Record ID: SOM-386B87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constans dating to AD 346 to 350 (Reece period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type depicting a phoenix on a rock or pyre. Mint at Trier. LRBC pt 2 no.32. The coin is missing c.10% to broken edges.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-FD3594
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constans dating to AD 335 to 337 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers flanking one standard. Mint of Nicomedia. LRBC pt I no.1128
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-90E73B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped Medieval silver penny of Edward IV (second reign) dating to AD 1473-1478. Minted at Dublin or Drogheda or Trim. Spink (2002,134-135) no.6361, 6369, 6384. The coin has been clipped to the inner circle.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-FFC05D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sestertius of Julia Mamaea (AD 222-35) dating to AD 221 to 235 (Reece period 11). VENERI FELICI, S. C. reverse type depicting Venus standing facing right holding a sceptre and Cupid. Minted at Rome. RIC IV, Part 2, p.126, no. 694.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-FF8B85
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy handle from a cooking vessel such as a posnet or skillet. The handle is a shallow 'D' shape in cross section, with a flat upper surface and a convex, rounded reverse. There are rough breaks on both ends, one ot a c30 degree angle, the other transverse. The upper surface has three parallel but not equidistant (two on one side being closer together), longitudinal grooves but is otherwise undecorated.. When viewed from the side the handle has a very slight downward curvature which may be due to the break. The handle tapers very slightly from 24.6mm to 23.2mm …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Record ID: DENO-D38A57
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy possible medieval to post-medieval candlestick consisting of a foot and part of the round base. The fragment is heavily worn and slightly bent out of shape. The fragment consists of a complete, broadly tongue-shaped foot, part of the curving rim of the base and a fraction of the central area of the base. A ridge passes from the broken edge at one end almost to the end of the foot. The foot has a pair of openwork sub-ovals on either side of the vertical ridge. The ridge is slightly broken between these ovals showing where the obejct has been bent. Towards t…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
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Record ID: SOM-D98903
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
About half of a cast copper alloy mace head dating to the late Medieval period. The object consists of part of a cast, hollow cylinder of copper alloy, with 60% of the top circumference remaining, tapering to c25% at the bottom of the piece. The hollow cylinder has an internal diameter of c25mm. At the top of the mace there are three rows of pyramid-shaped protrusions, two remaining in the first and third rows, three in the middle row. The upper and lower rows are of half-pyramid-shaped spikes, while those on the central row are of full pyramid shape. Below these shapes part of the…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-71AAFB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper alloy farthing trade token issued by John Tubb in Taunton, dating to AD 1666 on token; Williamson (1891: 992), Somerset 289.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: SOM-6F4604
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A coin hoard of four copper alloy cartwheel pennies of George III, Birmingham mint second issue, dated 1797 (Spink p.417 no.3777). Probably a chance purse loss. One penny has been deliberately bent in two places and drilled through. As this modified coin was found in a group with other pennies, suggested to be a purse loss, it can be inferred that, despite the modification, the coin would still have been an accepted item of tender. All Diameter 35.5mm; die axis 6; total weight 99g. 1. Cartwheel penny Obverse: Bust. Inscription: GEORGIUS III D G REX Reverse: Britannia se…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: SOM-DFDAD4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment from the end of a handle of a cooking vessel possibly a posnet or skillet of a later medieval or early post-medieval date, AD 1300-1600. The handle has a D-shaped cross section with a flat upper surface. The flat surface of the handle has the design of a long cross pattee engraved onto the surface, the arm running parallel to the handle is longer than the other. The back has numereous holes caused by air bubbles during the casting process but is otherwise plain. There is an old break where it continued to the rest of the handle. The terminal is stepped down…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DEFE6F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete curved copper alloy handle for a vessel, probably dating to the post-medieval period, however it has not yet been directly paralleled and an earlier date cannot be ruled out. The handle is triangular in cross section with a slghtly convex curved inner face and ridge running down the centre of the upper face. It narrows from the break at one end to the break at the other. At the bottom thinner end there is a raised section on the front that may have been part of the decoration or indicate the start of the terminal. The curve of this fragment can give an indication as to t…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: SOM-F76167
