Record ID: IOW-94676D
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval lead alloy shot (c. 1600-c. 1800). This ball is spherical with a smooth surface but is corroded in places. There is a shallow groove and there are no flattened or dished surfaces suggestive of impact. The weight suggests that it could have been used in a musket (Harding 2012). The ball is grey with some buff areas. Diameter: 17.5mm. Weight: 30.07g. Harding, D.F., 2012. Lead Shot of the English Civil War: A Radical Study. London. Foresight Books. London.
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7EC711
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-Medieval copper-alloy circular uniface coin-weight for an Angel (1604-1619). The front depicts a standing winged figure of St. Michael holding spear and spearing a dragon which he stands astride. The legs are unclear. The weight is a midi-green colour with patches of a darker green patina. The reverse is worn and plain. Diameter: 15.45mm; thickness: 3.2mm. Weight: 4.44g. (68.4 grains). ­­The Angel was a denomination first issued in 1464 and continued in use until the end of James I's reign in 1625. Weights were usually made for the minimum legal weigh…
Created on: Sunday 10th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-3E2CB0
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy closed one-piece thimble (c. 1650-c. 1750). This thimble has straight tapering sides, a rounded top and a slightly thickened rim. The sides and top are covered in regularly-spaced sub-circular pits. The rim is plain and has a small dent. The inside is smooth. The thimble is drab green with traces of a dark green patina. This thimble is similar to Holmes (1988) Dutch type 1 (AD 1620-1650). A similar example is also shown in McConnel (1999:11, no.8) which is a late 17th century John Lofting style thimble. McConnel, B. 1999. The C…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-3D0351
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy bracelet or armlet decorated with transverse grooves (c. AD 200-410). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and tapers in width from the break at the wider end to the broken terminal. It is ‘D’-shaped in cross-section and is curved in side profile. A break has occurred through the pierced circular hole in the flat terminal. The upper surface has a regularly spaced oblique grooves although a small area at the wider end is plain. The reverse is slightly convex and undecorated. This bracelet has an even green patina and the breaks are abra…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
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Record ID: IOW-2E521B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and fractured post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: [tun]/tun: 1591/2-1594 (North 1991: 137, ref: 2017). Obverse: [E D].G.ROSA.SINE].SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust facing left. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LO[N/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée. Diameter: 13.6mm. Weight: 0.30g. DA=12:3. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-2DF48D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: A/A, dated 1584 on coin (North 1991: 137, ref: 2015). Obverse: ELIZAB.D.G.ANG.FR.ET.HIB.REGI; Crowned bust left with a rose behind the head. Reverse: POS[VI]/DEV.AD/IVTORE/M. MEV (I have made God my Helper); Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription with date of 1584 above shield. Diameter: 24.5mm. Weight: 2.03g. DA=12:7. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-2A5FCC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unidentified copper-alloy object of Unknown date and uncertain function (c. AD 43-1850). The object is mainly flat on both faces and just over half its length it is semi-circular in plan. The remaining part, an extension along the straight edge, is roughly square in cross-section and measures c. 4.0mm x c. 4.0mm. This extension terminates with a right angled bend where there is a break. The object is corroded and bright green. Length: 42.0mm; width: 14.6mm; thickness: 3.7mm; thickness including bend: 6.4mm. Weight: 7.17g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-295A81
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy small long brooch (c. 450-c. 550). This fragment is the foot which has a transverse break at the top. It is roughly lozenge-shaped in plan and terminates with a double lobe. At the front each lobe has a small circular pit as decoration. There is part of an off-centre catch-plate on the reverse. The brooch is drab green with patches of a darker green patina. The break is old. Length: 25.4mm; width: 12.3mm; width at lobes: 7.2mm; thickness: 1.5mm; thickness including catch-plate: 5.4mm. Weight: 2.46g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-1669D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative bow brooch (c. AD 43-120). This fragment is part of the bow. From a ragged break at the top, it tapers in width to a break at the bottom. At the top the width is 6.1mm and the width at the bottom is 1.6mm. The upper part has a longitudinal central ridge flanked by a groove on either side. Below this section are seven transverse parallel grooves. This brooch is green and pitted and the breaks are old. Length: 20.0mm; width: 6.1mm; thickness at centre: 1.7mm. Weight: 0.70g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-15C055
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal (c.1550-c. 1700). Disc 1 of a two part cloth seal. The disc depicts a portcullis (possibly crowned) with a worn and illegible inscription. The rivet stub is split. Length: 21.6mm; width: 19.6mm; overall thickness: 9.0mm. Weight: 6.55g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-14CB5F
