevelled internally at the front. In side view the loops are angled upwards at an angle of about 10°. The bar is triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. The copper-alloy tapering pin is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The frame and pin are green with patches of a dark green patina. Frame: length: 34.6mm; width: 23.4mm; thickness: 1.7mm. Pin: length: 2…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: IOW-9CA646
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver penny of Edward II (1307-1327), minted at London. Class 11a, 1310-1311 (North 1991: 36, ref: 1060/1). Obverse: EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB; Crowned bust facing with a bifoliate crown and wedged drapery (left ornament of the crown is broken). Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.7mm. Weight: 1.34g. DA=12:8. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-9C89A1
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy spherical animal 'crotal' bell (1600-1800). The suspension loop at the top and one side of the body is missing due to breaks. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential joining rib. The plain upper hemisphere has the remains of a circular sound hole. The lower hemisphere is decorated with 'fish-scale' motifs. At the base a small incised plaque contains incised maker's initials: S*C. This bell has a dark green patina on the outer face and the inner face is light green. Length: 62.0mm; widt…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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