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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Record ID: SOM-7CA82C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy farthing token of Charles I (1625 to 1649), dating from 1636 to 1636. Type 3, Maltravers "rounds". Uncertain initial mark. North (1991:164) no. 2280-2282.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: SOM-02DA02
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval item, probably a strap end, or possibly a buckle plate dating from the 13th to 15th century. It is probably part of a composite strap end with spacer. The remaining part is a single sheet representing the front of the strap end. The strap end is sub-rectangular in shape and tapers towards the end, suggesting a pointed or rounded end. The strap end had two rivets attached, one at the centre near the top, the other centred near the bottom; both are now missing. The top of the strap end from a transverse line through the centre of the top rivet hole i…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
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Record ID: SOM-003B77
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle of Medieval date (AD 1250-1400). The object is a single oval framed buckle with integral plate. The frame is plain. The plate is slightly convex on the front and narrows gradually in width away form the loop to a worn, possibly broken squared off end. The plate has a circular perforation c3mm wide for the pin adjacent to the loop which retains part of the wire pin. The pin is c8mm in length and isimily bent 180 degrees though the hole. There is a further circular perforation c4mm from the pinhole and c2mm wide that may be a rivet hole though no eviden…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
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Record ID: SOM-00327D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single loop trapezoidal medieval buckle with flat rectangular section, expanded outer loop and slightly out-curving upright sides to the frame, The pin and plate are missing. The end of the frame is decorated on one face with three transverse grooves across its centre, the central of the groves being wider than the other two; the centre of the other face has an incised chevron.There is a slight 'swelling' at the centre of the axis bar, at which point the pin would have been attached. The buckle's measurements are as follows: 12.9mm wide, 14.1mm long, 3.2mm thick; it we…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
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Record ID: SOM-FED5E3
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy harness fitting of Medieval date. The bar is rectangular, slightly curved and when viewed from above swells around two pierced holes along its length. To either side and between these holes are three rectangular loops projecting up from the bar. At one end of the bar there is a moulded terminal with a collared, D-shaped pierced projection beyond which is an elongated knop. Traces of gilding can be seen on the convex side, the largest being a c1mm x 1.5mm piece to the top left of the central rectangle (viewed with the termial on the left). The bar measures 11.4mm in…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: SOM-C12DE5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Charles I (AD1625 - 1649) dating to AD 1639 - 1640. Group F. Initial mark triangle, minted at th Tower of London. North (1991: 161) no. 2246.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B0203D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy finger ring of uncertain date, but possibly Roman. Only the bezel and the shoulders of the ring survive. The fragment is flattened and the rest of the band is lost due to worn breaks at both ends. The bezel is rectangular and measures 13.2mm long (along the axis of the ring) and 11.2mm across. In the centre of the bezel is a raised rectangular (almost square) platform, less than a millimetre high and measuring 7.5mm long and 7.1mm across. On the underside of the bezel and occupying most of it's area, with a one to two millimetre border around it, is a conc…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: SOM-58D397
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy pot foot with a small remnant of the pot attached, dating to c. AD 1500-1700. The foot is triangular in cross-section, tapering downwards. There are three longitudinal, convex raised ribs running down the front, the central rib protruding further than the others (thus forming the triangular cross-section), and extending further up as it joins the remnant of the pot body. The ribs come together towards the base of the foot. The back of the foot is flat. It has an old irregular break at the lower end. The leg widens and spreads outwards towards the po…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
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Record ID: SOM-56EB3D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval coin, probably a groat, of Elizabeth I dating from 1558 to 1561. Initial mark unclear. Minted at London. Probably North (1991:133) No. 1986.
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch, Hampshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2C24BE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy zoomorphic handle of uncertain date and from an unidentified vessel. The handle is in the form of a birds leg ending in a three toes foot, measuring 21.6mm in length, with the middle toe larger and curved backwards in a claw ending in a point. Behind this is a V-shaped raised section measuring 19.1mm in width identified as the other toes. The handle is flat underneath and rounded over the top with a series of horizonal incisions along its length. There is a slight raised bulge about half way along the handle and the impression of this buldge and the lines…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-22271D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable strap fitting of uncertain date, possibly Roman, c. AD 43-410. The object comprises of a flat rectangular plate of copper alloy, with a slight knop at its terminal. At the attachment end a pair of V-shaped grooves define a transverse collar, with a second corresponding pair below, just above the mid-point, helping to define a sub-circular boss. This is engraved with a lozenge containing a pellet, with the channels inlaid with niello. The rectangular field below the boss is decorated with two parallel rectangular, niello inlaid channels, with each containing a zig-zag left r…
Created on: Friday 19th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
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Record ID: SOM-DDE847
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Republican silver denarius of the moneyer Mn. Cordius Rufus, minted at Rome and dating to 46 BC (Reece period 1). RVFVS S C, Head of Venus right; MV CORDIVS, Cupid on dolphin right. RRC, p. 473, no. 463/3.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8E8084
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval French copper alloy jetton struck under Charles VI and dating to c. AD 1385-1422, Shield of france modern / triple stranded cross fleuretty design. Michener (1988: 176) catalogues some very similar examples (Nos. 442a-445) and some others somewhat less well matched are listed in Saunders (2001: 233-234, 256), Nos. 125, 129 and 140. It appears double struck. About 75 per cent of the jetton survives, having lost about 15 percent from the bottom (below the obverse design) and a further 5-10 per cent from the top and top-left and right edges. All the breaks are w…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: SOM-760958
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver half groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating to the years AD 1583 to 1603. Initial mark unclear. Minted at London. North (1991:137) no.2016.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shute CP', grid reference and parish protected.