Record ID: IOW-0DB9A1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead tablet, possibly a form of seal matrix. Probably Medieval (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400). Length 19.0mm, width 16.1mm and 2.4mm thick. Weight 4.87g. In plan, the object has parallel sides. One end is rounded and the opposite end is straight. The straight end may be the result of an old break. However, due to corrosion it is difficult to decide whether this is a break or whether it is a finished edge which is merely abraded. One face of the tablet has a moulded inscription in three lines, one above the other. It starts at the straight end and ends at the rounded en…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1BB217
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cloth seal of Post-Medieval, seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Diameter 27.0mm and 2.6mm thick. Weight 5.06g. This two-disc seal is of a type associated with imports from Haarlem in the Netherlands of a fine linen known in England as 'holland'. The seal has been deliberately cut in half and has a clean smooth break. Disc 1, 27.0mm in diameter. Moulded shield with arms? at centre? Surrounded by inscription [HAE]RLEMS [GOET] ('goods from Haarlem'), also moulded. Disc 2 (formed by rivet head), 15.5mm in diameter. Moulded numeral 19 1/2 contained within a beaded …
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-323476
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead rod, probably a pencil of Medieval or Post Medieval date (c. AD 1066 - c. AD 1650). Length 36.0mm, width 4.8mm and 4.7mm thick. Weight 16.62g. This object is roughly square in cross-section. One end has a small waist, probably for the attachment of a cord. The opposite end tapers to a rounded point. The object is in good condition and has a patchy buff patina. Dr Helen Geake of the Portable Antiquities Scheme has commented: "The use of lead pencils is still not really understood. At Winchester they are found mainly in 13th- or 14th-century contexts, and it…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-42D966
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman cast lead and iron steelyard weight. In profile the weight is an asymmetrical bi-conical with a circular section. The upper and lower apex of the weight has an incomplete iron loop. The surface of the weight is mid beige/cream. It weighs 97.6g and is 36.61mm long and 27.07mm in diameter. Barford, Blockley and Day (1984 ‘A Romano-British Steelyard From Marshfield, Avon’.) illustrate a similar shaped weight dating to the Roman period, as does Allason-Jones and Miket (1984 Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort Gloucester), Nos. 8.46 and 8.47.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-85EF28
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast (probably) lead powder measure cap, used for measuring a charge of gunpowder. Seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Length 19.2mm, overall width 30.5mm, and 15.6mm thick. Weight 20.47g. (the weight includes some soil within). The cap, which has an indistinct rim, is squashed and distorted. Originally it would have been circular or oval in plan (as viewed from above). The comparatively thin sides (or walls) would have flared outwards towards the oval or circular mouth (now distorted). The closed end, the "base" is oval in plan. At each end of the base, along …
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-876417
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn cast lead token of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1570 - c. AD 1610).
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-C7B2D2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy seal matrix, 35mm long, 31mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a cream patina and weighs 13.22gram. The matrix is circular and has a protruding knop at the upper edge. Below this is an incsribed cross which begins the inscription of which only a few letters can be made out, SIGI--NIS-----RDI. Inside the inscription is foliate decoration containing a central upright stem with three feathery protrusions, below, on either side of this is a slightly curved 'tendril' and below that a swirl. The reverse is plain.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2011
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Record ID: LIN-413577
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, lead. The fragment is part of the foot and catchplate. At the top the object is broken just below the bow. There is a flat rectangular plate with the remains of an incomplete catchplate on the reverse. There are two moulded transverse collars below, the uppper of which is thicker than the lower. Below the collars is an incomplete animals head. There are two large eyes represented by two moulded pellets. The forehead is D-shaped in cross-section and the snout is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-415104
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment, lead, probably the foot terminal from a florid brooch. The object is in the form of a human face and is roughly D-shaped in cross-section. The upper surface is decorated in relief with a prominant forehead and deep set moulded eyes in the form of two large moulded pellets. The nose is large, triangular and flanked by two chubby-looking curved cheeks. There is a deeply incised elongated triangular channel at the bottom of either cheek, which emphasises them against the rest of the face. The mouth is relatively small and represented by two ver…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-6F0530
