Record ID: PUBLIC-81D0D8
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) sleeve clasp catch-element. It is sub-rectangular in shape and slightly curved in profile. The plate and bar are cast in one piece with the sub rectangular catch-element, within which is a long oval slot, projecting from the centre of a straight front edge. The rectangular plate has a straight outer edge and an integrally cast, narrow, longitudinally positioned bar projecting from the inner edge of the outer face. The outer face of this bar is decorated with two groups of two transverse grooves, creating …
Created on: Saturday 30th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-07865A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Harthacnut (1035-1042 AD), 'arm and sceptre' type (North 811; Spink 1169) dating to the period c.AD1040-42, moneyer: Godric, mint: Stamford. Refs: North 1994: p.171; Spink 2016: p. 138.  Measurements: Diameter: 18.3mm; weight: 1.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-CD8225
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval silver penny of Æthelstan I of East Anglia (c.825-c.845), without bust, moneyer: Torhthelm (Naismith E40.1var; North 440), mint: East Anglia (Ipswich?) dating to the period c.AD830-837/8.  The coin appears to have been struck from the same dies as EMC 2018.0046. The coin (and EMC-recorded example) differ from Naismith E40.1 in the addition of three pellets either side of the central letter A on the obverse, a feature seen on E38.1e and E38.1f; single pellets are seen on E40.1j and k. This is only the second example of …
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: CAM-BE6165
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver early penny (or sceat) of Secondary Phase Series R8 (Naismith RSb) dating to c.AD710-50, mint: East Anglia (Ipswich?). Ref: Naismith 2017: p.103, table 4, figure 5. Obverse: Radiate bust right with long eyebrow, lips formed of two lines, no neck; runic legend before, inverted 'V' with two annulets behind.  Reverse: Degenerate beaded TOTII standard with various symbols, diagonals to corners, crosses to sides.  Probably 12 o'clock die axis. Weight is 1.01g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: CAM-BDEC3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver early penny (or sceat) of the Secondary Phase triquetras group (Naismith Series TRa, triquetras/bird-in-vine) dating to c. AD720-30. Ref: Naismith 2017: p.101, table 4, figure 5; cf. EMC2015.0225  Obverse: interlaced triquetras forming a cross with lozenge centre enclosing a pellet; pellet in each angle. Reverse Long necked bird, facing right in vine pecking at berries. (cf. Series U type 23b/d). Die axis is uncertain. Weight is 0.91g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-12CCF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An complete and possibly defaced early medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96), Substantive Light Coinage, 'Profile/Cross of lobes' type (North 296; Chick 24) dating to c.AD784/5-92/3, moneyer: Dud(da), mint: London. Refs: North 1994: p.87; Chick 2010: pl. 4; Naismith 2017: p.134, table 9.  The coin is slightly bent and the obverse field shows numerous straight scratches across the portrait focusing on the area of the face. These appear to be deliberate suggesting that the coin has been defaced. Obverse OFFA REX. Bust Cc  draped with diadem, one &…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: LIN-C6A868
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2023 T1223 A single silver plated Anglo-Saxon buckle pin dating from the 6th-7th centuries AD Only the pin has survived. It is of the 'shield-on-tongue' type with an integral plate over the pin, with a rounded end then a waist formed by two rounded cut-outs (opposite each other), then a rectangular lobe with a nick in each short projecting edge. The pin shaft is triangular in cross-section with a central medial ridge, gently sloping sides and flat reverse. The shaft is curved, tapering gently towards a broken terminal and would have…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 28th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spridlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-848671
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A damaged and incomplete early medieval penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (AD 796-821), portrait type (North 367; Naismith 12.1), moneyer: Wihtræd, mint: East Anglia (Ipswich?). Ref: North 1994: p.95; Naismith 2011: pl. 29, esp. E12.1c). The coin is incomplete, damage to the flan removing part of the outer circle resulting in a partial reading of the inscription. Obverse: COEN[...]REX M. Reverse: cross pattee with wedge in each angle, legend: [...]TDH+E[...].  Also recorded under EMC number : 2023.0355.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-4977FC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper-alloy Northumbrian penny (styca), blundered or irregular, possibly naming Eanred (808-840). Obverse description: centre blank; initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +EREðD Reverse description: central cross pattee in annulet; initial cross pattee. Reverse inscription: [ ]OVCD[  ] (uncertain reading) Diameter: 13.8mm, Weight: 1.15gms
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48B19E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Primary Phase Series C1 (Naismith Series Ca) dating c.AD690-700, mint: SE England. Ref: Naismith 2017: table 4; Metcalf 1993: 106-9.  Obverse description: bust diademed right, runic Tæpa in front. Reverse description: rectangular standard enclosing ToTII, cross potent above standard, unbarred A and T/cross to side. Diameter: 11.1mm, Weight: 1.06gms
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-483997
