Record ID: DOR-B8D124
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Medieval mount, probably intended as a box- mount. It is made from a thin sheet of metal and has a cut-out design. Along one edge are two small apertures against a cross-hatched background. These were probably used to attach the mount to the object which it decorated. The register below this consists of three cut-out rectangles, each surmounted by a small hole. Beneath the rectangles is another area of cross-hatched ornament, and the remains of a trefoil cut-out. This may have formed an architectural niche. At this point the mount is broken. The mount fragment is sil…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stour', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0F6596
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy follis of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886-912), mint of Constantinople. Sear 1730; Dumbarton Oaks 6
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Record ID: SOMDOR-DA8F42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Double patard of Charles the Bold, for Flanders, c.1467-74. Double patards were exactly equivalent to English groats and were made legal tender in England and Wales in 1469. They show up in hoards down to the 1530s and presumably finally disappeared during the Henrician debasements of the early 1540s. (Information from Edward Besly, National Museum and Gallery of Wales) [low countries]
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-7E4793
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy 17th C Trade token. Richard Prittell of Shaftesbury.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-7E2DD1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
17th century trade token. John Pitman of Sherborne.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-E20A53
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Lead alloy token. Possibly used as a gaming piece or reckoning counter. Side one: sexfoil outline filling circular frame. Side two: capital letter T with pellet above and three pellets either side of the vertical bar.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-B34737
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver coin. Possibly of James I
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-395286
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy coin. Possibly a badly struck Roman coin. Oval flan.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW-A28537
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Constantius II, irregular
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: NMGW-A27774
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Constantius II, irregular
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: NMGW-A1C526
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
House of Constantine GLORIA EXERCITVS, 2stds, irregular
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A1B820
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Constantine I (deified) nummus, Quadriga, uncertain mint
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: NMGW-A1A9B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Constantinopolis nummus
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-352767
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
19th century gambling token imitating the design of a George III, 1790 "spade" guinea. These were widely used in gambling in the 19th century. This example bears an altered version of the reverse legend which includes the initials of the manufacturer and the letters BIRM for Birmingham, where it was made.
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR1614
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy token or jetton. Traces of fleur de lys on one side. Otherwise illegible.
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2002
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2016
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Record ID: SOMDOR765
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
3 illegible coins AE 3 and AE 4. Probably 4th century.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET TARRANT LAUNCESTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR766
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Probable sestertius. Illegible. Heavily corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET TARRANT HINTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR451
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Possibly a 4th century contemporary copy. Illegible.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waddon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR334
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy coin of uncertain denomination. Very worn with split flan.
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2000
Last updated: Saturday 14th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET WEST STAFFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR364
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
unidentified, worn foreign coin or token.
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockwood', grid reference and parish protected.