Record ID: SOM-551C77
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy finger ring of Henig Type I set with a yellow/amber glass intaglio. The ring has a robust plain oval bezel that is raised unusually high above the level of the hoop on plain shoulders. The shoulders are triangular in plan and section, widening evenly from the hoop to the bezel, from c2mm to c10mm. The hoop is entirely missing due to old breaks at the point where the bezel stands away from the hoop. The bezel is recessed in the centre with a very thin unrecessed edge and entirely filled with a glass intaglio. The edge appears to have been crimped i…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-431B66
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Roman copper alloy military buckle dating to AD 100 to 250. The buckle consists of singular loop with semi-scrolling ands and a small integral plate with a slot for the pin. The pin is missing. The frame is D-shape and measure 25.1 mm width at the point of maximum expansion. It is sub-rectangular in section, with a convex outer side and a flat inner side and reverse. The ends of the frame adjacent to the plate are curled inwards ending in semi-scrolls either side of the missing pin. Adjacent to the frame the plate is formed of a short sub-rectangular neck that…
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2018
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lopen CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-048FFE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a lead alloy object, possibly the base and attachment for a handle on a large lead-tin (pewter) jug, possibly of Roman date. The piece has a sub-rectangular shape for 65 mm in length and gradually widen from 13.5 mm on the base to 20.5 mm near the top. From this point of maximum width it tapers again for 21 mm in length to a rounded, broken and worn, tip. The base is thinner and turned out at 20 degrees angle, moulded with a raised edge. The lower part of the piece is convex on the front and reaches the maximum thickness of 10.6 mm at the point of maximum width. It is sligh…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-ED5524
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy object of possible Roman date. The object consists of a pointed drop-shaped element with a tip turned out at 30 degrees angle. The tip and the opposite side are now missing due to old breaks. Both the front and the reverse side are decorated: half of the face has three longitudinal grooves which leave three thin raised lines; the other half is concave on both sides. The object has a brown-green patina with traces of corrosion. It measures 25.8 mm in length, 15.4 mm in width, 4.8 mm in thickness and weighs 4.68 g. Without knowing what the object is, it …
Created on: Monday 30th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-B20DEB
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper alloy pocket-sized screw-action nutcracker, consisting of the ring of the nutcracker only (and missing the screw handle/ thumbpiece section). The ring is slightly oval in shape (rather than perfectly circular) and has a D-shaped cross-section (being flat to the inside surface). To opposing sides of the hoop are two sub-circular projections, one of which is a walled perforation 12.7x12.1mm (internal 8.5x7.4mm) and 4.9mm tall. It has a screw-thread to the inside and a decorative concentric groove around the outside, which is faceted and octofoil in sh…
Created on: Friday 27th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Waltham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9D36D7
Object type: BULLET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fired modern lead bullet. The cast lead bullet was probably originally of domed or pointed form with a hollow base, now mostly melted. The point has been flattened and the lower part of the bullet rolled/compressed upwards. The length is 13.6mm and width 18.8mm. The width of the top of the object is 11.2mm, suggesting its use for perhaps a 0.45 inch calibre weapon. There are two circumferential lines visible. Weight: 14.3grams​. The bullet has characteristics of the Minié ball, but a definite designation is not possible given its condition. This was a type of muzzle-loading…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Record ID: DEV-5E90CD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Medieval copper alloy single looped buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1100-1250. The frame is D-shaped and internally beveled, with a thick convex outer edge. This is decorated with alternating thick and narrow raised ribs, the latter having transverse grooves to create a corded effect. The bar is recessed and circular in cross-section; the pin has been lost. Length: 35.8mm; width: 24.4mm; thickness: 7.7mm; weight: 16.73g. No parallel has been found in the usual sources. While the broad outer edges similar to 11th century buckles such as LIN-5E320A the unrecessed bar s…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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Record ID: SOM-5E5406
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Portuguese Post Medieval gold Cruzado Calvario of John III (Joao III) of Portugal, dating to AD 1521 to 1557. Minted at Lisbon. Freidberg 29.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-5DE53B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver penny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327) dating to AD 1309-1310. Class 10cf5. Mint of Bury St. Edmunds. North (1991, 32) no. 1043/1.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Record ID: DEV-097301
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Early Medieval to early Medieval copper alloy stirrup terminal, probably dating to c. AD 1000-1100. The object is now highly abraded, but is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section, tapering into a sub-circular sectioned debased urnes-style crested animal head which curls around to meet the main body of the terminal and form a circular aperture. The interior (sub-triangular) face of the terminal is concave, and retains a significant amount of iron corrosion, although the outer edges (and possible face) have been lost. Dimensions: height 22.4mm; width 21.5…