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead vessel repair (pot mend). It is roughly oval in plan and bullet-shaped with two irregularly shaped outer pieces of oxidised, white-patinated lead, one larger than the other, sandwiching a fragment of the original ceramic pot. The larger lead piece is slightly concave while the smaller piece is domed. The pottery has a bright orange fabric, possibly due to reheating with the mend with abundent coarse sand temper, patinated chert inclusions up to 1mm and occasional rounded ironstone suggesting a greensand derived fabric of local type . The pot mend is 19.6mm long by 18.5mm wid…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsburi Episcopi CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-393747
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Iron Age copper alloy Nauheim-derivative brooch of expanded bow form (Feugère 1985 type 11a). The bow and most of the catchplate survive. The bow retains about six centimetres of the spring at the head. The coils of the spring and the integral pin have been lost to an old break. The upper part of the bow consists of a circular dome, convex at the front and concave at the rear (17.6mm in diameter and 5mm deep). The dome is decorated with an incised downward pointing triangle with concave sides (tricorne), within a circle. The circle is almost as big as the dome …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Record ID: IOW-A2D378
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy Langton Down type brooch (AD 25-60). The pin, spring mechanism and the lower part of the bow, including the catch-plate, are missing. The brooch is generally T-shaped in plan and has wings which are semi-cylindrical and open at the rear. In plan, the bow narrows from the wings towards the break at the bottom. Adjacent to the wings, the bow has a width of c. 15.0mm and the width at the break is 6.2mm. The front of the bow is stepped horizontally and the rear face is flat and plain. This brooch is green and corroded overal…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-124A1B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame with ornate outer edge. The frame is oval with an offset strap bar. The outer edge is widened and divided by multiple narrow rasied ribs running around the front and back with two larger rounded knops projecting out at 45 degrees at either end. The ribs are arranged one near each end and hen two groups of three ribs flanking a recessed cnetral are for the pin. The outer edge is oval in section, the upper and lower sides D-shaped with convex outer sides. The pin is cast with a flatter loop ending in a raised transverse line and a D-shaped cross sectio…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combe St. Nicholas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-117896
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla dating to the period c.AD1350 - 1530. The top is open and measures 21.75mm in width. The neck tapers in width from the mouth to the base. The loop on either side is missing but remaining stubs suggest there were loops on both sides of the nack, about half way up. The lower half is semi-circular. One face is moulded in the form of a scallop shell of spencer type I with raised radiating lines and the outer edge is scalloped with indents to meet the grooves between the ribs. The other face is heavily worn but has a raised symbol in the middle, possibly a…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combe St. Nicholas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0FF679
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy artefact, probably a strap fitting such as a strap union, or perhaps a harness fitting or mount. It probably dates from the Iron Age or Roman period, about 800 BC - AD 100. The object is incomplete, but appears to have been symetrical. It consists of a pair of opposed triangular loops, both springing from a central block. The block is square in profile, but narrow when viwed from the front, rather like a square collar. It is decorated with incised border lines on the front, upper and lower faces. Projecting from the back of the central element is a circular sectioned…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: SOM-2A8149
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy silver plated contemporary copy of a halfcrown of Charles I (AD 1625-1649) dating to AD 1634 to 1649. The coin has a thin sheet of silver over the top onto which the dies were stamped. One face of the silver has been almost worn smooth while the other bears the trace of an round, garnished, royal shield. Due to the condition of the coin a closer date cannot be determined.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsbury Episcopi CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-EB7A67
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval copper alloy heraldic horse harness pendant, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The pendant is shield shaped, tapering to a point at the bottom and with a transverse attachment loop projecting from the top edge. The pendant is decorated with an inner shield, left reserved against a recessed border containing a series of raised pellets. This was probably originally inlaid with enamel, although it is now lost, with the raised pellets retaining traces of gilding (bezants). The central shield retains traces of a white metal coating, with three recessed diagonal channels retaining thier…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
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Record ID: SOM-7D5A82
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating from the 17th century. The fragment consists of approximately 25-30 per cent of two discs pressed together. It has worn breaks almost all the way around it's edge. About 10 per cent of the edge is not broken and is part of the original edge of the seal. On one side, in the centre, some numbers have been stamped. probably 10 with the O partly lost. These are surrounded by two concentric circles with a legend in between. The surviving fragment of the legend reads (T)AVN(T). The other side is stamped with a design that fea…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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