Record ID: KENT-4761B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
827-845AD. Hammered silver broad penny of Aethelstan I, King of East Anglia. Length 20.1mm, Width 19.7mm, Thickness 1.3mm, Diameter 19.7mm, Weight 1.3g. Obverse: Non portrait type, cross pattee with a wedge in each angle within beaded inner circle. AED(TH)ELSTH REX Reverse: Cross pattee with a wedge in each angle within beaded inner circle AED(TH)EL.HELM MO ie Aethelhelm moneyer. BMC 446/2 or 447/3. Little wear, attractive silver colour on obverse but some green patchy verdigris on reverse with a small crack half way into the legend. Ref. Coins of England Spink 2003, page 104 No. 951 a…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-1C3A53
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy harness fitting with oval-looped terminal, probably a cheek piece. The object carries relief decoration on its front surface, and has an overall rust-red patina.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-30B1C7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy early medieval stirrup-strap mount. The mount is a well defined example of William's Class B, Type 3, Group 10, with a single animal head with ears pierced by apertures, apertures arranged in tiers to either side, flanked by two beasts.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-31A653
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment with attached iron rivet. The object has a rust-red patina with a white residue adhering to the reverse. Probably part of an 11th century bridle fitting (cheekpiece).
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Malling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-31BCA7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of a pottery vessel. Light grey sandy fabric. The edges of the sherd are worn.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Malling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-6F53C8
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fitting, comprising a circular ring with projecting stem from its outer edge. Possibly part of a harness strap junction.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-F9D7C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small cast copper alloy bow brooch, with sub-triangular headplate and footplate. The brooch is similar to examples of small equal-armed brooches, although this example is not symmetrical, the headplate being slightly shorter than the footplate. It is thus also very similar to examples of miniature radiate-headed brooches, and perhaps sits somewhere between the two types. The reverse has remains of the iron pin and spring surviving, possibly with traces of mineralised textile preserved in the corrosion products. Compare IOW-FE1124, and an example from a 6th-century grave at Frilford…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-3D4254
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy stirrup terminal, comprising a hollow-backed half-round tube encasing the iron remains of the stirrup.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Kent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-637BA7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Iron pin with plated (silver or tinned?) expanded head. Many of the iron pins from the middle Anglo-Saxon site of Flixborough had heads plated with lead/tin alloys, mostly from the later phases of the site (Evans and Loveluck 2009, 38). It is possible that this pin is of the same date.
Created on: Saturday 30th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-91C1D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bow brooch. The brooch comprises a bow without headplate, and a footplate. For most of its length (18.66mm) the bow has an ovoid cross-section, with flat sides and a ventral ridge. However, at the junction with the pin and spring, at its mid-point and at the junction with the foot the bow has thickened rectangular sections. With the exception of the section of bow at the junction with the foot, which is plain, these sections are decorated with three transverse v-shaped grooves which have probably been incised. There are what appear to be three faint file marks on…
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-61A706
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy openwork mount. Duplicated record of KENT-8E79C2
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-1DB053
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver coin: Denier of Louis the Pious (r. 814-840), issued 822-840. Unknown mint and moneyer.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-65BB93
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy object, probably an 11th century stirrup terminal with zoomorphic head.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-2953D1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sub-rectangular sheet, with a single rivet hole at one end; the other end is broken. Decorated on one side with four incised ring-and-dot motifs. Either a strap-end or a belt mount.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-C80036
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon silver hooked tag with round head-plate, complete hook and two rivet holes. Very slight scratching on front and back, but otherwise in good condition. There traces of corrosion and accretions on the back. Hooked tags are all-purpose fasteners, used to secure small bags or purses and also clothing. They occur in various forms from the late 8th century onwards. Length 13.5 mm (excluding curved-back end).
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C8BAA6
Object type: CRYSTAL BALL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rock crystal ball, badly damaged surface.
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-C30984
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT Silver hooked tag. Description of find Late Saxon, silver hooked tag with round headplate. There is a rectangular extension to the headplate which contains one rivet hole. The front of the object is decorated with tiny, irregular dots arranged in a circle along the of the headplate, the back is plain and the attachment hook is intact. Discussion Hooked tags are all-purpose fasteners, used to secure small bags or purses and also clothing. They occur in various forms from the late 8th century onwards, but those with triangular head plate seem to become popular…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Denton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C37138
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT A gold pendant, incorporating a Visigothic gold tremissis in the name of the Roman Emperor Anastasius I of Byzantium (r.491-518). Description of find The coin has been made into a pendant, showing the Victory reverse, probably in England in the 6th or early 7th century, when coin-jewellery of this type was fashionable. It shows two suspension points, which may have been made at the same time. It appears to have a gold suspension loop, but only a small piece now survives; this is plainer than is usual for the period, being a simple flat bar, soldered to one side…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-45A4E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy cruciform brooch, comprising the head-plate and part of the bow. The head-plate has an integral half-round knob projecting from its top edge and incomplete lateral wings. One of the wings is damaged, with deep lines gouged in its front surface. On the back of the head-plate is a single perforated lug to which the (now missing) iron pin and spring wold have been attached. The bow has a worn transverse break just below the junction with the headplate. The front surfaces of both the headplate and bow are decorated with rows of incised or punched lines and dots.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: KENT-45C336
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver early medieval coin: cut halfpenny of Cnut.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.