Record ID: WILT-4B4401
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and probably Medieval lead seal matrix, probably originally circular, with a c.5mm diameter hole pierced close to one edge. It weighs 45.77g and measures 41.57x33.21x5.24mm. Its original diameter would have been circa 42mm. One side is smooth and plain while the other has the inscription [...]IMPER[...]L around the edge, with possibly a double-stranded cross at the centre (although only a very small part remains). Laura Burnett, FLO for Sussex, comments: Simper is, I'm guessing, a mis-spelling of semper (always). Two known seal matrices using 'simper' are Oculi mei sim…
Created on: Monday 19th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-42CA17
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy gilt and enameled horse harness pendant and silvered pendant hanger, together measuring 55.59mm in length and weighing 15.98g. The pendant hanger is T-shaped and triangular in section with a split cylindrical projection at the bottom of the stem. The cross bar measures 19.21x9.13x2.88mm and the stem 6.04x7.95x4.15mm, excluding the cylindrical projection which is 5.92mm in diameter and 7.36mm in horizontal length. The iron axis bar is present and corroded as the suspended pendant is in situ and immoveable. Silvering is present on all parts of the hanger except for…
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2017
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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
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Record ID: WILT-FBCD96
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1260-1500) copper alloy heraldic shield shaped Harness Mount 'Chequy', missing one corner, all of its enamel and gilded or silvering decoration, and most of the integral attachment spike. It measures 37.50x28.71x3.85mm and weighs 11.02g. The mount is 2.13mm thick and decorated with 6 rows of alternating squares in a checkerboard patter. The raised squares would have been gilded or silvered (Or or Argent) and the slightly recessed areas would have been filled with a coloured enamel. To the reverse only a worn stump of the original projection survives, …
Created on: Friday 27th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-3148B4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy pointed oval seal matrix, measuring 31.2x19.1mm and weighing 6.43g. It is 2mm thick. The matrix depicts a crowned Madonna feeding child ('Maria Lactans') above an arch, below which a figure faces left, praying. A comparison for this image can be seen on a seal matrix from Dunnington, North Yorkshire, IHS-E06142. The motif is one of the most popular images of the Virgin Mary during the 14th and 15th century, and disappears around 1550. The legend, especially the second half, is extremely worn: SIGILL SI ..... I The reverse of the seal matrix has a pierced,…
Created on: Friday 1st August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-2C09D3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy hooked tag of Read's Early Post-Medieval Type 7. It is composed by six globular bodies with transverse crest ribs marked on, and it has two rivet holes with traces of iron rivets in. It widens to the end where probably was a suspension loop. Dimensions: Length 33 mm, width 10 mm, thickness 6 mm. Weight 4.38g. Cf. Read 2008 no.765.
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2011
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Record ID: WILT-A472F5
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy crucifix of probable medieval date. The top arm of the crucifix expands towards the tip and the terminal is convex, the terminal has a circular perforation for suspension. The lower arm of the crucifix also expands towards the tip with a curved terminal. The arms to the left and the right of the crucifix have bifoliate terminals. The depiction of christ is basic with a central worn circular projection depicting the head, two outstrenched arms are depicted as two ridges which both terminal in broadly oval projections. The legs are seperated by a shallow ver…
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 31st July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D656F5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval (1250-1500) copper alloy gilded and enamelled shield-shaped heraldic horse harness pendant, blazoned: gules a fess between six cross crosslets or. The pendant has a red enamel background divided in two with a horizontal band. Above are three cross crosslets horizontally arranged, below are a further three arranged two over one. Gilding is missing on the cross crosslets but a small speck survives on the band. The red enamel background is almost intact above the band, but is mostly missing below. It measures 40.20x25.55x6.50mm and weighs 10.10g. Excluding the loop it meas…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chirton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-63F571
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Medieval 13th-century silver cut halfpenny of John, uncertain moneyer minted at Canterbury (Short cross issue 5aii; 1204 - 1205 AD)
Created on: Friday 18th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-641015
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Medieval 13th-century silver cut halfpenny of Henry III, uncertain moneyer minted at Canterbury (Long cross class 3a; 1248 - 1250 AD)
Created on: Friday 18th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.