Record ID: PUBLIC-79E213
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early Roman copper alloy bracelet dating from the 1st-2nd century AD. The fragment represents a short rectangular strip of thin copper alloy, bent, and cracked at its mid point. The upper surface is decorated with two parallel lines of pin-point indentations. The surface of the metal is in good condition with a green patina. The fragment is 31.0mm long, 13.0mm wide, 0.8mm thick and weighs 2.3g. Examples of similar bracelet fragments are known from Colchester (Crummy 1983, 37, nos. 1586, 1587, fig. 40). on the Database , CAMHER-86CC72, and CAM-EF43C6.
Created on: Monday 7th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6C7636
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy amphora-shaped strap-end. The body is flat and triangular with bevelled edges and decoration on one face. In the wider end there is a slit to allow a strap to be attached; a slight seam down either side may indicate that it was either cast in this shape, or hammered together leaving a split attachment end. The attachment end is bevelled along most of its length, but has a slight boss at either corner. A single copper alloy rivet remains in place in the centre of the wider end, by which the strap would have been secured. The surface decoration, alt…
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-293873
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Denarius of Vespasian dating to AD 74. COS V reverse depicting two laurel trees. Mint of Rome. RIC II, Pt I (revised edition), p. 107, no. 681.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-28E191
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered penny of Eadmund, 939-946. Obverse shows a Crowned and draped bust right. Obverse legend reads + EADMVN REX. Reverse shows Small cross pattee. Reverse legend reads x BARBE Mo NoRDPIC. Moneyer is BARBE. Mint is Norwich. Weight is 1.55g, diameter is 21.11mm, thickness is 0.8mm. See Spink 2004 (39th Ed.), p.116, no.1107. North, J.J., Vol.I. pl.11, fig.30, p.140, no.698.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-28D6F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of William I (the Conqueror), 1066-1087; PAXS type, crown 1 (North 848), c.1083-c.1086, moneyer: Wulfmaer, mint: Romney. Weight is 1.25g, diameter is 19.52mm, thickness is 1.15mm. See Spink 2004 (39th Ed.) p.133, no.1257. North, J.J. Vol.I. p.192, no.848.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-25F2D6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double-loop asymmetrical buckle of post-Medieval date. One side of the buckle is 'D-shaped', while the other is roughly rectangular. The two sides are separated by a central axis bar of trapezoidal section, which extends to a knop at each end and has attached iron corrosion from the otherwise missing pin. An angled knop marks each of the four corners of the frame and the straight vertical side has been scalloped. The surfaces of the frame have been silvered or tinned. Dimensions: 23.4mm long, 18.5mm wide, 2.3mm thick. Weight: 2.89g. Similar buckles are illustrated…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thriplow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-25D3A2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave or socketed axehead. The piece represents the lower part of the artefact. From the point of the ancient break the sides flare, while the thickness decreases, towards the convex cutting edge. Dimensions: 41.7mm wide, 24mm long, 9.5mm wide (max). Weight: 33.75g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fowlmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-25C4C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch, dating from the early to mid 1st century AD. The wings are parallel-sided and of flat section. Two prongs at the centre of the head's underside represent the remains of the integrally cast spring mechanism. The arched bow is of flattened-oval section, has a vertical ridge at the centre of its upper surface and tapers to a pointed foot, on the underside of which are the remains of the catchplate. Dimensions: 38.7mm long, 10mm wide (head), 24.2mm deep. Weight: 4.07g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thriplow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-25B823
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a lead cloth seal of post-Medieval date. The seal is of unusual form for a cloth seal, comprising a truncated circular disc with central perforation for a cord. One side bears the crowned arms of France Modern, an unidentified letter to the right; the other side has what is probably the arms of Lyon: a lion rampant, in chief (three fleurs-de-lis). Dimensions: 14.2mm diameter, 2.7mm thick. Weight: 2.61g. This seal was probably attached to silk imported from Lyon. Similar one-part seals were found in excavations in London (Egan 1995: 102-103, cf. nos. 299 and 300). Accordi…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fowlmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-25A7D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603); Fourth issue coin, minted 1578-1579 (Greek cross mintmark). Dimensions: 14.5mm diameter, 0.2mm thick. Weight: 0.48g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thriplow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-259774
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete silver long-cross penny of Edward I, II or III; Class uncertain, minted at Canterbury, 1279-1344. Dimensions: 16.9mm diameter, 0.2mm thick. Weight: 0.81g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fowlmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-258470
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus (probably*) of 4th century date. Dimensions: 13.6mm diameter, 1.3mm thick. Weight: 1.46g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great and Little Chishill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-256DC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Edward III (1327-1377); Fourth Coinage, Pre-treaty period, minted 1356-1361. Dimensions: 26.9mm diameter, 0.8mm thick. Weight: 4.29g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great and Little Chishill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-255AD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester-derivative brooch of double-pierced lug type, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD. The horizontal wings take the form of a half-cylinder, at the centre of which there is a perforated lug containing the axis bar. Immediately above this lug is a second such lug containing the external chord, which holds in place the nine coils of the spring. The pin is missing. On top of the head, a short gap separates the uppermost lug from a ridge, the latter extending to the point at which the tapering, sub-rectangular-sectioned bow is broken. Dimens…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great and Little Chishill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-254E84
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch, dating from the early to mid 1st century AD. The spring emanates from the centre of the underside of the head, extending into six spring coils with a central axis bar and external chord, the latter of which is held in place by a rearward hook. The spring is wider than the parallel-sided wings. No trace of the pin survives. The bow, of flattened-oval section, has a straight middle portion and near right angled bends at the top and bottom. The bow tapers to a point at the foot, on the underside of which there is the remains of a catchplate. …
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great and Little Chishill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-163BD3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy commemorative nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 330 to 335 (Reece period 17). VRBS ROMA type with reverse depicting wolf and twins. Mint unclear. Die axis is possibly 7 o'clock. Weight is 0.94g, diameter is 15.56mm, thickness is 1.44mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1636F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 330 to 348 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS or VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN reverse type depicting two soldiers and standards or two Victories with wreaths. Mint uncertain. Weight is 1.25g, diameter is 15.32mm, thickness is 1.43mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-107F92
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy jetton, probably Nuremberg rose-orb type with garbled legends on both sides, c.1500-84 (findspot no. 8)
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Record ID: NMS-107595
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy jetton of Hans Schultes I, Nuremberg rose-orb type with master's name on both sides, 1553-84 (findspot no. 4)
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Record ID: NMS-105F83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small edge fragment of a penny of Edward I, class 9b, London, North 1037/1, 1299-1301 (findspot no. 6)
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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