Record ID: NARC-965401
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy hinged nutcracker dating to the late post-medieval period. One of the arms is missing following old damage; the other arm has been bent back on itself. The clamp measures 24mm in length. Its interior is not visible from the record provided (see notes, below), but would have presumably have featured indentations to grip the nut. Similarly, any decoration on the outer faces of the clamp is indiscernible. The extant handle is circular in section and features two groups of two transverse mouldings enclosing a moulding with closely-set longitudinal lines. T…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-95AC22
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete elaborate cast copper-alloy buckle frame dating to the late post-medieval period, probably the 18th century. Sub-rectangular double-loop in form with moulded lion's head and mane motif at either end forming a trapezoidal frame. Asymmetrical, as the lions' heads both face in the same direction. Gently convex in profile. Semi-circular facets waving along outer edge of frame. The pin is missing on this example. In the literature there is a document of one such buckle in Murawski (2003, 579; ref. P12-0104). There are also a number of parallels which have been recorded on t…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-8243C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn fragment from a medieval silver penny of uncertain monarch
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-7202F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn medieval silver penny probably of Edward II minted in Canterbury
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-706B96
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to 1561. This coin is in good condition. North 1997
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-6EED94
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and broken cast copper-alloy artefact of uniface decoration and formerly square shape - probably a coin weight. Following old damage the weight is now sub-rectangular in shape. The design borne by the upper face is difficult to discern but appears to feature a shield flanked by a serpent and surmounted by an unidentifiable object. The design sits within a rectangular border. The weight probably dates to the post-medieval period, although the coin with which it was associated is unidentified.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-6E7136
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The forked spacer plate from an incomplete medieval cast copper-alloy composite buckle. It features a plain D-shaped frame with a pointed moulded lip rather than a pin notch. In section the frame is the shape of a right angled triangle with rounded corners; the reverse is flat. There is a notch in the frame which holds the extant pin. The pin is cast and is of triangular, flanged shape. The forker spacer continues for 27.2mm. Each prong has been bent out of alignment; one has been broken after 24mm. This latter has been bent upwards and round. The plates have been lost. Such buckles d…
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-6E3B03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy annular artefact of medieval date, probably a brooch, possibly a buckle. The brooch is plain with a constriction which holds the extant pin. The frame is semi-circular in section and flat on the reverse. The pin is of simple loop construction and survives well.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-6D5406
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded cast copper-alloy mount dating to the post-medieval period, with gold-coloured patina remaining in places. This mount takes the elaborate form of a scallop shell with lower trefoil protrusion and upper moulded protrusion. The scallop is divided into seven section through grooving - three either side of a larger central section. The trefoil protrudes from below the central section. On its upper side the central section joins a oval moulding above which is a further trio of oval mouldings whose sizes decrease sizes towards the terminal. The reverse is concave and hollow, a…
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-6CDD91
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver penny of the Commonwealth (mid 17th century) - North 2729
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-6BD8F8
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy hooked tag dating to the post-medieval period. The artefact has survived well and all of its attributes are intact: curved hook, circular body, rectangular attachment loop. The circular tag has a beaded border and two raised perpendicular lines dividing it into quarters. Elsewhere this has been described as a cross where each arm terminates in a trefoil. The field within each quarter is perforated with four circles: one towards the small central 'boss', three around the circumference - a total of sixteen perforations for the object. In certain areas the …
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-5C6F04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn mid 4th century Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, possibly of Constans
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-5B3AD2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast lead vessel which has been crushed out of its original form. It is of open form and semicircular section, intended to lean against (or be attached to) a vertical surface. The vessel flares out as its sides ascend; the flaring is more pronounced above a pair of longitudinal lines around two-thirds up the vessel's side. The lines are moulded in low relief. At the base the vessel is 41.9mm in length, expanding to 76.9mm at the top. The majority of the surface of the vessel is covered with off-white corrosion product. As stated, the vessel has buckled at the back and it has al…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Record ID: NARC-474772
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn 3rd-century Roman copper-alloy radiate of uncertain emperor
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-459530
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Roman copper-alloy nummus of Magnentius, minted in Trier and dating to 352 AD
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-444096
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An iron socketed spearhead of broadly medieval date. Though corroded, the artefact survives relatively well and the angular blade shape can be clearly discerned. The blade turns in after 115-120mm at an angle of approximately 140 degrees. Beyond the blade tapers to a width of 14.3mm at its junction with the socket. The blade is flat with a shallow lozengiform section. The socket expands to a hollow circular section of diameter 24.3mm over a length of 100mm. The socket is broken at its terminal across 13.6mm. If this socket was once split, a trait indicative of an Anglo- Saxon date, th…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2011
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Record ID: NARC-419172
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman radiate of the late 3rd century. The coin is worn.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-414FD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman nummus of the 4th century, House of Constantine Urbs Roma issue. The coin is in reasonable condition.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-02EC07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A base silver Roman radiate of Hostilian as Caesar, c.AD 251 (Reece Period 12). PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS reverse type depicting Hostilian standing left holding standard and spear. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 3, no. 181d; Cunetio no. 339.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 4th March 2021
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Record ID: NARC-F1E144
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin, either a 3rd century radiate or a 4th century nummus. The coin is very worn and illegible. Its tiny diameter suggests that it is a contemporary copy.
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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