Record ID: PAS-611B78
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A stone spindle whorl of possible medieval date. It is of flattened biconvexform, higher in one half than the other. The circumference is also flattened. The fabric is fine grained and of light-grey colour. It features incised concentric decoration in the form neat concentric rings (turning lines) on both surfaces. The central hole measures c. 8.1mm in diameter. On the higher half the object has suffered a loss adjacent to the hole. The stone is calcareous and probably a siltstone/mudstone. Geoff Egan (1998, 255ff.) suggests that the cheaper, possibly home-made, ceramic and bone spind…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 23rd February 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-343E7F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver Cilician Armenian takvorin, possibly of Levon III (1301-1307) or a later ruler (Oshin, 1308-20 to Gosdantin III, 1344-63). Minted in Sis. Ref: Künker (2008), Auktion 137: the De Wit Collection of Medieval Coins. 1000 years of European coinage. Part III, p.339-41.
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brant Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B8A58D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of uncertain Tetrachic ruler dating to the period AD 294 to 307 (Reece period 15). Probably GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius, modius on head, standing left holding patera and cornucopiae. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E58984
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
The head and upper bow from a copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. The lower part of the bow and foot is missing to an old break. The head is formed of two cylindrical wings flanking a central slot. One wing is shorter than the other but still has a neat, worn, end suggesting it was mis-cast or broken in antiquity. The head is 17.4mm wide. The wings hold the axis bar for the hinged pin, one end of the copper alloy bar is visible embeded in white material, probably solder in the end of the shorter wing. The pin once hinged in the central slot but is now missing.…
Created on: Thursday 10th July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2017
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Record ID: SOM-2C162A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver plated contempory copy of a denarius of Tiberius dating to AD 14 to 37. (Reece period 1). PONTIF MAXIM reverse type depicting a female seated facing right, holding a sceptre and branch. Copying a coin from Lyon mint. Copying RIC Vol. I (revised) p.95 no. 26 or 28.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chickerell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A61163
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy two loop bucke. A rectangular section stem or shank which extends between two flat elements with, in so far as they remain, curved edges, and both bearing a rayed pattern of grooves converging on the stem. Rusty stains on the central shank hint at the former presence of a ferrous metal component. This identification was kindly offered by Laura Burnett, with confirmation of this offered by Rob Webley, who comments as follows: 'This looks like the pin bar of a post-medieval buckle, the rust from the missing iron pin. Cf. Whitehead (2003, 65; e.g. no. 402)…
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Legbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-992582
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy pointed oval (vesica-shaped) personal seal matrix dating to the 13th century (1200-1300). The matrix is flat and the front is engraved with a central motif with a surrounding inscription. At the rear it has a central raised rib along the longitudinal axis. The suspension loop is now missing, with a scar at the top of the reverse, and the matrix is very worn. The motif is a single engraved fleur-de-lis and no borders survive. It is difficult to read the inscription, but using a combination of the matrix itself and an impression, it is possibl…
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8DE224
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy mount. Cast concavo-convex mount comprising a smiling human mask in a hat or hood, with a backward pointing blunt hook rising behind it. Below the mask a miniature torso is represented with a pair of crooked ball-ended arms springing from it, and a circular loop, probably for an attachment rivet, below. The hollow mask is slightly thickened close to the hook, suggesting allowance for its use, perhaps fastening a strap. The facial features include a high brow, a broad triangular nose perhaps flattened by wear, and lidded eyes with bags beneath them. A tight fitting ha…
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-4E2F50
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded fragment from a Roman copper-alloy openwork folding knife or razor handle, of the 'hare and hound' type. It would have shown a hound running along solid ground and biting the rump of a hare in front. It is difficult to discern what survives: perhaps the hare, with elongated nose. The iron blade is also missing, although some corroded remains are apparent in the abraded slot on the underside of the 'solid ground' (where the knife blade would have rested when folded). The object is much worn and corroded with a grey/green colour. There is a recess in the upright element joi…
Created on: Sunday 8th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2014
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Record ID: NLM-13FBB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Brooch. Knee Brooch, as kindly suggested by Laura Burnett with reference to IOW-C9CD63and SOM-3B6BAF. The fastening may derive from the Polden Hill series (cf. Mackreth's CD PH 6, the 'Eastern' type).The plate at one end of the wings may have served as a hook, and there is the stub of a rearward pointing hook at the top of the wings. A small integrally cast top loop is of triangular form. A broad sub-rectangular section bow meets the head, and has two or more pairs of side knobs. There is a suspicion of further decorative detail, though worn. The bow tapers towards a simp…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2013
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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