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-E06151
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval/ post-medieval gilded copper alloy disc with a (probably later) perforation close to one edge. The disc is now a little bent. With the perfoartion at the top it depicts from left to right (to one face only) grooved decoration in the form of a cross saltire formed of two opposing pairs of V-shapes, a central band of two vertical grooves c.5mm apart, and a further vertical groove enclosing within it and the right-hand curved edge of the disc an acorn springing from a curved branch, below another curved branch. The curved branches are formed of pairs of lines, the acorn …
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-E02E9C
Object type: AWL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy unidentified object, presumably a tool of some kind, of uncertain date. It has a very sharp pointed tip and a worn break at the opposite end (probably the base of a missing tang). The surviving pointed element is conical in shape with an oval cross-section, 29.1mm in length and max.7.1mm wide and 6.5mm thick just above the base where it narrows to 6.5x5.7mm. A collar of grooved linear decoration c.6mm high flanks the base of the cone and features a pair of lines forming a zig-zag between a single concentric groove (at the base) and a pair of concentric groo…
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-E01873
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy irregular (barbarous) radiate of an unclear ruler dating to 275 to 285 (Reece period 14). SALVS AVG reverse type depicting Salus feeding a snake rising from an altar. Mint unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-E01852
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Republican silver denarius, issued by Q. Curtius and M. Junius Silanus, 116 - 115 BC (Reece Period 1). Reverse design of Jupiter in quadriga going right. Mint of Rome. RRC 285/2
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selwood CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-DE3676
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy medieval buckle plate. A thick cast straight-sided plate with a narrowed projecting slotted rectangular tab which is folded tightly against the back of the larger part. Moulded vertical bars appear at the inner and outer edges of the display side of the plate, and a pair of prongs project from its putative inner end. This configuration would more normally be rendered in flexible sheet metal, but this may be indicative of early construction. Suggested date: Medieval, 1150-1300. Length: 21.5mm, Height: 20.2mm, Thickness (plate, clear of vertical ribs): 1.9mm, Weight: 5.6…
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby Cross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F6BE6A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged developed T-shaped brooch dating to AD 75 to 150. The surviving portion comprises of part of the head with a tab and the upper part of the bow. The brooch appears to have a high tin or zinc conent or heavy white metal coating giving a silvery appearence. The brooch has open-ended cylindrical wings that extend for 31.9 mm in width and 4.3 mm in diameter. The left wing is complete and decorated at the end with two incised lines across the front only. The right wing survives for 14.4 mm in width to an old break with traces of white cement. The w…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Saturday 4th August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-2262AD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy strap-fitting dating to AD 1350 to 1400. The bar mount originally consisted of two parallel arms that were linked at the base by a semi-circular suspension loop. This loop has worn through so the two arms are now separate each with part of the loop attached. the inner side of the loop has sides that fold in suggesting it was made by hammering the sides of the strip. Both bars are flat and are perforated with two rivet holes, around the holes are the remains of corroded iron rivets. The fitting has a green and brown patina with traces of gilding…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2021
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Record ID: SOM-210618
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Roman copper alloy applied hook brooch of unusually strip like bow dating to AD 40 to 80. Only the bow and one wing survive, the rest is missing to old breaks. The remaining wing projects out at 90 degrees to the head and is a rectangular plate, 7.6mm long, with the broad face towards the front, the end does not bend back to hold the spring. There is an old break across the rest of the head but it appears it was flat and thin between the wings. The bow is flat and arched in the upper part, with the remaining upper corner bent to one side. It is an unusually wide…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-789A4B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver radiate of Salonina dating to AD 253 to 260 (Reece period 13). PIETAS AVG reverse type with Pietas standing facing left. Mint of Viminacium. Cunetio no. 791.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trudoxhill CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3C79C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy barbarous radiate dating to AD 275 to 285 (Reece period 14). SALVS AVG reverse type depicting Salus leaning left hand on anchor and sacrificing over an altar with her right hand. Mint unclear.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2018
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