Record ID: BERK-6B34C7
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy document seal, roughly circular in plan with two ovoid projections at top and bottom that form suspension or attachment loops, only one of which survives intact. The seal has a plain reverse but the front bears a shield, three lions passant on the sinister. The shield sits on a circular field of cross-hatching, bound within a circular, double lined border containing saltires, which is itself bordered by a ring of pellets. The seal probably dates from the 14th century. The shield bears the Arms of England, and although the lions are on the sinister rather than guardant thi…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-B1B226
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, dating from the late early-medieval period (11th century). The mount can be described as Williams (1997) Class A, no Type. Sub-pentagonal in form, the mount has an engraved surface, mostly confined to the upper half of the mount and consisting of swirls and diagonal and horizontal lines. The identification of the design is uncertain although it bears similarities to Williams (1997) Figs 20 and 28, and also Type 15. The apex of the mount is finished with a pendant lobe while the flange is set at a right angle on the reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-09F1B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver short-cross penny of Richard I (AD 1189-1199), struck by the moneyer Henri in London between AD 1194-1200. Class 4a. The coin has been struck slightly off-flan.
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-CACF08
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and bent early 14th-century silver medieval penny of Edward I, Class 10cf3b1, London mint (1307-1309 AD)
Created on: Monday 6th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-4D46E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval halfgroat probably of Edward IV AD 1461-1470 (first reign). The halfgroat has been snapped in half rather than cut, and the break does appear to be old. The coin was minted in Canterbury and does not have any stops within the legends. Possibly North 1589.
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-E47B72
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Medieval buckle pin, dating from c. AD 1250-1450. The pin is large and chunky and may have adorned a buckle for horse harnesses or something of similar weight. The loop to secure the pin to the buckle frame is broken and the ends are worn smooth suggesting a break of some antiquity. On the crown of the buckle pin above the loop is a rectangular panel with moulded decoration consisting of three horizontal lines. Otherwise the pin is plain.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D431C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn early 14th-century silver medieval penny of Edward II, Class 10cf5a2, Canterbury mint (AD 1309-1310)
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buckland CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-FD7BD2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy seal matrix of Medieval (probably 14th century) date. The printing face is shield-shaped, the central image and legend well executed. The image appears to be a caricature of a lion's body with a man's head. The lion is in a heraldic pose, standing rampant regardant - ie. standing on its hind legs, the head turned back towards the tail. The legend, which starts at 12 o'clock, reads '*PRIVE SVY E POV CONV', a previously recorded seal legend (see Harvey and McGuinness 1996: 117 (variant)) which roughly translates as 'Private to you and little known'. The handle is of hex…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-57B5C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn and corroded 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus of Valens, 'SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE', Lyon mint (364-378 AD; Reece issue period 19; LRBC 305 or 315). This coin has suffered numerous small circumferential losses.
Created on: Monday 25th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-5B0275
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy early-medieval cloisonné brooch dating to the late 10th or 11th century. The brooch has seven peripheral lugs of which five survive, one of which retains a domed blue glass insert. The front of the brooch has a raised circular insert that fits into the hollow rimed section of the lugged disc. The central insert is ornately enamelled with a design of a six-spoked wheel or star. Six C-shaped strips of copper alloy form semi-circular fields around the edge of the brooch. Each semi-circular field is filled with dark blue glass. In the centre is light blue enamel, surroundi…
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chinnor', grid reference and parish protected.