Record ID: SWYOR-0DFF35
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval coin; a styca probably of AEthelred (840 - 848), Group A, moneyer uncertain. The spelling of Aethelred suggests Pirie's group A1 and could be from the first or second reign.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th March 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-C5F685
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval coin: A copper alloy contemporary copy of a silver shilling of Edward VI (1547-1553), second period (1549-1550); initial mark probably Y (1549-1551); minted in London. Year in the reverse inscription written in Roman numerals: MDXLIX (1549). See North, volume 2, page 101, number 1917. This is a copper alloy core which has been silver coated. Other examples on the database include PAS record IDs: LON-79DAB7, GLO-57DD11 and BH-8275B8. Thickness: 1.5mm; Diameter: 30.3mm; Weight: 3.8g
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-913833
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring, probably of medieval date, AD1200-1500. It has a circular hoop which is D shaped in section, and a prominent cone shaped bezel On the outer edge of the hoop, directly opposite the bezel, is a short, raised collar of metal. At the base of the bezel is a shoulder of metal of triangular section. The cone shaped bezel projects from the centre of this shoulder and tapers outwards to a pair of semicircular claw type fittings, which contain a setting, possibly of degraded amber. One of the claws and the setting are damaged and it is not possible to determine …
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-8FDA72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, Iron Age coin: a Celtic potin of the Cantii, probably of the lifelike or abstract bull type, dating from 100BC. It is 16mm in diameter and 4mm thick. It weighs 3.04gm. For reference, see Van Arsdell, 1989, Celtic Coinage of Britain, page 79.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-179557
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post-Medieval cast copper alloy button dating from about 1450-1600. The button has an integral undrilled shank. The front of the button is domed and the back of the dome is flat. It is solid, the decoration on the dome appearing to have been a cross and pellet design. It has a medium green patina, with a dark brown patina on the dome within the design. Please also see Bailey's (2004) Buttons and Fasteners, page 25, figure 7.13. A similar button is found on the PAS database at record ID: KENT-242E42. Length: 14.5mm; Width: 10.2mm; Weight: 2.85g
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-17FF13
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy jetton of Hanns Laufer I; Rose Orb type (1607-1632). Please compare to Mitchiner, volume one, page 476. The jetton is 0.95mm thick, 22.1mm in diameter and weighs 1.6g. A similar jetton may be seen on the database at PAS record ID: NARC-1FB295. Obverse: Orb surmounted by cross within a triple arched tressure. NIMANT KANT EWKERNDIN variety. Reverse: Three crowns alternating with three lis, around a central rose. HANS LAVFER IN NVRMBER.
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-2AD421
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hooked mount of Medieval date. The style of this piece can be compared with a common form of harness pendant suspension mount (cf. Griffiths in Clark ed. 1995: 69, nos. 73-75) considered to date from the 14th century. It may have served to suspend a sword from a belt, or had a more domestic function. The attachment takes the form of a vertical bar of triangular section. At the top of the plain middle portion is a pair of transverse ridges with a wide central groove. Above this is a sub-oval lobe with a circular rivet hole. Surmounting this lobe is a vertical p…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-6779C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Post-Medieval mount dating from about the 17th Century. The mount is sub triangular in plan and the front is slightly convex. It has a tapering projection at one end which is separated by the body by a collar consisting of two rounded projections; the opposite end has rounded corners and a sub square projection. There appears to be a floral design on the body of the mount, in an outline of a five-petalled flower with a central annulet. The back of the mount is flat, with the remains of the integral spikes appearing as tiny knops; one spike is more promi…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-683092
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Cast copper alloy tear drop shaped pendant of probably Medieval or Post Medieval date. It has a broken suspension loop at the apex, and the body is drop shaped in plan and oval in section. It is decorated with two grooved bands round the top near the loop, and similar bands near the base. Beyond the lower grooves are vertical grooves coving the pendant, giving the bulbous end the appearance of a cockle shell. The pendant appears to be solid. It is probably from an ear ring or other piece of jewellery or dress and can be compared to LON-B3B593. LIN-503337 is a small bell pendant whic…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-6C15B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin: a nummus of Constantine I (306-337 AD). Reece period 15 (296-317 AD); probably SOLI INVICTO COMTI, Sol standing with globe reverse type (310-319); minted in Trier. The coin has been off struck with an oval flan; some of the edges are worn, a fragment of edge is also missing. Thickness: 1.6mm; Diameter: 21.1mm; Weight: 2.06g
