Record ID: CAM-983D12
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy halfpenny token dating to 1667. When the monarchy was restored under Charles II (1660-1685) halfpence were omitted from the new silver coinage. As a result, individuals in many towns and cities minted their own to facilitate trade.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-840DD0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nummus of Constantine I.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-6F41A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nummus of Constantinus I [RIC VII 154?]
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-6F0744
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nummus of Constantine, Constantinopolis issue
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-6EAC35
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin dating to the Roman or early medieval periods. The pin possesses an onion shaped head which extends to a circular section tapering stem. The stem is bent. The pin has a length of 40mm. The head has a diameter of 6mm, the stem 2mm.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-6E37D4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper alloy stirrup mount [Williams' Class A, Type 1] dating to the eleventh century AD. The mount is flat and lozengiform with a sub rectangular base. A right angled flange extends from the underside of the base. There are two complete rivet holes immediately above the flange. No decoration is visible on the body of the mount although this may be the result of corrosion. At the apex of the mount is a further rivet hole which has been punched slightly off centre. It is worn and damaged. The stirrup mount has a length of 47mm and a maximum width of 28mm. Similar examples ar…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-6CD964
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Radiate, probably of Tetricus I. The coin surfaces are heavily worn and corroded. It measures 16.5mm diameter by 1.5mm thick and weighs 2.06g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6BD414
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Ae 4 of Constantius II. The coin has heavily worn and corroded surfaces. It measures 13.9mm diameter by 1.7mm thick and weighs 2.09g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6BBDA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Ae 4 of Constantine I, Constantine II, Constans, or Constantius II. The coin has worn surfaces and measures 13.3mm diameter by 1.2mm thick. It weighs 1.12g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6AA2D2
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy casket key of late 12th to late 14th century AD date (G. Egan, 1998, p.111). The bow is sub-circular, whilst the stem is oval in section and hollow. The bit is damaged but appears to have been very simple in form. Only a single rectangular ward survives intact. The object measures 41.2mm long by 18.6mm wide and 4.7mm thick. It weighs 7.88g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6A5091
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy buckle frame of medieval date, now rather bent. The frame was originally oval, and measures 22.3mm wide by 15.3mm high and 0.9mm thick. At the bottom is a narrowed and slightly offset bar of squashed rectangular cross-section. The top and bottom sides bow outwards slightly and the outer edge is slightly thickened with a projecting lobe at either corner. At the centre of the outer edge is a pin rest with a separate copper-alloy roller. The object is corroded and the pin is missing. It weighs 1.91g. Similar buckle frames with projecting lobes to the outer edge can be se…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-18C6B0
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead personal seal matrix of mid to late 13th century date. The seal die is pointed-oval and flat, and has a projection at the top containing a horizontal attachment hole. The object is worn, bent and corroded. It measures 44.1mm high by 25.5mm wide and 5.6mm thick. The central image sits within an indented border and, when printed, depicts a man standing on the left hand end of a boat, facing right and steering the boat with a long rudder pole. A second figure, possibly a child, sits at the centre of the boat. The legend runs around the outside and reads: SIG.........N.S.BARVN (one…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1832B6
Object type: BUST
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman bust. The bust depicts a human head and shoulders and is D shaped in section. The shoulders are a simple semi-circular shape with a horizontal groove to suggest clothing. The shoulders extends to an oval head with prominent hairstyle. This comprises two semi circular extensions on either side of the head. The fringe is also accentuated with a series of vertical notches. The eyes, ears and mouth are depicted as grooves, whereas as the nose is moulded decoration. The underside of the mount is plain and flat with a central circular perforation. The mount measure…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1528E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy square headed brooch dating to the sixth century AD. The fragment comprises part of the foot plate and one side lobe. The foot plate is flat, with a prominent central rib terminating in a face mask, beyond which the brooch is broken. Flanking the rib are two triangular cells created from reserve metal. The cells are surrounded by bands of vertical and horizontal moulded decoration. The surviving lobe possesses a circular cell created from reserve metal. To one side of the cell is a circular panel of moulded decoration. On the underside there is a central ve…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-001926
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an elaborate dragonesque brooch dating to the early or mid Roman period. The fragment comprises the body and foot of the brooch. The body is D shaped and hollow in section. The upper surface of the body is divided into three with panels of cells which would originally have contained enamel. The inner most panel is rectangular and contains three diamond shaped cells and eight small triangular cells. This panel is flanked by cells containing trumpet motifs. The body extends to a foot which is damaged. The foot is stamped with a ring and dot motif. It also possesses a small …
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meldreth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FFEA02
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy and enamel heraldic mount dating to the medieval period. The mount is flat and shield shaped. The upper surface is decorated with a heraldic motif in enamel. The motif comprises a marginal border of blue enamel enclosing a background of red enamel on which there is a blue rampant lion facing right. The underside of the mount is plain. There is no indication of how the mount was attached to any other object. The mount has a length of 33mm, a maximum width of 23mm and a thickness of 3mm.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9BADE1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman coin. The surfaces are extremely worn and corroded, but the size and thickness of the flan indicate that this is probably a first or second century AD As. The little remaining detail on the obverse suggests an early ruler of the "adoptive emperor series" (possibly Nerva, Trajan, or Hadrian). The coin measures 26.4mm diameter by 2.6mm thick and weighs 10.53g.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9B8AD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pierced copper-alloy Roman coin. The surfaces are heavily worn and corroded making exact identification impossible. It is possibly a second century As or third century Radiate. It measures 21.9mm diameter by 1.7mm thick and weighs 4.09g.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9B0494
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pierced copper-alloy sestertius, possibly of the Antonine Period. c. AD 138-192. This record by Sam Moorhead replaces the description below: The coin surfaces are heavily worn and corroded, but the size of the flan and the remaining detail on the obverse suggest that it is possibly a Sestertius of Nero. The coin measures 28.8mm diameter by 3.2mm thick and weighs 16.49g.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-99D104
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy As of Vespasian (AD 69-79), PROVIDENT, Altar, probably mint of Lugdunum, AD 71 or 77-8. The surfaces are heavily worn and corroded and a hole has been pierced near to the edge in order to convert the coin into a pendant. It measures 26mm diameter by 2.6mm thick and weighs 8.2g.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.