Record ID: LEIC-A0E0B2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy ring, 18mm long, 16mm wide and 2mm thick. The bezel is set with a green intaglio with a left facing female bust. The ring has broken off at its shoulders.
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-011083
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axe 39mm long and 37mm wide. Sedimentary rock.
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-069F75
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age copper alloy spear fragment, 42mm long, 15mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is sub traingular in form and lozenge shaped in section. The object is badly damaged and has semi-circular in section. It tapers in width towards the narrower tip. The object is probably part of a spear head.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-15DC10
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age ? copper alloy Spear head, 39mm long and 11mm wide. The object is in good condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 4.76 grams. The arrow has a tapering shaft which begins 6mm in diameter and continues up to its tip where its about 3mm in diameter. It has a ridge running down the centre on both sides. The 'blades' are curved giving it an almond shape, and has a chamferred point 2mm wide. The object is still sharp along these edges.
Created on: Friday 9th September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-3B3EF2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age copper alloy spearhead/arrowhead tip, 50mm long and 13mm wide. The object is in a fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 8.91 grams. It has a lozenge shaped section comprising of a tapering circular shaft with flared blade.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-D24CC3
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age Copper Alloy spearhead, 55mm long, 25mm wide and 11mm thick. The objet represents the upper part of a spear head and has a hollow circular core 11mm in diameter. The circular shape continues to the tip which is 5mm in diameter. The object has protruding edges which narrow to a point, giving them a triangular section, which form the blades. The metal is quite corroded and is missing a lot of its surface, the object has snapped off near the tip and the circular void contains traces of a black material.
Created on: Friday 1st April 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-ED54C1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age copper alloy axe fragment, possibly a flanged axe, 37mm long, 27mm wide and 11mm thick. The object is in good condition with a dark green/brown patina and weighs 51.99 grams. It tapers slightly in thickness and each side has slight traces of the start of a lipped edge. The original surface is very fine and in good condition and the breaks appear to be old.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-4782D7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age copper alloy axe butt, 27mm long, 24mm wide and 12mm thick. Only the tip survives. In section this is triangular.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2005
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-2EBC45
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe, 89mm long and 42mm wide. The axe is in fair condition with a brown/green patina and weighs 95grams. The axe has a narrow and long body which begins 17mm wide and 3mm thick. It tapers gradually and reaches its thickest just under half way along its length where it is 10mm thick and 21mm wide. From this point the axe widens slightly and becomes gradually thinner until it fans out to a blade 42mm wide and 1.5mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-21DF93
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age copper alloy axe fragment, 57mm long, 20mm wide and 10mm thick. The fragment is in the form of a tapering rectangle. The fragment has traces of lipped edges at either side.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'THURLASTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-A0A2C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy brooch of Colchester-derivative (double lug) type. A line runs either side of the central ridge. Banded decoration is present on the shoulder of the brooch. The foot is also missing. The brooch is 34mm long, 9mm wide and 5mm thick, with an open pin coil (now missing).
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-1E4CF4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ring, slightly dented, decorated with triple row chequerboard pattern of which traces of black and white enamel remain. The inscription inside, in capital letters, reads:  x HOPE IS x MI x HELPE. Mid 16th to mid-17th century. Max diam: 17mm, max width of band 3mm.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-0323E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver york penny, possibly of Edward.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-4EB450
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy small-long brooch, 57mm long and 25mm wide. The brooch is in fair condition, although missing some edges, and has a green/brown patina. The head of the brooch consists of a raised rectangular plate which appears to have a plain raised border 1mm wide, although this is unclear. There are three flat knobs projecting from the headplate. The uppermost knob is nearly complete, and has a line of triangular stamp impressions separating it from the head plate. The lateral knobs are less complete; more survives of the right side, and like the upper knob it i…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-1D4B84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age silver north eastern boar/horse uniface unit.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2005
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-C16BD6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, 40mm long and 25mm wide.The inscription on the circular body of the matrix is unclear, but can perhaps be read LES[S]T . . . GHE. . .
Created on: Monday 5th September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-EFF3A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch pin, 43mm long, 5mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in a good condition with a green patina and weighs 4.75 grams. The object consists of a square sectioned shaft which has a hook shaped into its end, which would have held it onto the brooch. Under the hook the object has a collar of three small rectangular protrusions. The shaft tapers gently and appears to have snapped at an extreme angle, leaving a sharp point.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-EA2B76
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver, penny, Aethelred II (978-1016), helmet type (N775), c.1003-1009, Mint: London?, Moneyer: Eadmund, North 1994, 159, pl.13.
Created on: Monday 19th September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-A08843
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch. It is incomplete as the foot and pin are missing. The brooch is decorated with a raised ridge running down the centre of the bow, this is decorated with a band of short horizontal lines. The shoulders are decorated with similar bands with horizontal decoration. The brooch is 33mm long, 5mm wide and 6mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-05BAF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
late Roman or early Anglo Saxon copper alloy penannular brooch, 80mm wide and 4mm thick. The terminals each consist of two small circles joining on to one larger circle. The arm of the brooch has a design of closely incised bands running down both top ends, and two double lines are seen in the middle section. These designs are only visible on one side of the brooch. The head of the pin has a central raised ridge and raised edges. The arm of the brooch forms a semi-circle.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
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