Record ID: LEIC-3FD31A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy silvered Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch, dating to AD 43-120. The wings and bow remain, but is missing the pin, the ends of the wings, axis bar and catchplate. In plan, the brooch is T-shaped, and the bow is D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with hollow cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top which would have held the missing separately cast copper-alloy axis bar, The wings are decorated with a single diagonal deeply incised line at each end and are hollo…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-F54592
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman base silver coin hoard 149 coins, 33 fragments and sherds from two greyware vessels. The coins date from the reign of Septimus Severus (193) to Postumus (265) most were in poor condition with blue corrosion product.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-181EC3
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Addenda of copper-alloy 60 coins / coin fragments to 2003 T393.This moderately sized radiate hoard runs up to the reign of Probus but mostly contains the heavily debased pre-Aurelianic radiates of the AD 260s onwards. Condition of preservation is generally very poor with a large number of unidentifiable or part-identifiable coins and no images were taken. Original find: although declared treasure, no museum was able to acquire and it was returned to the landowner. Richard Abdy
Created on: Monday 5th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-E169BC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
2 Medieval silver Cross and Crosslet (Tealby) coins of Henry II, 1158-80, which form an addenda to a previously reported hoard. 1 Cut halfpenny, regular. 2 Incomplete penny with clipped, angular edges. no Wgt Diam Obv Inscrip Rev Inscrip 1 0.52 17 part of facing crowned bust ENRI cross and crosslets ILLA 2 0.76 18 extremely worn   worn cross and crosslets :+I/L? ON/R?
Created on: Monday 10th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charnwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-072082
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
3 Medieval silver Cross and Crosslets (Tealby) issue 1158-80AD, forming an addenda to a previously reported hoard. no wgt diam Obv Rev 1 1.29 20 left facing bust with sceptre [.]I Cross and crosslets I?[]VD[]N? 2 1.10 19 left facing bust with sceptre [.]X Cross and crosslets [..]N . C 3 1.05 19 illeg. Cross and crosslets []LV
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charnwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-118652
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
2 Medieval silver pennies and 3 cut halfpennies of Henry II, Cross and Crosslets (Tealby) issue 1158-80AD. These coins form addenda to 2012T586 and 2017T198 (see LEIC-4A3194). Total 30 coins. 2- North 952/2 (bust A) 1158-1161/3AD No 1. 21mm diam, 1.40grams Penny Facing crowned bust with sceptre and mantle running down to edge of coin. [HENR]IRE[XAN]G Cross and Crosslets. +[RIC]ARD [O]NCANT 2. 18mm diam, 0.59grams cut halfpenny Facing crowned bust with sceptre and mantle running down to edge of coin. [HENRIREXANG] Cross and Crosslets. 1 - probably North 956/7 (bust C) 1161-1165AD 3. 1…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charnwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4A3194
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
16 (15 coins, two 1c+1p join) Medieval silver 'Tealby' cross and crosslet issue pennies, 1158-1170. The initial hoard was found by several people in August 2012. In January 2013 a further 9 coins were found.  The two tables below list the whole 26 (25) coins. Images correspond to the order here. Catalogue Finder Inscriptions Diameter Thickness Weight A A. PEERS Illegible 19 0.5 1.33 B A. PEERS Illeg…
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charnwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-0FAF62
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring, much damaged and distorted. It belongs to a category of ring known as iconographic because of the incorporation of images of saints into their design, often combined with an inscription. In this instance, the bezel carries the engraved image of Saint Christopher bearing the Christ-child on his shoulder. Christ holds an orb mounted with a cross. In the later Middle Ages, St Christopher was believed to protect against sudden death. Inside the hoop of the ring is inscribed the motto: de bon coer (of good heart). The ring is highly ornamental. The back of the hoop i…
Created on: Wednesday 6th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-40DB05
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon gilded copper-alloy mount, 35mm long, 24mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is flat, and in the form of a horned head with a prominent central raised angular nose flanked by raised circular eyes. The face has a long moustache which protrudes slightly out at each side. This sits above a lentoid open mouth and a pointed triangular bearded chin. A raised border separates the face from its hair (or perhaps helmet) which is represented by raised parallel lines. From each side of the upper part of the head emerge curving horns, which taper slightly and meet in the middle abov…
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-6B2745
