Record ID: DENO-BC9C44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman dolphin brooch fragment with spring mechanism. There is a backward pointing hook to hold the chord – there is a shallow, wide groove across this, then the hook extends a short way down the bow, as a slightly raised central rib. The wings are undecorated except for a single faint groove at the end of each. There is a raised collar on either side of the bow. The bow is undecorated except for the short raised rib mentioned earlier. The bow is broken off before the catchplate. Unusually there are two apparently deliberately cut grooves on the back of the right wing (as looked at f…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-508EA7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
medieval copper alloy buckle plate, 25mm long, 15mm wide and 1.5mm thick. The buckle weighs 3.18grams and has a reddish patina. The object is encrusted with a brownish green corrosion product and is slightly bent. It is rectangular in shape and has a circular fixing hole in the two corners of its short edge. The surface is decorated with at least two sets of incised parallel lines, 2mm apart, which are arranged at 90o angles to each other and 45o from the edge. The other short edge has the remains of two loops arranged each side of a semi-circular cut out. The reverse appears to be pla…
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-531C32
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver three farthings of Elizabeth I, 14mm in diameter, 0.25mm thick with a weight of 0.46 grams. The coin is worn and probably clipped with a dark silver patina.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-53C727
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post medieval copper alloy rectangular buckle, 41mm long, 22mm wide and 2mm wide. The buckle weighs 5.31 grams and has a dark brown patina. The buckle is symmetrical and has an integral pin bar, with slight rounded protrusions at its terminal. Each end of the buckle has prominant triangular protrusions, 7mm deep. There is no surface decoration and it has a slight bevelling on its upper surface. It matches 512 in Whitehead's Buckles and dates to 1570-1700.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-541FD2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post medieval copper alloy spoon bowl, 51mm long and 42mm wide. The bowl is 'pear' shaped with a 10mm deep bowl and has a dark brown patina. The handle is not present but a break 8mm wide and 3mm deep can be seen.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-65F687
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 29mm in diameter, 12mm thick and with a weight of 59.8grams. The whorl is circular on from and bi-conical in cross section. It is undecorated and roughly cast with a cream patina. It has a pronounced ridge,6mm wide, around its centre and from that it slopes sharply to the central hole, 8mm in diameter. The whorl fits Walton Rogers Form C which she dates to 1100-1500AD
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2005
Last updated: Friday 31st May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-68FCD1
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman? copper alloy Bracelet? 95mm long, 11mm wide and 1mm thick. The object weighs 7 grams and has a bright green patina with traces of gilding. The object is heavily corroded, has chipped edges and has been bent. In places original surface survives which shows a series of scratches, probably signs of wear. The object may have had several uses, including decorative binding, but as it has gilding present on both sides a bracelet seems most probable.
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-B84AC4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Iron age copper alloy strap fitting, 74mm long, 47mm wide and 3.5mm thick. The object is incomplete and has a brown patina. It consists of two pieces of curved metal, which when complete probably formed circles. The metal has D shaped section and is 8mm wide and 3.5mm thick. Where these two pieces join together there is a 'coffee bean' shaped motif, a domed oval with a straight line cut along the centre of its length, 10mm long. Where the two pieces curve to form circles the object has been 'braced' by a bar, 35mm long and 4mm thick, which has a hollow centre, to allow straps…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-BD1932
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver voided shortcross penny of John, 17mm in diameter and 1m thick. (weight unavailable) The coin is in good condition with a silver patina, though struck slightly off centre.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-E21F76
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy farthing token of Charles II, dated 1668. The obverse shows the Kings Lyn Coat of Arms, and the reverse bears the legend KINGS LYN FARTHING 1668. The token is 21mm in diameter, 1mm thick with a weight of 2.42grams. The object is worn and has a brown patina with patches of green corrosion.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-E267F1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I, 12mm in diameter, 0.75mm thick with a weight of 0.54grams. The coin is worn and has a green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-FB5956
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper alloy Dupondius of Antoninus Pius, 24-26mm in diameter, 2-3mm thick with a weight of 5.47 grams. The coin is in good condition with a pale green patina. Struck slightly off centre.
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-FBE8D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver denarii of Caracalla (as Caesar), 18mm in diameter, 2mm thick with a weight of 2.18grams. The coin is in fair condition but is worn and has a dull silver patina.
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-FC4348
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Sestertius of Marcus Aurelius, 31mm in diameter, 3mm thick with a weight of 17.9grams. The coin has a good obverse but a worn reverse and has a brown patina.
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-FCBF90
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver denarii of Septimius Severus, 17mm in diameter, 2mm thick with a weight of 1.85grams. The coin is in fair condition with a good silver patina but is missing a portion of its edge.
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-645A96
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Nummus, 18mm in diameter, 2mm thick with a weight of 1.61grams. The coin is in fair condition, but has lost half of one surface and has a red/brown patina.
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-65A6B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman plated copy of a denarius, 15mm in diameter, 1mm thick with a weight of 1.24grams. The coin is in poor condition, having lost some of its surface and edges. It has a green/brown patina and traces of a silver coated surface.
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-66D8D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy clipped nummus? 8mm in diameter, 1mm thick with a weight of 0.35grams. The coin is in fair condition, being worn and clipped, and has a brown/red patina.
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-670687
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver denarii, 18mm in diameter, 2mm thick with a weight of 2.23grams. The coin is in good condition with a good silver patina.
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-672066
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus, 16mm in diameter, 2mm thick with a weight of 1.64grams. The coin is in fair condition with a good brown patina.
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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