Record ID: SOM-7C48EF
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing issued by John Cole of Shaftesbury in Dorset, Williamson Dorsetshire 139 dating to 1650 to 1671. Williamson (1891, 188).
Created on: Monday 17th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-23C3D2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval 17th century farthing trade token of Midhurst, Sussex. The token is dated 1670 on the obverse. Reference: Williamson Sussex 127
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Record ID: SOM-FD1746
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead-tin (pewter) dress hook probably dating to cAD1500 - 1600. The plate is formed of three lobes arranged in a triangle with a central pellet and raised lines between them, defining each lobe. Each lobe is domed with a convex front and flat back and decorated with a saltire with a pellet in each quarter. The oputer edge of the lobes are decorated with a row of pellets which project slightly to create a wavy border. The backplate has the remains of two projections at the top, each near the centre of a lobe and aligned along a casting seam. Starting in the centre of th…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F9C5F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rare, copper-alloy dupondius of Severus Alexander (AD 222-235), minted in Rome, AD 229. RESTITVTOR MON reverse type depicting the emperor standing left with spear. Ref. RIC, Vol. IV, Part II, p.118, no. 601. Severus Alexander apparently struck this coinage in connection with an 'enigmatic ... '"reform" in c. 229 celebrated with dupondii inscribed Restitvtor Mon (Alexander standing) and Mon Restitvta (Moneta standing). The nature of this event is a mystery, though it may be a celebration of the effectiveness of Alexander's decision in 222 to abandon the inflationary double-denariu…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F9C34B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A segment of a Roman silver denarius of Caracalla dating to AD 213-217 (Reece period 10). LIBERAL AVG VIIII depicting Libralitas standing with cornucopia and abacus, minted at Rome. RIC IV, Caracalla 302. The piece is approximately one quarter of the coin. The direct distance between the two ends of the circumference is 14.7mm, while the edges that approximate radii are 13.3mm and 11.6mm long. The piece is 1.9mm thick and weighs 1.25g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-96961B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn post-medieval copper alloy duit of Gelderland, province of the Netherlands, dating to the year 1759. Obverse: Crowned arms of Gelderland (two lions rampant, facing, within square shield); [IN DEO EST SPES NOSTRA] - 'In God is our hope' Reverse: .D. / G[EL] / RIAE / 1759 (in four lines) within baroque cartouche.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rockbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C22238
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut farthing of unclear ruler dating between c. AD 1180-1247. Short cross coinage, uncertain class. Unclear mint and moneyer.
Created on: Monday 26th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 2nd February 2019
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Record ID: SOM-BF1990
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragments of three Post medieval ceramic vessel. Probably of 18th to 19th century date. 1. Part of the neck and handle from a large jug. South Somerset (Donyatt) ware. Medium orange fabric with occasional dark orange grog inclusion. Oval sectioned applied strip handle with central thumb groove running down its length. Internal clear glaze. 173g. 2. Part of the rim of a pan, slightly closed with the body angled into the neck then an angled out rim with a flat top edge with several grooves running around it. South Somerset (Donyatt) ware. Medium orange fabric with occasional d…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
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Record ID: SOM-2A10FE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Postumus dating from AD 260-269 (Reece period 13). PAX AVG Reverse type depicting Pas standing left holding branch in right hand long transverse sceptre in left hand. Mint unknown. (Cunetio, pg. 145, no. 2450)
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EE987D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy enamelled Roman zoomorphic plate brooch depicting a fish on a dish dating to the period c. AD 100 - 300. The pin is missing. The plate is pointed oval in shape with a series of projecting rounded lugs spaced at regular intervals around the edge of the plate, including one lug at each pointed end. Several of the lugs are missing or incomplete due to wear. The plate is decorated with a border of alternating isoceles triangle recesses, some of which contain traces of degraded enamel, probably green in the inner triangles and unclear in the outer due to servi…
Created on: Friday 16th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy', grid reference and parish protected.