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The hoop is triangular in section and is crudely engraved with letters. An iron stone is set into a fluted bezel which is supported by two animal heads. A small cross has been punched into the hoop at its narrowest point, opposite the bezel. The inscription occupies the two registers of the ring formed by its triangular section. It is not decipherable but may be amuletic in character. The setting of iron is very unusual and may also indicate that the ring was believed to have special, curative powers. A similar, 14th century, ring set with an opal and carrying a known amuletic inscript…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waltham on the Wolds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-84D3A3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy and intaglio finger ring, 20mm wide and 20mm deep. The ring is in fair condition with some corrosion and weighs 2.58 grams. The ring consits of a tapering band, 8mm at its widest and about 4mm at its thinest, which has slightly triangular shoulders. The intaglio is 8.5mm long, 6mm wide and at least 2mm thick. It is a dark red or black stone and contains a carved image of a bird? which is possibly the imperial eagle.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-60ED21
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Roman silver finger ring, dating to c.AD 300 - 450. The silver ring is Brancaster Henig type XV with a rectangular bezel and the hoop which widens slightly towards the bezel the ring is broken at the shoulders at both sides. The bezel, broadly rectangular in shape it is decorated with a branch, beneath appears to be a running hound or hare. The remains of the shoulders of the ring extend to either side of this, both D-shaped in cross-section and tapering slightly outwards. The outer face of each shoulder is undecorated. Both ends terminate in abrupt, rough …
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kilworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-A8C8B5
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Two silver Early Medieval (Viking) Pennies found in close proximity.  1 A complete silver penny, St Eadmund type, Viking East Anglia, c. AD 895 - 917. Cross pattée reverse. Blundered reverse inscription, probably copying the moneyer Bosecin. North Vol I, p. 108, No 483 Obverse description: Chevron barred A with a group of four pellets in left and right fields Obverse inscription: +SC EADMVND REX I (S rotated 90 degrees) Reverse description: Cross pattée Reverse inscription: +BOMECN MONVS Die Axis: 6 Dimensions: Diameter: 19.30mm, Thickness…
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-A67FAF
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
4 Roman Republican silver denarii Th diam. wgt obv rev issuer (mint) ref. date 1.75 17.5 3.04 Head of Apollo right; control mark A below chin; PANSA; bankers mark on face? Minerva in quadriga right, C VIB[IVS C F] C. Vibius Pansa (Rome) RRC 342/5 90 BC 2 18 3.31 Head of Venus right; No legend; control/bankers mark in front of bust Aeneas left carrying Anchises; CAESAR Julius Caesar (Africa) RRC 458/1 47-46 BC 1.75 18 3.15 Galley right; ANT AVG III VIR R [P C] Legionary eagle …
Created on: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-19E7BA
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An Incomplete copper-alloy Iron Age to early Roman linch pin terminal, dating to 100 BC- AD 100. It has a sub conical shape and terminates with a large flat integral disc which is set parallel to the longitudinal axis of the main body of the terminal. One side of the conical body has a circular recess. The disc has a thick rim, inside of which is a concentric band decorated with diagonally incised lines, creating a rope like effect, the remainder of the disc is undecorated. The opposite end of the terminal has a circumferential raised collar followed by a narro…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-52D522
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded silver Roman denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117), probably dating to the period c.AD 98-102 (Reece period 5). Reverse type depicting Vesta seated left holding patera and torch. Mint of Rome. cf. RIC II, p. 245, no. 9 for the probable reverse type. 
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-6EDD0A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete late Iron Age enamelled copper alloy harness fitting (toggle or cheek-piece), dating to c.AD 1 - 100. The fitting is a sub-rectangular in plan with swollen central block and either side the arms are slightly narrowed. The arms are circular in section and slightly expanded at the terminal. The central block has rounded edges and has a slightly rounded rectangular shaped perforation running through it. On one face the central block has three recessed square cells in a row. There are traces of enamel in the cells, the outer two retain traces of red a…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-B88037
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-293), dating to the period c.AD 286-293 (Reece Period 14). PAX AVG reverse type shows Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre. Probably C Mint. Damaged, rim lost between 1 and 2 o'clock, and between 4 and 9 o'clock. Weight: 2.17 g  Diameter:  20.2 mm Die axis 12 o'clock
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-73CDBA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 4.a. Plate 46, of Roman date (AD 80 to AD 120). Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, with the pin, catch-plate and foot missing. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top. Each wing has a semi circular pierced wing cap. Ridges are present at the shoulders of the brooch. The back of t…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-568011
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age copper alloy and iron vase-headed linch pin terminal, 47mm long and 31mm in diameter. The object is in good condition with a green patina and weighs 111grams. The object consists of a circular terminal, with a rectangular section, which has two slightly flattened edges, one is more visible than the other and is aligned with a slight flattening on the main body. The surface of the circular terminal has a circular recess 19mm in diameter which would have probably held enamel decoration. Underneath the terminal, the body is circular and starts with a diameter of 18mm, which quick…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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