Record ID: SOM-BD8D3C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 337-341 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers flanking two standards. Mint of Trier. LRBC pt 1 no.133 var.
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-17E5DF
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy sub-oval pendant loop. The artefact is made up of a flat circular loop; at one end of which is a collared projecting acorn terminal knop of width 4.4mm. On the opposite side there is a rectangular bar with a flat, filed, top edge. The sides are rectangular in section and thin towards the rectangular bar. The metal is pitted and it is a mid greyish-brown colour. The object survives to a length of 15.7mm, 11.4mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 0.99 grams. Egan and Pritchard (2002: 219 and 221) identify a similar item, No.1192, as a pendant loop from a belt …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-15E845
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy dupondius probably of Domitian dating to AD 81 to 96 (Reece period 4). Unclear reverse type depicting a seated figure facing left. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knoyle CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD65AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type brooch, Mackreth type 8, dating to AD 75-175. The brooch is complete other than missing most of the pin. The bow section comprises a winged section at the top which covers a spring mounted on an axis bar whose ends are held by pierced plates at the ends of the wings, the overhead chord being secured by a pierced crest on the head. The spring comprises six coils on one side of the pin head and five on the other. The wings are short and decorated with pairs of incised lines around the edge and parallel pairs…
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-AC0B06
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a medieval or post-medieval cast copper alloy pot leg and foot. The leg is sub-trapezoid in section with a narrower, slightly convex back and flat front. It is broken off just above the foot. It widens to terminate in a flat, extended foot, which, when placed on a flat surface, sets the object at an angle and has a D-shaped imprint with a straight front edge. The object has a worn green-brown surface. The broken edge is abraded. The object is 46.7mm in length, 39.4mm in width and 23.3mm in thickness. It weighs 96.5g. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used f…
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-834BE2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing issued by the city of Wells in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 300, dating to 1657. Ref: Williamson (1891, 993).
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ED49B6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy finger ring, probably dating to between AD 50 and 250. It consists of the bezel and the adjacent parts of the hoop. The hoop on one side protrudes by c7.25mm while on the other side it extends for c11.45mm, the tapered point having been bent inwards. The rest of the hoop is missing to old breaks. The bezel is oval in shape and indented and about half of it contains fragments of glass which appears aqua at the back and amber towards the front. The amber colour may be the effect of iron staining. The remainder of the bezel shows traces of a clear whit…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bratton Seymour', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-859CB8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper alloy sub-oval object, possibly part of a dagger or sword pommel of likely Post-Medieval date or a walking stick top. The object is a hollow dome, with a stretched oval plan, more pointed (narrower) at one end than the other, and D-shaped profile. At the apex of the dome is a circular perforation (c.7.2mm diameter). The object is highly abraded, but appears to survive to its original edge around much of its circumference, The inner surface of the object is plain however the outer surface has moulded decoration that is symmetrical, barring abrasion, through…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-F43553
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Post-medieval one ounce trade weight dating from the period AD 1714-1830 (George I - IV). The weight is discoidal, slightly raised in the central 7mm diameter area, with a central circular indentation and two radiating circumferential grooves at approximately 3mm and 8mm from the edge. It also has a raised rim and is trapezoidal in cross-section with the base slightly narrower than the top, suggesting that it may have been part of a stacking set. At 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock there is a crowned GR such that the crowns are within the central grove and the GRs outside …
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West and Middle Chinnock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-F17D0A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of unclear emperor probably dating to c. AD 330-402. Unclear reverse type and mint.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-610C5B
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A twisted copper alloy fragment from a medieval or post medieval purse frame dating to the period c. AD 1450 - 1550. The fragment consists of an narrow length of copper alloy bar with a L-shaped cross-section which terminates in an old break at either end. The object has been twisted out of shape but was probably originally shallowly curved. It has two surviving drilled circular perforations, sewing holes,through one side of the L-shape, now filled with corrosion. The outer surface on the other side of the L is decorated with a pairs of parallel imdented line that zig diagonally fr…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twerton Ward', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4D3BC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine II dating to c. AD 335 to 337 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers flanking one standard holding spears in outer hands. Mint of Trier. LRBS pt 1 no. 93.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4A1425
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent and slightly chipped cast copper-alloy thimble, possibly from Nuremberg, dated to c. 1330-1400. Despite the thimble being bent it is possible to identify its original form. Originally it would have been circular in plan and domed in profile (c. 10.2mm high). It edge is flat and narrow and it is made of thin metal. At the centre of the thimble on top of the dome is a single pierced hole (2.5mm diameter). The sides and top are covered in small circular indented pits. The pits form a left-hand spiral around the sides, though this is not continuous, and continue in concentric…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-487108
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of unclear emperor dating to c. AD 330-402. Unclear reverse type. Unclear mint. The coin is badly abraded and its edge is uneven and chipped
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 3rd May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-505781
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy spoon handle dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1450-1600). The surviving object comprises part of the of the stem of the handle and a spherical and knop close to its terminal, although the terminal itself is missing. The spoon's stem is approximately oval in cross-section although it is quite irregular from chips to its outside. This stem survives for 11.2mm before ending in a raised collar above which is a wider spherical knop. This knop may have been decorated but is now covered in light green concreted copper alloy corrosion product making…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3B753B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of House of Theodosius (378-402), dating from AD 388 -402 (Reece period 21). VICTORIA AVGGG reverse type depicting Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. Mint unclear
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasedown St. John CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-371FDE
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy knife stop dating to the period c.AD 1500-1700. The knife stop is approximately oval in cross section and its main body is rectangular in plan. Its end has a concave indentation the outer edges of which are marked by raised ridges which run continuously from one side to the other and longitudinally down the length of the stop. Either side of this concave depression on the outer edges of the stop are two (so one on each side) knops that extend 2.7mm which are is oval in cross section with a maximum diameter of 5.5mm and a flat end. The remains of the …
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-365414
Object type: LEASH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy swivel strap-distributor of medieval date (1150-1400), probably from a leash. Only the buckle terminal of the fitting and a connecting hoop to a spacer link remains The buckle terminal is made of the buckle frame, a projecting bar and its connecting terminal. The buckle frame is T-shaped with rounded corners and edges. At the centre of its outer long edge (the upper edge of the cross bar of the T) is a sub-rectangular lug that projects 4.3mm from the frame that would have acted as a rest for the buckle's pin. The down stroke of the T is a narrow c…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-267B97
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusually shaped medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably dating to the 13th or 14th century. Only the upper half of this example survives. The artefact consists of an outer frame and the arm from which a pendant would have swung. The top of the pendant consists of a rounded lug transversely pierced by a 3.7mm (diameter) hole from which it would have been suspended. Below this the frame of the pendant widens and split into two arms, with a rectangular slot left between them. Within this slot hangs a free swinging pendant, held in situ by a copper axis bar through the f…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: SOM-24827F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian dating from AD 364 to 378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory walking left with a wreath and a palm. Mint unclear.
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shoscombe', grid reference and parish protected.