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Record ID: WILT-3CC050
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval (1400-1450) copper alloy composite crescentic strap end with trefoil projection, missing its backplate. It measures 42.85x29.53x2.95mm and weighs 8.7g. The cast upper plate is crescental with remains of iron rivets at the points where the crescent ends join to form a circle. In shape the plate is roughly D-shaped with a wide outer edge, much narrower edge, and oval opening 13.46x15.68mm. To the reverse it is hollowed with a c.1.5mm wide rim running around much of the edge (but not the narrowed edge or the trefoil projection). Two further rivets are still in si…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR152
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval cast copper alloy pedestal type seal matrix with a circular face. The matrix has a central design of a cockerel standing facing right (left on the impression) within a plain line border. The legend starts at 3 o'clock (9 o'clock on the impression) with a star and reads CROV M[E] DAI (CROW ME DAY, I crow at daybreak). The edges are chipped in places which has removed the upper edges of some the letters. The central conical handle rises evenly from the face with no facets on the lower part, narrowing as it rises to a waist from which it expands out slightly before ending i…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Cleeve CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR239
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
The copper alloy matrix from the end of one arm of a Post-Medieval multi-armed seal matrix. The face of the matrix (the die) is broadly circular and inscribed with a design of a heart pierced by two arrows with drops of blood or tears above and to the sides and a probable crown or possible eye above; all within a engrailed border. From the back of the matrix rises the stub of a handle, the handle is circular in section with a district casting line running down the sides at 12 and 6 o'clock on the matrix. The handle now ends in an old break just above the matrix. It is 15.5mm in diamet…
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2000
Last updated: Monday 1st September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOMERSET STOGUMBER', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR240
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
The copper alloy matrix from the end of one arm of a Post-Medieval multi-armed seal matrix. The face of the matrix (the die) is broadly circular and inscribed with a design of a three masted sailing ship within a engrailed border. From the back of the matrix rises the stub of a handle, the handle is circular in section with a district casting line running down the sides at 12 and 6 o'clock on the matrix. The handle now ends in an old break just above the matrix. It is 16.1mm by 15.5mm and 6.4mm thick and weighs 4.06 grams. SOMDOR239 found in the same area is related and probably fr…
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2000
Last updated: Monday 1st September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOMERSET STOGUMBER', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I dating to the period AD 308 to 309 (Reece period 15). PRINCIPI-IV-VENTVTIS Prince standing facing, head left in military dress, holding standard in each hand. Minted at Lyon. RIC VI, p. 264, no. 299. The coin has a patch of silver metal visible at 4 o'clock on the obverse. Nummi of this period were agentiferous copper alloy, ie they contained a small content of silver (decreasing from 4% in AD 307 to 1.5% in AD 310). The patch is presuambly a patch of higher silver content metal due to incomplete mixing of the molten metal prior to product…
Created on: Friday 24th September 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogumber CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E252A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Long cross penny of Edward II, minted in London. It is too worn to attribute further with confidence. The coin has been clipped.
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2006
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-017726
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Class 2a, London mint, AD 1279, North (1997:28) no.1014.
Created on: Sunday 3rd October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 28th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR1573
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy pedestal type seal matrix with a oval die from which rises the handle in the form of a flattened trefoil on a short, oval sectioned, stem. The upper loop of the trefoil is missing to an old break, the lower side lobes have roughly circular holes through them. The die has an incised design of the letters I C with a branching tree running between them and spreading out above and below them and no outer border. The die is 14.2mm by 13.6mm; the matrix is now 20.6mm tall; it weighs 3.43grams. Various similar matrices are recording on the database and in Read (2001, 81…
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2002
Last updated: Monday 1st September 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B39897
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy trumpet brooch. Pin missing. Behind the head is a large thin loop which projects longitudinally to house the missing coiled pin . The back of the head is oval and hollowed. The head tapers sharply to the knop at the middle of the bow. The head is decorated with enamelling in a symmetrical design around the longitudinal axis. At the top are two triangles (containing yellow enamel) surrounded by two v-shapes which are open towards the centre of the bow, possibly containing blue enamel. Next down the bow are two half circles containing red enamel, curved towards t…
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2003
Last updated: Monday 1st September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-388714
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy thimble formed by soldering copper alloy sheet into a long, slightly tapering cylinder with a separate domed top. The top and a part of the side are missing due to an old, very irregular break and the side has split along the seam, it is squashed inwards slightly at the base. The soldered seam is visible around the top and on the side. The sides are decorated with an irregular hand incised grid of lines leaving a strap work pattern, of two lozenges alternating with two pointed ovals, in reserve. There is a plain ring at the base. It is now 18.8mm by 15.3mm a…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-38B796
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Class 4b, minted at Canterbury, 1282-1289 AD, North 1024
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-397146
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Helena (324-341), PAX PVBLICA reverse (Pax standing facing left with transverse sceptre and branch), mint unclear, AD 337-341. About a tenth of the flan is missing to an old chip from one side.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7AE152
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One terminal of a cast copper alloy mount, possibly a long strap mount from a casket of medieval date. The teminal has a slightly angular, projecting, oval point flanked by lobed knops to either side of the base. There is a circular hole through the centre of the oval and the bar has broken just below the lobed knops across a second hole. It is flat in section adn the sides and break are very worn. It is 20.8mm long, 13.6mm wide, 2.0mm thick and weighs 2.05 grams.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4C8203
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver halfpenny of Richard II (1377-1399), Withers type 5, minted at London, 1377-1399 AD, North 1332
Created on: Monday 7th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4E04A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut half penny of John (1199-1216), short voided cross class 4b, minted by Willelm, probably at London, 1200-1204 AD, North 968/2. The coin is broken with c.20% missing to old breaks.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B98944
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), Short cross Class 7a or 7b, minted by Roger of R at Canterbury, 1217-1236 AD, North 978/979.
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F64FF2
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tertiary retouched flake of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. The flake has a visible bulb of percussion on the ventral face which has been partially removed by the very large bulbar scar due to a flaw in the flint. The distal end has snapped, as has the proximal right corner. There is short scalar abrupt retouch at the proximal end of the left edge and along the remaining part of the right edge of the dorsal face. Towards the centre of the left edge the retouch becomes longer and semi-abrupt. The flint is light-mid grey in colour.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E954D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constans, VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN reverse (two victories standing facing inwards, each holding up a small wreath), minted at Trier, AD 341-346, LRBC pt I no.140.
Created on: Monday 31st October 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-487108
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of unclear emperor dating to c. AD 330-402. Unclear reverse type. Unclear mint. The coin is badly abraded and its edge is uneven and chipped
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 3rd May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-3F5713
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy sexfoil stud. It is slightly convex on the front and concave on the back. The petals are defined by indented lines which meet in the centre and the outer edge is cusped. In the centre of the reverse is an iron attachment stud or possibly loop, due to the quantity of corrosion it is not clear how this is attached to the copper alloy head. There is a raised cross formed of thin lines cast on the reverse of one of the petals. The front is heavily gilded. It is 16.7mm in diameter, 5.9mm thick incuding the rivet and weighs 2.57 grams. It is similar in form to M…
Created on: Sunday 6th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.