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A contemporary plated copper-alloy imitation of a early-medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series J (type 85; Naismith Series Jb) dating to cAD 710-25, mint: Humber region (probably Northumbria). Refs: Naismith 2017: table 4, p.105; Gannon 2013: pl 21 nos 474-77, p115-7. The coin shows green copper corrosion products on parts of its surface, and in places the silver wash is damaged showing a copper-alloy core beneath. Such contemporary imitations are not uncommon for this type. Obverse description: diademed head right, prominent eye, nose, ear and l…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4714F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series J (type 85; Naismith Series Jb) dating to cAD 710-25, mint: Humber region (probably Northumbria). Refs: Naismith 2017: table 4, p.105; Gannon 2013: pl 21 nos 474-77, p115-7. Obverse description: diademed head right, prominent eye, nose, ear and lips, double pellet border. Reverse description: bird in outline above long-shafted cross pommee with an annulet to either side Diameter: 11.8mm, Weight: 1.00gms
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E1090A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series E (imitation of Variety A; Metcalf and Op den Velde sub-variety d) dating to c.AD720-40, struck in the Netherlands. Ref: Metcalf and Op den Velde 2009-10: esp. p.46-7.  Obverse description: porcupine with long curl, eleven pellet ended quills to its left, four pellet-ended bars enclosed to right, all with the pellet closest to the predominant curl. Reverse description: standard with degenerate TOT legend comprising a central pellet in annulet, probably four Ts set round it within a beaded border, and a saltir…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BA0D2D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of gold sheet, probably of the Anglo-Saxon period. The bend is almost at right angles. To one side of the angle, one face is decorated; a triplet of straight grooved lines, the central one minimally wider, starts close to a finished straight edge and runs to a break. The lines are flanked on either side by a scatter of punched annulets (about 1mm in diameter), part-annulets and large dots. On the other side of the angle, the sheet is undecorated, although it has bends which may have formed a loose corrugation. It has a short length of original edge which mee…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-1FB208
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver Carolingian denier of Charles the Bald (AD 840-77) or later, monogram/METVLLO type dating from the AD 860s-c.925, mint: Melle, France. Weight 0.9g, Diam 20.1 x 11.0mm. Ref: Coupland 2015: 70, 75. The coin is well-struck and clear although only approximately half of the coin survives, the break jagged irregular with the centre and part of the rim is missing. The surface is a dull silver colour.   Obverse: cross pattee within solid inner circle.  Legend: [CAR(O)L]VS REX F[R] Reverse: monogram within solid inner circle. L…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-555A5D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-796), 'substantive light coinage' dating c. 784/5-92/3, moneyer: Ibba, mint: London, floriate cross with lozenge centre reverse containing cross and pellets, with moneyer's name in angles (North 301, Chick 54-6). Ref: North 1994: 87-8; Chick 2010: plate 8-9, nos 54a-56d (the location of the bust relative to the reverse cross and inscription may suggest the coin belongs to Chick 54 but this remains uncertain); Naismith 2017: p.134, table 9; cf. Naismith 2016: plate 4, no: 81.  Measuremen…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-5E53C9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver early medieval sceat. Ruler: anon. (early penny) Type: Series T (Type 9) Mint: uncertain Mint as on coin: Moneyer: uncertain. Dated c.AD 715-720. EMC NUMBER:2023.0237 Obverse: Diademed bust right with wreath ties behind, small cross in front of face Obverse inscription (probable): LELNV Reverse: 'Porcupine' left, the curved 'body' enclosing four lines Diameter: 12.09 mm, Weight: 0.79g This is the first example of its type from Lincolnshire recorded by the PAS.
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Barkston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1B781F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series X (type 31) dating to c.AD720-60, mint: probably Ribe (Denmark). Ref: Gannon 2013: p. 113-4, nos 446-53. The coin is slightly chipped in places with some evidence of corrosion products on the surface. Diameter: 11.0 mm Weight: 0.75 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Friday 1st September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West and Middle Chinnock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-09EC59
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete long silver ingot of slightly irregular shape, but with a clear rounded top and slightly flattened underside. It has one neatly rounded end, 11mm wide and 5.8mm thick. One long edge runs roughly at right angles to this end, and the other long edge flares slightly. The maximum width of 13.5mm is close to the other end, and here there is a rounded angle, with the ingot tapering steeply to meet the other long edge in a rounded point. The ingot is sub-triangular or drop-shaped in cross-section, with the long straight edge being thicker and the top then …
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-F61BD0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
 An incomplete middle Anglo-Saxon silver pin dating from AD 700 - 900. The head is globular (often called "balloon shaped"), but formed of eight gently curved vertical panels, thus making it octagonal in cross-section. The head is 8.45mm in diameter and has a small collar at the base, from which the circular-sectioned shaft emerges. The shaft is bent and broken 28mm from the base of the collar. Dimensions: Diameter of head 8.45mm. Length 38.3mm. Weight 4.1g. Discussion and Date: This pin form is well known from middle Anglo-Saxon contexts, but is far more com…
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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