Record ID: IOW-B60E64
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Internal diameter 20mm, external diameter 22mm. Weight 2.07g. The hoop is facetted to form 16 concave panels, each facet contains a single letter of the inscription: + A V E M A R I A G R A C I A V (Hail Mary [full of] grace). This find contains a minimum of 10% silver. The cross is in the form of a cross potent.
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0AB0D4
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
The following objects were all found relatively close together in the plough-soil and probably represent the remains of the grave-goods from a single, ploughed-out, Anglo-Saxon female grave. It is probable that the finds have become dispersed through agricultural activity. 1) Spoon (IOW 2003.74.12). Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the spoon of 88-97%. Its partly remaining bowl is gilded. Most of the breaks are old. The spoon, as it survives, weighs 18.41 grams (including fragments). The handle and part …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freshwater', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-6230A3
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a gold bracelet of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150 BC - c. 750 BC). Length 20mm, width 22mm and c. 0.5mm thick. Weight 3.53g. The fragment is a terminal of sheet gold which has been roughly flattened out. The terminal is oval in plan and adjoins a short remaining stretch of a broad band. At this end there is an old break. Undulations in the metal suggest that the band met the terminal in a strong curve; the original form can be reconstructed as a C-section band with an everted oval terminal.
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5EFAB8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Gold inscribed posy ring of probable sixteenth or early seventeenth century date. External diameter 17mm, width 4.5mm. Weight 2.07g. The ring is decorated on the exterior with a plain border at each edge, inside of which is a repeated design of alternate curvilinear S-shaped motifs containing “billet and dot” design and a schematic “flower and dot” design. The continuity of the design is interrupted at the join of the hoop. The interior of the hoop is inscribed in serifed capitals: A FRENDS GIFT The letter “A” is preceded by an initial mark in the form of a small…
Created on: Friday 20th August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B72041
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete gilded silver hat-hook or cap-badge of late fifteenth to the first half of the sixteenth century date (c. AD 1475 - c. AD 1550). Treasure case no. BM2004 T359. Length 15mm, width 14mm and maximum thickness 6mm. Weight 3.62g. The front of the plate is in the form of a stylised flower with four main petals at the corners and four smaller petals between. Each of the larger petals is enhanced with moulded "ribs" and each is slightly different. The centre of the flower is formed by a raised truncated pyramid. The rear side of the plate has a soldered pin which is slightly out…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arreton Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C48CB1
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axe of the Middle Bronze Age (1500 BC - 1200 BC). Part of a hoard of four implements (Treasure case no. BM2003 T392). Length 120mm, maximum width at the lower part of the blade 32mm and maximum thickness at the mouth 26mm. Weight 161.03g. The axe is narrow and slender and has a square mouth strengthened by a deep flat collar. Part of the collar and the socket are broken and missing. The break is old. Measured from the top of the mouth, the socket is 71mm in depth. The front and rear face bears a motif of three concentric, pendulous U-ribs. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2005
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarmouth Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-836372
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Penny of Edward the Confessor. North 820 (AD 1052-3).
Created on: Monday 15th May 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-71311D
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper-alloy and enamelled heraldic harness stud (c. 1307-1324). The front face of the pendant carries an enamelled heraldic device comprising four transverse bands in blue enamel, with five red birds or martlets fairly evenly spaced around the plate, the silvering in between now missing due to post-depositional corrosion. However, a small fleck of decayed silver survives. At the rear, an integral tapering spike is sub-square in cross-section and its tip is bent at an angle of 90°. The metal is drab green with tiny areas of corrosion. Diameter: 22.3…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5D2415
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Gold inscribed finger ring with enamelled inscription of late 16th or early 17th century date. External diameter 20mm, internal diameter 17mm and 1.2mm thick. Weight 3.52g. The ring is formed of a broad flat band, the exterior with ridges in relief at top and bottom and in between the inscription enamelled in black: + IN x GOD x IS x MI x TRUST, with a floral flourish at the end. The enamel is complete. For closely similar rings of this form, of 16th and early 17th date, worn by serjeants-at-law (see C. Oman, British Rings 800-1914, London 1974, pl. 95C, D and E) or given as…
Created on: Friday 20th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 10th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B34A57
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (796-821), Early group dating to c. 798 mint: East Anglian mint (Ipswich?), moneyer: Lul (North 362; Naismith 2011: E10.1). Ref: North 1994: 94; Naismith 2011: pl. 77, no. E10.1f (this coin). The reverse of the coin has been gilded with small patches surviving. The obverse remains without gilding and although there is no evidence for attachments to form a brooch fitting. The obverse shows greater wear than the reverse of the coin.
