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-02BF51
Object type: HINGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy decorative hinge from either a box or possibly a book fitting, folded on top of itself. It measures 23.92x12.50x4.13mm and weighs 2.7g. The object consists of two openwork halves c.1mm thick with what appears to be a shorter, flat spike sandwiched between. One half terminates in a fleur-de-lis a small rivet hole (1.3mm diameter) at the farthest point. Below this is an inverted, rather angular, heart-shaped openwork at the base of which is another rivet hole, complete with iron rivet corroded in place. Below is the c.4x2.5mm are of 'hinge' f…
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chippenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-74BEC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremily worn and corroded, incomplete pierced copper-alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of Constans or Constantius II, dating to the period AD 348 to 350. FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse depicting Emperor and Victory in galley.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2011
Last updated: Saturday 14th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7510C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pierced copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantius II dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece period 17), GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers holding two standards. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2011
Last updated: Saturday 31st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-351E14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy 4th-century Roman nummus of uncertain emperor, uncertain reverse and mint (330-402 AD)
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Last updated: Saturday 6th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

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-FBFCA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Barbarous Radiate (AD 275-85), probably Tetricus II. It measures 15mm in diameter. The coin is very worn and the edge is chipped across a 1.75mm diameter piercing. Obverse: Radiate head right Reverse: Not identified Date: AD 275-285
Created on: Friday 27th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014
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-015682
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman or Post-Medieval copper alloy finger-ring with rectangular bezel, the hoop of which is now slightly squashed out of shape. It measures 21.18x15.79mm and would have originally measured c.20.5mm in diameter. It weighs 1.15g. The bezel measures 11.91x4.40x2.49mm and is decorated with two longitudinal ribs with tiny transverse grooves at the highest point. The shoulders are triangular and c.2x2mm, narrowing to 1.27x1.43mm at the back of the hoop, which is rectangular in cross-section. Laura Burnett, Sussex FLO, comments: Apart from the rectangular bezel it looks like a Guiraud…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2017
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