Record ID: NLM-7BF55D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green patinated copper alloy brooch. Cast ansate brooch, Weetch type 13. Ansate brooch, of local production, with rectangular terminals and trapezoid mid bow, both longitudinally fluted. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-1000. Length: 44.4mm, Width: 11.3mm, Thickness: (?): 13.8mm, Weight: 7.83gms
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-F25943
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval early silver penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series G (type 3a) dating to c.AD715-25/30, mint: Quentovic, France (probably). Ref: Gannon 2013: p. 112-3. The coin is worn and badly chipped.  Diameter: 11.61 mm; Thickness: 1.79 mm; Weight: 0.88g
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-BDB0B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, 'mint and moneyer' or 'National Series' broadly dating c.AD580-670 although this coin may date c.620-640, mint unknown but probably Austrasia/Frisia (roughly encompassing parts of NE France, N Germany and the Low Countries), cf. Belfort nos 3016, 3029-32, MEC1, nos 510-11. Refs: Belfort 1892: 380, 383; Grierson and Blackburn 1986: 125, pl. 24. The coin was struck on a small flan with the inscription only partially visible owing to the die being larger than the flan. Diameter: 11.14 mm; Thickness: 1.37 mm; Weight: 1.22g …
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-3A74DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval gold Merovingian tremissis of the 'National' Coinage (c.AD 580-670), uncertain mint and moneyer, pierced for suspension. Obverse description: Right-facing bare-headed bust with large annulet eye and pointed chin. Neck and drapery Obverse inscription: VN[...]VS Reverse description: Cross with forked base within a beaded circle Reverse inscription: V Dimensions: Diameter: 10.63 mm; Thickness: 1.45 mm; Weight: 1.26g Discussion: There are currently c.75 Merovingian gold tremissis recorded on the PAS database, only 5 are pierced. which are classified…
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harlaxton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-826868
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch, as kindly identified by the finder. A small cast equal-armed or ansate brooch of near-symmetrical design. A central rhomboid with slightly concave sides is flanked by opposed discs separated from the mid-part by double moulded collars. Flat trapezoid lugs project from behind the inner side of each disc, presumably the seat of a hinged pin and its corresponding catch plate. The ansate form is a Frankish style. One side of the central rhomboid is perhaps truncated. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-800. Length: 32.4mm, Width: 11.9mm, Thickness (clear of pin ge…
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-21CE21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable brooch fragment. Cast mid bow from a brooch of unusual or atypical form, possibly a variant of the Frankish equal-armed form. The concavo-convex keeled mid bow has the stub of a lug behind and at either end, one presumably being a pin seat and the other a catch plate. At the more complete end, the brooch continues with a sharp right-angled kink with a narrow straight-sided and round-ended continuation following the alignment of the mid bow. The other end is lost, though a similar projection might be inferred if a symmetrical form is posited. Suggested date: Early…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Keelby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B16336
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver Merovingian (Frankish) denier, dating from c.675-750 (Belfort 5726-30). Ref: Belfort 1892: 207-8. The reverse of the coin matches those shown in Belfort nos. 5726-30 but the obverse is slightly harder to place, in part owing to its condition. Most akin to Belfort 5726 although this has no cross in front of the face. Many other deniers exhibit crosses in front of the bust. The place in the sequence of deniers is difficult to assess but given that this coin is a little corroded it indicates that the silver content is not high, suggesting the coin should be…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-814DFE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron brooch fragment. Copper alloy head of a simple tiny radiate headed brooch, comprising a semi-circular plate with three equidistant collared knops projecting from its ends and centre. A moulded relief motif on the plate resembles a pair of oval eyes with a brow-line above them, within a pronounced border. The top of a lightly keeled bow remains below the head plate; its lower extent is lost. On the back a U-shaped lug retains the corroded stub of an iron pin or spring, and extensive gilding traces are also preserved here. The form is of Frankish origin, an affinit…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-399C73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gilded silver knob from a radiate-headed brooch, in the shape of an animal's head, perhaps a boar. The underside is flat and hollowed, with no gilding. A flat surface at right angles to the reverse forms the back of the head, and bears a low lug at the top, 4.1mm wide by 1.5mm deep. At the base of this, a thicker (5.7mm by 3.3mm) and more ragged stub may be the remains of an iron post passing through the flat end; there is much iron staining in this area. The animal's head begins with a low ridged collar which is topped by a longitudinal groove. Beyond is a wide groo…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NCL-B0C444
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy zoomorphic and anthropomorphic Frankish scabbard chape of c. 5th-6th century date. Only the front plate of the chape remains (see HAMP-4CBF82 for a complete and closely similar example). It consists of a trefoilate plate that can be separated into an anthropomorphic terminal flanked by zoomorphic 'wings' emerging from the base/body of the plate. The anthropomorphic terminal consists of a simple human head with moulded decoration in low relief, depicting eyes directly below a possible conical helmet with nose-guard. The two wings curve upward from the base/bod…
Created on: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st July 2014
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Record ID: NLM-68EFF4
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Rivet. Shoe shaped rivet; a form particularly associated with early medieval burials of Frankish affinity, wherein groups of three such rivets would fasten a buckle to a strap. The stub of the rivet remains on the back of a flat plate with pointed 'toe', marked 'instep' and a rounded 'heel'. The greyish colour of the polished display surface suggests an alloy with a significant admixture of tin. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600. Length: 21.6mm, Width: 10.9mm, Thickness: 3.0mm, Weight: 2.94gms.
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middle Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-EDD8D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of flat decorated gilded silver. It appears to have been irregularly cut, most probably from a lozenge-shaped brooch. The surviving edge has two circular lobes projecting side by side from the corner of the lozenge, each decorated with a central raised dot and a pair of concentric ridges. Of the two remaining edges, one is ragged and the other is cleanly cut. The interior of the plate is decorated with a linear border made up of a narrow outer and a wide inner ridge with traces of punched circles on it, forming the angle of the lozenge. Within this is worn re…
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-6D3516
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Almost complete cast silver/copper-alloy radiate-headed brooch of early-medieval date. It has a semi-circular headplate with raised outer border, and within this two raised lines following the outline; in the centre there is a semi-circular zone of vertical lines. The brooch probably originally had five baluster-shaped projections with moulded terminals but only two incomplete ones remain, with the rest of the perimeter of the headplate being damaged. The rectangular bow is wide with a shallow arch just below the radiate head and expands towards the bottom. The front is moulded with a…
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Asgarby Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM961
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a Merovingian ansate brooch, the real thing. Ring-dot decoration. 2 rearward facing lugs.
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 1998
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH KESTEVEN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM745
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Frankish-merovingian ansate brooch, no pin, high angled bow, end in diamonds with knobs, 4 half-round cells with scratched floors, probably to key for enamel? Although Weetch (2013) puts this brooch into Type VII.A ('rhomic terminals with corner projections') it is also very close to examples of Type VIII.B (with cross-shaped terminals). Both types are dated to the 8th or 9th centuries.
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 1998
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLN', grid reference and parish protected.