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-637A80
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy heraldic shield-shaped mount of medieval, thirteenth or fourteenth century date (AD 1200 - AD 1400), probably from a bridle bit. Length 44mm, width 37mm and 4mm thick. Weight 13.43g. The shield is 22mm in length and 19mm in width. Viewing the mount in plan, it has two integral curving appendages which project outwards from the left hand side. The upper appendage is situated at the upper left hand corner of the shield and the second appendage is situated about two thirds of the way down from the top of the shield. Each of the appendages taper and are D…
Created on: Sunday 7th August 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-715794
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval Visigothic 'pseudo-imperial' gold tremissis, dating to the 6th century (pre-580). The type was probably of a type introduced by Theodoric I in 509, based on contemporary Byzantine issues. The coin is closely paralleled by examples illustrated in Grierson and Blackburn (1986, plates 10-11, especially no. 202). Grieson and Blackburn (1986, 48) state: '[The] profile bust of the obverse has a highly devolved cross on the chest, this being one of the most distinctive features separating Visigothic pseudo-tremisses from those of the Burgundians and the Franks. …
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 16th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A4F711
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy bridle-bit fitting with a complete wrought copper alloy S-shaped suspension hook. Length of surviving part 104mm, maximum width of arms 69mm and 9mm thick. Weight 69.38g. The object comprises a central part, sub-oval in cross-section, with an integral loop for suspension which is sub circular in cross-section. The loop is incomplete. At each side of the central part are two projecting arms which curve downwards. These arms are sub-oval in cross-section. The ends of the central part and the projecting arms have old breaks. Dr Kevin Leahy, Finds Adviser to t…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Niton and Whitwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-CB1587
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete sheet copper alloy harness mount of Post Medieval, sixteenth or seventeenth century date (AD 1500 – AD 1700). Diameter 36mm, thickness 0.6mm. Total weight 12.82g The mount is circular in plan and has a convex centre with a peripheral flange which is flat and damaged in two places. The convex centre is concave at the rear. Around the flange are four equally spaced rivet holes, three of which are occupied by rivets that have squat spheroidal heads (6.5mm in diameter) and shanks that are about 3.5mm in length and 2.2mm in diameter. The hole without a rivet is damaged an…
Created on: Friday 11th February 2005
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C5A6EB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy strap-end (c. 700-c. 900). This strap-end is sub-oval in plan, narrower at the terminal end. At the attachment end there are two rivet holes, one is incomplete and the other has the remains of a copper-alloy rivet. The terminal was probably zoomorphic in form. Height: 28.54mm; width: 10.03mm; thickness: 2.61mm at split, 1.20mm for main body measured approximately 1/3 up from tip. Weight: 1.57g. This strap-end is likely to be a Thomas Class A, Type 2. In “Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-e…
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-81E74A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete possible spindle whorl of Unknown date (c. AD 43-c. 1800). The undecorated spindle whorl is sub-conical (domed) in form. The top is slightly flattened causing spreading of the metal and a reduction in hole size to about 6.0mm. It has a central vertical hole which has a diameter of about 7.5mm at the bottom. A small nick at the side has a raised a bump. This spindle whorl is smooth, off white and buff in places. Height: 10.5mm; maximum width: 20.3mm. Weight: 19.65g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-567A68
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy shoe buckle frame (c. 1720-c. 1790). This openwork frame is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The openings are sub-circular as well as elongated sub-rectangular. At the centre of the surviving outside edge there is a rosette motif which is flanked by grooves in low relief (It can be assumed that there would have been a similar motif on the missing outside edge). Other decoration on the upper surface is unclear. Two holes on the underside accommodated a separate spindle to secure the missing pin and bar (chape). Each hole is surrou…
Created on: Sunday 26th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-54BFED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted by Nicole at London. Class 5b2, c. 1253 (North 1994: 227, ref: 992/2). Obverse: hENRICVS REX III (NR ligated); Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: NIC/OLE/ONL/VND (ON ND ligated); Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.55mm. Weight: 1.30g. DA=12:1. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 26th April 2020
Last updated: Sunday 26th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DCDA0C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Edward Knight of Castlehold, Newport, Isle of Wight, c. 1664. Williamson 1889: Hampshire (261, ref: 108). Obverse: EDWARD KNIGHT IN; A castle. Reverse: CASEL HOVLD ISLE OF WITE; E K in field. Diameter: 14.6mm. Weight: 0.34g. DA=12:12. Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd.
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E4F7AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Spanish post-Medieval copper-alloy eight maravedis 'resellado' of Philip III (1598-1621) or Philip IV (1621-1665). Obverse: [ ]; Crowned shield bearing castle; 'VIII' to right. Reverse: [ ]; Crowned shield bearing a lion. Length: 22.6mm; width: 18.5mm. Weight: 3.23g. DA=12:6. These coins are often called 'cob' coins after the Spanish word for copper which is 'cobre': they were crudely made in Spain initially and later in the Americas for use in the Spanish colonies. The coinage was re-valued and consequently these are often countermarked. The flans are usuall…
Created on: Monday 9th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.