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-6C6515
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy coin: a nummus of the House of Constantine (307-361 AD). Reece period 17 (330-348 AD); CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Victory standing left on prow holding sceptre and shield reverse type (330-340 AD); possibly minted in Trier. The coin is worn around the edges with additional wear on the obverse side. Thickness: 1.5mm; Diameter: 16.1mm; Weight: 1.38g
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-7B5EA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Milled Post-Medieval counterfeit silvered copper alloy coin; a contemporary copy of a silver Spanish 'dollar' or eight reales of Charles IV of Spain, counterstruck with the bust of George III (1760-1820). Due to a shortage in coinage during the late 1790s, a number of coins from South America and Spain were counterstruck with the portrait of George III from 1797 until about 1820. According to Lasser et al. (1997, page 38) in The Coins of Colonial America, the oval counterstamp was used from 1797 until 1804. According to Walden, Timothy (2002), The Spanish Treasure Fleets, Pinea…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-7B83E7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval, cast copper alloy buckle with integral buckle plate, dating from 1250-1350AD. The buckle frame is oval and thicker on the outer edge, which has a pin groove in the centre. The plate tapers slightly from the inner edge of the frame to a blunt, squared-off end. Two copper alloy rivets remain in place in the centre of the plate and there is a depression close to the buckle frame that either held a third rivet, or was the hole where the pin was attached. These three holes are arranged in a straight line down the centre of the plate. The pin is missing. There are small tr…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-7BE727
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval, cast copper alloy, rectangular shoe or knee buckle, dating from 1690-1720AD. The buckle frame is curved and the longer edges are thicker in the centre, where they are drilled to take a separate, ferrous spindle. This spindle has broken away from the rest of the buckle. It carries a copper alloy, openwork anchor chape in the shape of a truncated triangle with convex inner sides. The outer edge of the chape carries a single, inward pointing, triangular spike. There is a single, triangular tongue on the opposite side of the spindle. The buckle is undecorated and display…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-7C1083
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval jetton dating from 1583 - 1601 AD, issued by Wolf Lauffer I, rose orb type, "WER GOT VERTRAVT HATWOL" reverse. See Mitchiner number 1675. The jetton is slightly bent and the edge is damaged in places, but it is clear and in otherwise good condition.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-7C4EA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy coin: a nummus of The House of Constantine. Reece period 17 (330-348 AD); GLORIA EXERCITVS, Two soldiers and two standards reverse type (330-335 AD); Trier mint. The edges of the coin are worn and nearly all of the reverse legend is missing. Thickness: 1.6mm; Diameter: 15.5mm; Weight: 1.62g
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-7C8873
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a post medieval, cast copper alloy jew's harp, dating from 1600-1750AD. The remaining portion consists of the rounded head and part of one arm; the rest has broken away in antiquity and is missing. It is 35.4mm long, 27mm wide and 7.5mm thick. It weighs11.62gm.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-7CAD22
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Palstave dating from the middle part of the Bronze Age (about 1700 BC - 1400 BC), the Arreton or Acton Park phase The palstave has an even green patina with pitting on the surface. The total (incomplete) length of the axehead is 132.6mm, with the blade (from the edge to the stop) comprising 78.56mm length and the septum/butt measuring 54mm in length. The flanges have a maximum breadth of 20.3mm. At its widest, the blade is 44.1mm in breadth from tip to tip. The blade is narrow and tapering and the axe is narrow and unlooped; The butt is broken. The axe has…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-7CBC57
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy coin: a nummus of the House of Constantine (307-361 AD). Reece period 17 (330-348 AD); GLORIA EXERCITVS, Two soldiers and one standard reverse type (335-341 AD); unknown mint. The coin is very worn and much of the obverse and reverse legends are illegible. Thickness: 1.7mm; Diameter: 15.8mm; Weight: 1.21g
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-7CD975
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch, a trumpet brooch dating from 75 - 175 AD. A loop in the centre of the back of the trumpet shaped head holds the spring of 6 turns (five surviving) but the pin and loop are missing and the breaks are not patinated. There is a double collar above and below the acanthus button which continues right round the bow. The lower bow is faceted. The foot and part of the catchplate are missing and the break is not patinated. The rest of the brooch is very corroded and worn, with a mid green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
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