Record ID: IOW-33C911
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy sexfoil mount with a separate rivet (c. 1400-c. 1450). This domed mount is made of sheet copper-alloy and is concave on the underside. The front has six evenly spaced 'teardrop' facets. Close to the edge are two rivet holes which are opposite each other. One contains a copper-alloy rivet with a copper-alloy rove. The rove has a diameter of 3.8mm. This mount is green with patches of a darker shiny green patina. Length: 21.7mm; width: 18.1mm; thickness: 6.8mm. Weight: 1.33g. Similar rivets have been published (Egan and Pritchard 1991: 189, fig. 119, e…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: IOW-39D6E3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1500-c. 1700). On loop and the pin are missing. The surviving loop is semi-circular in plan and has a curving outside edge. At the front there is an outer border of evenly spaced stamped triangular motifs. There is an inner border of sixteen evenly spaced stamped ring-and-dot motifs. Two other ring-and-dot motifs situated close to the centre are surrounded by a circle of annulets. Adjacent to these is a circle of annulets. The corroded bar is now sub-circular in cross-section and has a pieced lobe at each end. At …
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2019
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Record ID: IOW-80D012
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg 'Lion of St Mark' jetton of anonymous issue (1500-1570). Mitchiner 1988: 362-364. Obverse: Unclear fictitious inscription; Lion of St. Mark standing left, nimbate and winged, holding book of gospels in right fore-paw. The lion's halo projects above the inner circle and interrupts the inscription. Reverse: Illegible; Imperial orb within a double tressure of three arches, a pair of annulets in the outer angles. Diameter: 25.0mm. Weight: 1.72g. DA=12:7. Mitchiner, M. 1988. The Medieval Period And Nuremberg, Jetons Medal…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: IOW-1DAA9A
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but corroded Medieval copper-alloy vesica-shaped (pointed-oval) seal matrix (1250-1350). The front has an illegible inscription between an inner and outer line border. The central device depicts a scene of the Annunciation. Gabriel (on the left) faces Mary (right) with Mary's lily-pot between them. Below the floor of the Annunciation scene, which occupies about two-thirds of the height of the matrix, there is a kneeling figure in supplication. The rear face is plain and flat other than suspension loop at the top of a raised midrib. The seal matrix is reddish brown wit…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
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Record ID: IOW-5F2FE3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but unfinished Medieval copper-alloy lead alloy seal matrix (c. 1200-c. 1350). This seal matrix is circular in plan with an unpierced suspension lug at the top which measures 7.0mm high, 5.6mm wide and 6.4mm thick. Within an inner circle, a central motif of a flower with six petals (or a star) is surrounded by an inscription. The inscription follows the initial mark, a plain cross, at 12 o' clock and reads: S' ROB'tI FIL' ROB'tI [D]E SECI' (Robert, son of Robert of ?Senci?). The last word could possibly be Sencl', Seneschal or St Claire. The rear face is plain. …
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2019
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Record ID: IOW-13BA18
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and fractured post-Medieval base silver revalued 'douzain du Dauphiné', possibly of Henry IV of France (1589-1610) and minted at Grenoble, c. 1590s. Obverse: :HENRICVS [IIII D G FRAN ET] NAV·REX (or similar); Crowned shield, three fleurs-de-lis in opposing quarters, a dolphin in opposing quarters. Reverse: [SIT NOMEN]·DNI·BENE[DICT] (or similar); Illegible, over stamped with a lis. Diameter: 24.0mm. Weight: 1.21g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
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Record ID: IOW-7265D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, worn and bent post-Medieval silver French douzain of an uncertain ruler (c. 1500-c. 1610). Obverse: Illegible. Reverse: Long cross fourchée with illegible marks in the quadrants. The coin has been counter marked with a fleur-de-lis on the reverse to revalue. Diameter: 20.0mm. Weight: 1.89g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Record ID: IOW-19EEBB
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy harness pendant (c. 1150-c. 1300). The pendant has a worn through suspension loop which is 90° to the plane of the plate. The wavy edged plate is leaf-like or insect-like in form with ridges on the front that possibly represent veins. The reverse is plain. This pendant is drab green. Length: 39.0mm; width: 26.2mm; thickness: 7.1mm. Weight: 5.35g. Compare with: NLM-E0BF15 and WILT-E84E30.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2018
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Record ID: IOW-192FFF
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Medieval copper-alloy book mount of Howsam type B.1.2 (c. 1150-c. 1300). This umbonate quatrefoil mount is domed at the front and largely concave on the reverse. It has four evenly spaced lugs situated at the base. Each lug has a circular rivet hole and one rivet, made of copper-alloy, remains in situ. All four lugs are D-shaped, flat at the front and rear; there is a hint of a line dividing them from the sub-circular centre. At the front the dome may have been decorated but none can now be seen. However, some similar mounts are decorated with a cross saltire at the fron…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
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Record ID: IOW-0D6A59
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy pedestal type seal matrix (c. 1300-c. 1400). The handle is conical and faceted, hexagonal in cross-section and tapers from the face towards a break at the top. The break has occurred just below where there would have been a suspension loop. The die is circular in plan but the edge is incomplete to breaks or abrasion. It bears the device of a hare or rabbit. From an impression the animal is facing left. It is crouched and has long ears. From an impression, the slightly blundered inscription enclosing the animal starts at 9 o' clock and reads: P…
Created on: Friday 13th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
