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Record ID: SOM-E9E8A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver shilling probably of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating to AD 1558 to 1603. The coin has been clipped to the inner circle and any further identification may not be possible.
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-E97995
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy circular coin weight dating to AD 1412 to 1500, probably for a noble of the light standard. The weight is uniface, sub-circular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The front depicts a ship with single mast flanked by a fleur-de-lis on the left and probably a muddled lion or sterncastle on the right, the reverse is plain. The weight has various cuts and abraded edges. The coin weight measures 17.3 mm in diameter and weighs 4.55 g, 70.2 grains.
Withers & Withers (1995:19) illustrate a similar example which they suggest was a weight made in England for the …
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-ADF8DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver cut half penny of Aethelred II (978-1016) dating to c. AD 1003 to 1009. Helmet type, BMC viii, Hild.E. Minted by Æthelweard probably at London. North (1997) no. 775.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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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
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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
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This findspot is known as 'Bishops Waltham', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SOM-9EDF8D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy radiate of an unclear ruler dating to 260 to 275 (Reece period 13). Unclear reverse type. Mint unclear.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-9EA89D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of un unclear emperor, probably of the House of Constantine (Reece period16). Probably VOT XX reverse type depicting wreath with VOT XX inside. Mint unclear.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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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Record ID: SOM-3BBA28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 335 - 341 (Reece Period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers with one standard. Mint probably Trier.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
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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
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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
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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
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
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