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead object, possibly a weight. Date Unknown. Length 17.0mm, width 25.2mm and 19.8mm thick. 38.55g. (1.359 ounces). The weight is sub-conical in form and has a truncated apex. It has an off-centre longitudinal circular perforation which has a diameter of 5.5mm. The base is flat. The weight, which is crudely made, is in good condition. It has several old dents and scuffs.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C34C71
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead vessel "pot mend" of unknown date but probably Roman to Post-Medieval (AD 43 - AD 1800). Length 28.8mm, width 21.1mm and 8.0mm thick. Weight 26.14g. The object is in the form of a plug with the two flat faces burred over. There is no associated pottery with the find so, consequently, the find cannot be dated to a particular period. It is in good condition and has traces of a mid-brown patina.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-405044
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Contemporary copy in lead of a denarius of Severus Alexander (222-238) Copied from a coin of Rome, 18mm in diameter, 1mm thick and weighing 1.76grams.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: IOW-434931
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete cast lead seal matrix of Modern date (c. AD 1850 - c. AD 1920). Diameter 46.8mm, thickness 5.0mm. Weight 53.53g. The seal was used to impress a trader's name and a weight in pounds. It is circular in plan and small portions of the edges are missing due to modern breaks. At the centre, within an indented circle (diameter 28.5mm), is the weight marked in pounds (lb). However, this area has an old scuff mark which has obliterated the numeral. It is quite likely to have read 1/8lb. The inscription around the edge reads (from right to left (viewing an impression): IMPE…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-947296
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead seal matrix, 37-39 mm in diameter and 4mm thick. It has a grey patina and weighs 31.22 g. The matrix is sub-circular and flat, and has the broken remains of a small pierced lug at one edge of the reverse. Also on the reverse is an incised triangle containing a small cross; this may be an orientation mark for using the seal, or the privy mark of the owner. The central design is a central octofoil made up of eight long triangles with their apexes to the centre, all within a circle. The inscription surrounding it is crudely engraved. It reads + SGL' HEN R. F'. ROGER (Seal o…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-69FD12
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman or Medieval lead alloy pyramidal weight, 41mm high and 25mm wide and thick. The weight is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 125 grams. the weight has chamferred edges and a rounded protrusion at its tip, which may be part of a damaged suspension loop.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-6A10C7
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval lead figurine or doll? 45mm high, 30mm wide and 20mm thick. The surviving upper part is in fair condition, although in two pieces and weighs 61 grams (hollow inside is filled with soil). The figurine is that of a lady, her head is detached but she is wearing a multi-layered cap (?)with two ribbons or ties draped over her shoulders. She has a pointed, fringed shawl over her dress which has billowing sleeves and neat cuffs, and her hands are clasped together in front of her. The dress would suggest a date, perhaps, of the late 1600s/1700s, though in the current absence of …
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-7DBC77
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, probably late sixteenth to early eighteenth century (c. AD 1550 - c. AD 1750. Maximum diameter 15.8mm. Weight 2.41g. This is disc 1 of a 2 disc seal. It has a clothier's/weaver's stamp with a conventional-form privy mark which has a cabled circle within which are the initials W, and S ligatured with C or O. The upper feature shaped like a number 4 is simply a conventional finial, while at the full base there may have been a pair of 'X'-like motifs. The rear face has an integral "blob", the remains of a rivet. There is a c…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: ESS-7EFDD1
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman steelyard weight. Cast in lead this bi-conial weight has an iron rod down its centre, which has been formed into a suspension loop at both terminals. The weight has a circular cross section. There is some post depositional damage. It is 45.13mm long, 34.88mm in diameter and weighs 130.05 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-7F1387
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman steelyard weight. Cast in lead this bi-conical weight has an iron rod, which would have formed a suspension loop at both terminals but is incomplete. There is some post depositional damage. It is 28.09mm long, 24.38mm in diameter and weighs 51.23 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-7F2076
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman lead steelyard weight. Two iron cores which are now corroded which would have formed a suspension loop at both terminals. There is some post-depositional damage. It is 31.36mm long, 23.01mm in diameter and weighs 50.16 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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