Record ID: BH-22C6F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96); heavy coinage (c.792-6), moneyer: Ciolhard/Ceolheard (North 321; Chick 203); mint: London. Refs: Chick 2010: pl. 23; North 1994: 89. The coin is badly chipped, the breaks mostly following the line of the lunettes enclosing the moneyer's name on the reverse. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
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Record ID: BH-F50A71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver denarius of Vitellius (April-December AD 69) dating to AD 69 (Reece period 3). CONCOR-DIA P R reverse type depicting Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia. Mint of Rome. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 272, no. 90.
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2023
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Record ID: BH-F2FB3C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Republican silver denarius of Mark Antony, dating to the period c.AD 42 BC (Reece period 1). [III] VIR (R P C) reverse type depicting a Distyle temple containing a medallion bearing the radiate bust of Sol, facing and draped. Travelling mint. RRC no. 496/1.
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2023
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Record ID: BH-D7EC02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A plated contemporary copy of a silver Roman denarius of Titus (AD 79-81), dating to the period c.AD 79-81 (Reece period 4). [TR P] (IX) IMP XV COS VII P P (retrograde) reverse type depicting a Curule chair with wreath above. Prototype of the mint of Rome. This coin combines an obverse of Titus as caesar under Vespasian with a reverse type of his reign as Augustus (RIC II (2nd ed., nos. 108-109) but with reverse legend in retrograde.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
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Record ID: BM-BD324E
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver spoon with bent handle and broken and damaged bowl. The short, plain, tapered rod handle was seemingly broken and re-pointed in antiquity. There is a simple offset at the junction with the oval bowl, the distal end of which is broken short of the point of its maximum width. An inscription is very lightly incised along the central axis of the inner face of the bowl and truncated at its fractured edge. Starting at the end adjacent to the handle offset are the Latin letters MODE(or I)SIIAN(or NA) - perhaps the cognomen Modestianus or Modestinus. The underside of the bowl …
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-11A5EC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ring, the bezel set with a turquoise-coloured stone in a lozenge-shaped collet setting.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BH-72E961
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Roman coin, probably a denarius or early silver radiate of unclear emperor, perhaps dating to the early 3rd century AD, c.AD 193-253. Unclear reverse type depicting a standing figure left holding patera. Unclear mint, probably Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2022
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Record ID: BH-72CD6C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from an incomplete silver Roman coin, probably a denarius of unclear type or ruler, dating to the period c.AD 41-260. Unclear reverse type depicting a standing figure left(?). Unclear mint. Less than one quarter of the coin survives due ot old breaks.
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2022
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Record ID: BH-F741A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A clipped and incomplete medieval silver penny of Edward III (1327-77), Fourth Coinage Pre-Treaty Period (1351-61), Series Ga (1356-61), initial mark: Cross 3, mint: York (North 1210). Ref: North 1991: 52-3. The coin is cracked across the flan in various directions and is partially worn, especially parts of the inscription. Clipping has removed parts of the outer edge.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 28th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-F6B6DB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Class 9b2 (North 1037/1), dating to 1299-1300. Mint of London. Ref: North 1991, 34; Withers and Withers 2006: 34-5. The coin is cracked across the flan in several places and was struck off-centre leaving parts of the inscription missing.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 28th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-F44518
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Primary Phase Series C2ii (BMC type 2, Blackburn C) dating to the period c.AD 700-10. Ref: Gannon 2013: 102-3, nos 128-35. The obverse features a Radiate bust of crude style facing right with a pyramidical neck, with Runic [ᚪᛈᚪ], APA before. The reverse depicts a beaded standard enclosing TOTII legend, probably with bases of crosses to sides and diagonals at angles.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
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Record ID: BH-F2E6E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver early penny (sceat) of late Primary Phase Æthilræd type (Stewart Type 105) dating c.AD700-20. Ref: Gannon 2013: 111, pl. 18, cf. no 423; Naismith 2017: 97. Obverse: Quilled crescent coiled right with triangular head enclosing pellet eye and a pellet/bar below. Reverse: Runic Æthili/raed letters in two lines either side of base line within a beaded border.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: FASAM-164304
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denarius of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14). Unattributed Mint. RIC V, pt 2 - Obv. IMP CARAVSIVS AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed right Rev. EXPECTATE VENI; Britannia standing right, holding standard, clasping hands with emperor standing left, holding sceptre No mintmark There are only around 6 specimens of this general type without a mintmark; coins with RSR in the exergue are much more common. The obverse legend has not been recorded with this reverse type, although it appears on a number of other unmarked issues.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
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Record ID: BH-00C174
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), (voided) long cross Class IIIa-b (North 986-7), moneyer: Robert, mint: Wallingford (probably) or Carlisle (possibly). Ref: North 1994: 226; Wren 1993. The coin is struck slightly off-centre and is worn on the obverse.
Created on: Monday 1st November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2021
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Record ID: BH-44A058
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), class 4a (North 1023) dating 1282-1283. Mint of Canterbury. As North 1991, p. 29; Withers and Withers 2006, 28-9. The coin is near complete with some chipping around the edge and minor cracks running into the flan. There is a series of scratches across the obverse. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
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Record ID: BH-44544C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307)/Edward II (1307-1327), class 10cf3b (North 1042), dating 1307-1309. Mint of Canterbury. Ref: North 1991: p. 32; Withers and Withers 2006: 36-7. The coin is worn and scratched, the design and inscription indistinct and difficult to read in places. Along one side the flan is damaged. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
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Record ID: BH-C33C3D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver cut halfpenny of William I (The Lion) of Scotland (1165-1214), third coinage (Short Cross and Stars), Phase B, bust III (Spink S5029), dating to c.1205-c.1230 AD. Moneyer(s): Hue Walter, Mint: Perth, Edinburgh or Roxburgh. Two five pointed stars in remaining two quarters on reverse. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 14.
Created on: Tuesday 6th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 2nd July 2021
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Record ID: BH-56A298
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver civil war denarius, dating to the period April-June AD 68 (Reece period 3). Obverse: BON EVENT, diademed female head right, hair tied in knot above neck. Reverse: PACI PR, clasped hands holding winged caduceus. Spanish mint. As RIC I, p. 203, no. 4; BMC 4.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
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Record ID: BH-141C41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn silver medieval halfpenny of Edward III (1307-1327) third 'florin' coinage, Withers Type 7, dating to the period 1343/4-1351. Mint of London.
Created on: Monday 10th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
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Record ID: BH-13EBC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cut voided longcross halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), class 5h, dated c.1270-1272. Minted by Renaud at London. As North 1994, 227, nos. 998.
Created on: Monday 10th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
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