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Record ID: IOW-97921D
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval French 'Field of France' copper-alloy Jetton dating to the second half of the 14th century (c. 1350-c. 1400). Attributable to the period of Charles V (1364-1380). Obverse: + LE CONTE V[RAI TROVV]ERES; Field of France of 9 fleurs-de-lis arranged 1/2/3/2/1 within double circular border, outer border beaded, four pairs of arcs run out from the inner border, each arc contains a trefoil. Reverse: Triple stranded cross fleuretty with within a 'quatrelobe' with an off-centre quatrefoil near the centre of the cross and a fleur-de-lis in each angle. Illegible lette…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th August 2019
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Record ID: IOW-7AA382
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg stock jetton of anonymous issuer dating to c. 1500-1570. Rose/orb type with fictitious inscription. Minted at Nuremberg (Mitchiner 1988: 384, refs: 1261-1262. Double struck obverse. Obverse: Fictitious inscription; Three crowns alternating with three lis arranged around a central rose formed of five petals. Reverse: (crown) Fictitious inscription; Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a double stranded tressure of three arches and three angles. Three pairs of annulets around tressure. Diameter: 24.6mm. Weight: 1.12…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th March 2018
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Record ID: IOW-70F69B
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy casket key formed of folded sheet (c. 1250-c. 1375). The sheet was cut and perforated at one end to form the bow and cut at the other end to form a simple bit. The bow is rounded with a circular perforation and two small rounded protrusions at the top and small nicks at the base. It continues at an angle on the underside of the shank stopping short of the bit. The rolled shank is oval in cross-section and open at the bit end. The bit is formed of symmetrical clefts, two rectangular tabs. This key is reddish brown and overlying green with flecks o…
Created on: Friday 16th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2018
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Record ID: IOW-C58AD8
Object type: TAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy barrel tap (c. 1700-c. 1850). This fragment is part of the spout with an integral projection. The projection forming an anvil was struck when hammering the tap into the barrel in order to avoid damage to the spout. The end of the anvil is flat and the edges are damaged and burred over as a result of hammering. The object has a smooth green patina on the outer surface and the inner surface is coarse. Length: 26.0mm; width: 17.3mm; thickness: 18.1mm. Weight: 8.81g. Similar barrel taps have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities S…
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2017
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Record ID: IOW-69D845
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy openwork buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790). The design is formed by lozenge shaped openwork forming 'knotwork'. This object has an uneven green surface. Length: 23.8mm; width: 10.6mm; thickness: 1.4mm. Weight: 1.38g. Compare with: NLM-2D26FC and NLM-D22182.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: IOW-B8B61E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and corroded Medieval copper-alloy heraldic harness pendant (c. 1250-c. 1350). This shield-shaped pendant has a straight top and the sides curve down to a point. At the centre of the top there is a rearward projecting suspension loop. The front is decorated with inlaid red enamel in the form of a cross saltire and has minute flecks of silver in the field: 'Argent a saltire engrailed gules' The rear face is flat and plain. Length: 40.5mm; width: 24.7mm; thickness: 8.7mm. Weight: 10.63g. The pendant may depict the arms of Tibetot (Payn is the son and Robert the…
Created on: Monday 10th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
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Record ID: IOW-8BB6C8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216), minted by Ilger or Rener or Walter at London. Class 5c, 1207-1210 (North 1994: 221, ref: 971). Obverse: hE[NRICVS] R/EX, Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse:[ILG/REN/WALT]ER.ON.LV, Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.0mm. Weight: 0.72g. DA=12:5. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2017
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Record ID: IOW-5EABD8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216), minted by Ricard, Ricard B or Ricard T. Class 5b1, 1205 (North 1994: 221, ref: 970). Obverse: [hENR]ICVS RE[X], Crowned bust facing with sceptre. Reverse: + (cross pattée) RICARD[ ], Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.2mm. Weight: 0.64g. DA=12:4. North, J. J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
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Record ID: IOW-773297
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216), minted at London. Class 5b3, 1206 (North 1994: 221, ref: 970). Obverse: h[ENRICVS] REX; Crowned bust facing with sceptre Reverse: + (cross pattée) WIL[ ]·LV; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant Length: 14.8mm; width: 10.0mm. Weight: 0.54g. North, J. J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London. Created on: Friday 12th August 2016
Created on: Friday 7th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 7th October 2016
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Record ID: IOW-910EBB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval plated copper-alloy halfcrown of Charles II (1600-1685). Copying a Third Issue coin, probably a contemporary copy dating to the period 1660-1662. Due to clipping the inscriptions are missing and the inner circles are mostly missing. Traces of a white metal coating (North 1991: 209, ref: 2761; Spink: 3321). Obverse: [CAROLVS II D G MAG BR FR ET HIB REX]; Crowned bust left, XXX (mark of value) behind head Reverse: [CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO] (I reign under the auspice of Christ); Long cross moline over royal shield Diameter: 24.0mm. Weight: 5.13g. DA=12:10. Other…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
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