Record ID: SWYOR-78CDD6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, mint unclear, probably FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor on galley, AD 348-50. Reece 18
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 20th August 2010
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Record ID: SWYOR-3DCD47
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a silver locket pendant or reliquary pendant which has been pierced to reuse as a pendant, probably dating from the 16th or 17th century. It is 20.52mm long, 17.99mm wide and 3.05mm thick. It weighs 1.26g. The object is an oval sheet of silver. One face is incised with the figure of a nun or woman wearing a wimple and with a halo. Her wrists and hands protrude from a habit and it is possible that she is holding an open book, but if so, the vertical lines representing the sides and spine of the book are missing. The design is not worn, so it would appear that the lines were n…
Created on: Friday 4th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-FFE8F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy dupondius, possibly of the Flavian dynasty (AD 69-96; Reece 4). The reverse type is illegible, but shows a standing figure.
Created on: Friday 11th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: SUSS-02E231
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denarius of Galba, dating to c. April to late AD 68 (Reece period 3). CONCORDIA PROVINCIARVM reverse type depicting Concordia, draped, standing left, holding branch in right, with cornucopia in left. Spanish Mint, thought to have been at Tarraco. RIC I, p. 234, no. 49. This rare coin is not in the British Museum collection, but there is an example in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Created on: Friday 11th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: SUR-5D9925
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A French Iron Age quarter stater dating from the first half of the first century BC and attributed to the Aulerci Cenomani. Philip de Jersey comments - the most recent catalogue reference is Delestree and Tache's 'Nouvel Atlas des Monnaies Gauloises', vol. II (2004), reference DT 2156, type "au personnage aptere aux deux armes". The coin is extremely rare - even on the continent. - Nine provenanced examples in Armorica were recorded in 1994, and Delestree and Tache make the comment that the quarter staters of the Cenomani are "fort rares", with only one quarter stater found with 1…
Created on: Monday 9th December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Record ID: RAH187
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Browny grey flint with fossils, shaped like a very flat axe with cutting edges along 2 sides, one end has suffered a recent break possibly from plough action
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ISLE OF WIGHT FRESHWATER', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8F7765
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy enamelled disc (sexfoil) brooch of Roman date ( A.D. 80- A.D. 250). In plan the plate is circular with a raised border and raised design. At the centre is a raised copper alloy pellet. In the field surrounding the centre pellet the enamel is complete and red in colour. The outer cell is empty although there are small traces of red enamel on the outer edges of the arms of the star. On the rear face only part of the catch-plate remains as the curled over part which would have secured the pin is missing due to an old break. The pin is also missing. The spr…
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2010
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-080E48
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Denarius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to AD 132-4 (Reece Period 6), LIBERALITAS AVG COS III P P; Liberalitas standing right emptying cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p. 364, no. 216a.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-084C53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Denarius of Hadrian (117-138), dating to AD 119-122 (Reece Period 6), P M TR P COS III, Concordia seated left holding patera and resting left arm on throne. Mint of Rome. RIC II, p. 350, no. 82b
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-60A085
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An early Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast gilded copper-alloy button brooch (c. 450-c. 550AD), complete except for the pin. The rim is upturned and flaring at an angle of about 45° to the vertical, in a similar way to saucer brooches. Within a grooved border at the base of the rim is a central chip-carved forward-facing human mask. The helmet (or hair) is formed from three lines, one vertical and two horizontal, converging to form a pyramid shape at the most prominent point. The straight eyebrows are divided from the lower straight line of the hair or helmet by a groove. They dip…
Created on: Friday 15th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BABCE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy disc brooch, circular, flat and with plain unthickened edge. It has a central circular indentation, surrounded by a pair of concentric grooves about halfway between the centre and the edge. Closer to the edge are two rings of stamped decoration, the inner made up of sub-rectangular punchmarks which are narrow in the centre and flare to either end, looking a little like seriffed I shapes; these are set radially. The outer ring of stamps is less clear, perhaps due to abrasion at the edge; they appear to be crescent-shaped, set with their curved backs outwa…
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E5D4C8
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-medieval (c.1580-1820) cast copper-alloy crotal bell. It comprises two hemispherical domes divided horizontally by a circumferential ridge. The top hemisphere is plain and undecorated but the lower half has indistinct incised petals. These petals surround two incised half-circles set side-by-side, to each side of the central sound aperture, a long slot which terminates in a round hole at each end. The upper hemisphere has two circular sound holes, one either side of the cast integral loop, which is rounded and projects from the top of the upper dome. The iron clapper i…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E65988
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete lead-alloy miniature toy musket, dating from the post-medieval period. The barrel is of sub-oval cross-section with a hollow bore of 5mm. There is a raised ridge along the top of the barrel, commencing 5mm from the handle end and measuring 10mm long and 2mm high. There are three projections from the base of the barrel, presumably to illustrate a trigger, lock and guard. There is a groove running along the lower edge of the barrel extending to the handle on both surfaces, front and back, with vertical line decoration above, running parallel. There are further embellishmen…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E6B541
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Lead cap from a powder measure (also called a powder-charger), complete but deformed, having been squashed in the ground. It is in the form of a cup or bucket of oval shape, 18.45mm by 14.52mm . The oval base has an additional loop at each end of the oval, and the cup has a thickened rim 2mm wide around the top. Length 30.94mm, width 14.52mm, 17.53mm high. Weight 18.55g. These caps fitted on to the top of wooden powder chargers, each of which held the right amount of powder for a single charge of a gun. A musketeer would have worn several of these, hanging by cords from a 'bando…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Record ID: NARC-6A4852
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Theodosius I. AD 379-395. Plated. AR Siliqua. Obv: D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS ROMANORVM. Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe & reversed spear. MDPS in exergue. RIC32a. Milan mint, AD 393-5. The coin is battered and it is not possible to be certain whether the coin has been clipped.
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-6A91D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A commemorative nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 330 to 335. CONSTANTINOPOLIS type. Possible mint of Trier.
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: NARC-EE9CC3
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy object of early Anglo-Saxon date with Style II zoomorphic decoration. The object is flat and in the shape of a bird's head, with a straight edge at one end decorated with nine transverse grooves to make a ladder pattern.Transverse grooves separate this from the bird's eye, which is large and circular, and is itself formed from two smaller birds' heads and necks curving around each other in a circular formation. These smaller birds' heads have long, slightly downcurving open beaks and circular eyes. The object then narrows into a scrolled beak (indicating a predatory …
Created on: Friday 8th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th March 2014
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Record ID: NARC1010
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A cut half-penny of Edward the Confessor probably minted in Winchester by Anderboda.
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ISLE OF WIGHT SHORWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC1016
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A small fragment from the centre section of the blade of an edged weapon; the fragment it sub-rectangular in plan with almost parallel long sides, it is very badly pitted and there is no evidence of a mid-line ridge, in section it is a very narrow pointed oval in shape.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ISLE OF WIGHT SHORWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC279
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Richard II halfpenny minted in London Early bust with Lombardic Ns, standard type G
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ISLE OF WIGHT SHORWELL', grid reference and parish protected.