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy Tombac (‘dandy’) two-piece button (c. 1700-c. 1800). The button is flat at the front with a down-turned edge and is concave at the back. The front is decorated with an engraved stylised flower head consisting of six petals interspersed with six sepals. There is a ‘star’ motif at the centre. A complete and separate iron attachment loop at the back is bent to one side. This button has a high white metal content and the loop is corroded. Diameter: 27.1mm; thickness: 2.4mm; thickness including loop: 9.1mm. Weight: 6.05g. …
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Saturday 16th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-02065A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy openwork buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790). This fragment is one corner of the frame. It is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The corner has a pair of conjoined ear-like features flanked by circular openings. Traces of a white metal coating can be seen in the crevices at the front. Length: 19.7mm; width: 15.0mm; thickness: 3.1mm. Weight: 2.77g. For openwork buckles, see Whitehead 2003: 107. Whitehead, R .2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-01A8B2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy unidentified object (c. 1500-c. 1800). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section, flat at the front and rear. The top part is rectangular and rounded in side view. Below this part a similar indentation on both edges is filled with a small deposit of iron. The lower portion, with two steps at each edge, narrows in width towards a worn break. Height: 16.6mm; width: 11.8mm; thickness: 6.8mm. Weight: 5.78g. It is possible that the object is a spacer and that the indentations were pierced to accommodate wire.
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-0146CC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy unidentified object (c. 500-c. 600). This fragment with a Style 1 design is flat and sub-rectangular in plan. The front has an oblique pointed-oval feature in one corner. The rear face is plain. The fragment is green and the breaks are abraded. Height: 9.2mm; width: 14.7mm; thickness: 1.4mm. Weight: 0.87g.
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C5A6EB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy strap-end (c. 700-c. 900). This strap-end is sub-oval in plan, narrower at the terminal end. At the attachment end there are two rivet holes, one is incomplete and the other has the remains of a copper-alloy rivet. The terminal was probably zoomorphic in form. Height: 28.54mm; width: 10.03mm; thickness: 2.61mm at split, 1.20mm for main body measured approximately 1/3 up from tip. Weight: 1.57g. This strap-end is likely to be a Thomas Class A, Type 2. In “Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-e…
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C3E828
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy cooking vessel (c. 1200-c. 1700). This fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and is curved in side profile. The rim is bevelled internally and each face has linear striations. The vessel is drab greyish green with patches of copper-alloy corrosion products Height: c. 24.0mm; width: 57.6mm; thickness at rim: 7.7mm; thickness of body: 3.5-4.1mm. Weight: 42.27g. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state 'there is evidence that …
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C11AA7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval to Modern lead or lead alloy circular double-sided token (c. 1500-c. 1850). Powell Type 7. The token has cross-hatching on both sides. The surfaces are coarse and grey. Diameter: 13.4mm. Weight: 1.73g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be post-Medieval in date (1500-1850), those which seem to mimic Medieval penny designs are deemed to …
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-BE8C95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval sheet copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1700). The object has an incomplete fleur-de-lis terminal with a transverse break at the opposite end. There is also a break along one edge. At the centre of the fleur a circular rivet hole has a diameter of 1.9mm. The hole is burred at the rear. The front is decorated with a ‘V’-shaped panel defined by two inscribed parallel grooves. The panel is filled with a pair of parallel lines of contiguous stamped annulets. This mount has a green patina. Length: 41.4mm; width: 38.4mm; thickness: 0.8mm. Wei…
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-AFC32E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790). This openwork fragment is from the centre of one of the sides and incorporates a hole for a separate spindle. At the front, above the hole, are two opposed shell-like motifs. This buckle is greenish brown and was white metal coated. Length: 21.5mm; width: 9.9mm; thickness: 4.0mm. Weight: 2.55g. For openwork buckles of this date see Whitehead 2003: 107. Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-AF1054
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), minted at London. Initial marks: ermine/ermine, 1572-1573 (North 1991: 135, ref: 2001). The ermine initial mark is not listed for pennies of this date in North! Could the initial mark be an escallop? Obverse: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA (A rose without thorns); Crowned bust left. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription. Diameter: 14.4mm. Weight: 0.43g. DA=12:2. North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. …
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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