Record ID: SWYOR-418513
Object type: MIRROR CASE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy mirror case, dating to the medieval period, about AD 1250-1350. The object comprises one half of the two part mirror case with the other prat of the case and the mirror glass itself now missing. The case is circular in shape, although broken. A pair of lugs projects at one end and hold a copper alloy rivet forming a hinge pin. Opposite, a single perforated lug projects (now filled with corrosion) to for part of the catch. The case is undecorated on both the inside and outside with a raised rim around the outside providing a hollow to hold the mirror. There i…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-4169E2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy finger ring dating from AD 43-250. It is of Type 2 (Guiraud) and is a gem-set signet ring. The back of the hoop is missing. The finger ring has a flat oval bezel set with an opaque dark blue gem (perhaps nicolo). The hoop round it is wide and tapers smoothly into the shoulders. The wide hoop is D shaped in cross-section. The intaglio is engraved with cupid riding a dolphin (facing left on the intaglio). The gem has a flat face and a bevelled edge, and it stands proud of the hoop. Measurements; Length 20.9mm, Width 13.2mm, Thickness 13.8mm, Weight 4.53g…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-416567
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, an Aucissa type dating from AD 43 - 75. The head is incomplete but has a flat plate tapering into a narrow and plain bow of shallow D shaped cross-section. In profile the bow is highly arched. The lower bow tapers and there is a very small rounded foot. Part of the catchplate survives. The pin is missing. Measurements are; length 43.1mm, width 7.8mm, thickness 18.6mm and weight 2.41g. Compare examples on plate 89 and 90 of Mackreth (2011) but none are as plain as this.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-4142E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy medieval buckle of Meols type 11 dating from AD 1250 - 1350. Only the outer edge of the frame survives. It has a rounded knop at each end and a sheet copper alloy roller in the centre. Measurements are; length 8.0mm, width 14.3mm, thickness 6.3mm and weight 2.33g.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-414245
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap end of Medieval date about AD 1270 - 1400. It is a three peiec strap end with a sheet spacer than occupies the full width of the strap. Both plate have broken off at the en dof the spacer. It is sub-rectangular, tapering to a pointed end with a small knop in the centre. There are two copper alloy rievts with flat heads flush to the plates. They are both on the centre line, one at each end of the spacer. Length 18.6mm, width 9.9mm, thickness 2.4mm, and weight 2.3g. Similar strap ends from London were recovered from contexts dating from AD 1270 - 1400 (Egan and Pri…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-41026A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl probably dating from the middle Early Medieval period (AD 700 - 850). It most closely conforms to Walton Rogers (2007) form B1, with two equally sized flat faces, vertical sides, and rectangular section. The size of the aperture, at 6.1mm, supports a date range of this period. The whorl is undecorated and shows very little sign of damage. It has a mottled light grey patina. Dimensions are diameter 26.5mm; thickness 4.7mm; central perforation is 6.1mm in diameter; weight: 24.22g. Similar examples include SWYOR-B2DB53 and SWYOR-11B925.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-40FF8E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probable strap end, of medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1450. It is of two piece construction consisting of two sheet metal plates of the same shape. It is sub-rectangular, tapering from the biconcave attachment end to the broken end near the closed end. The sheets are joined by two rivets; one on the centre line near the attachment end, and one, possible a later addition, near one edge closer to the broken end. The rivets are copper alloy tubes. The front plate is decorated with rocker arm or wigglework incising forming a border along the three surviving edge…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-40C0C3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heart shaped, cast lead trade weight dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1300 - 1500. The weight resembles a heart in plan and is cast roughly. One face has a raised image of an inverted fleur-de-lis with two smaller raised heart shapes in the lobes of the main heart, all surrounded by a raised rim. The reverse side is undecorated. The plain underside has some pitting but is generally in good condition. The weight is of fairly uniform thickness. The weight has a dark grey patina. The weight is 68.70mm long, 57.40mm wide, and 9.6mm thick. It weighs 246g. The mass of 246 gr…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-40A8B1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy hooked tag, of Read class E type 5, dating from the Post-Medieval period, AD 1500 - 1650. The dress hook has a trapezoidal attachment loop, the sides of which are each formed of a circular dome, moulded like a flower. The trefoil body is rope work, moulded to look as if the three loops have been formed from a single length of rope. The attachment loop and body are decorated with moulded transverse lines to give the impression of rope. The hook is mising below the collar. Length 29.4mm, width 245.5mm, thickness 1.6mm., weight 2.0g. Compare Read, 2008, Hooked…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-409F27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy zoomorphic plate brooch of the Roman period, dating from AD 160 - AD 230. The brooch is in the form of a fly or other flying insect. It has a sub-triangular plate body, with three grooves in the centre defining the body and edges of the wings. The front of the plate is flat and undecorated. There is no enamel. The tail of the body is bifurcated, perhaps originally forming a loop. Behind this is a double lug supporting an iron axis bar and the head of a hinged pin The rest of the pin is missing. The head of the insect is missing, along with most of the catchp…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-408B05
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of five lead alloy shot / balls of Post-Medieval or Early Modern date (AD 1600-1800). 1. 34.8g and 19.2mm diameter. Sub-spherical with a concave impact mark. The casting seam and sprue are not visible. he mass suggests it was a musket ball, and the impact damage suggests it hit something hard, smooth and curved. 2. 22.2g and 16.5mm diameter. Sub-spherical, casting seam and sprue not visible. The ball has some flat facets and rounded irregularities, suggesting it has been fired. The mass suggests it was for use in a carbine. 3. 10.8g and 12.6mm diameter. Spheric…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Sunday 1st May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-406E85
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cloth seal dating from the late 18th or 19th century, AD 1750 - 1900. It is semi-circular, broken across the straight edge, and with a projecting strip joining the two discs together . On one side there is a scratched inscription of "654". The other face has a stamped design consisting of the words [...]S / & / [S]ON within a beaded border. The letters are uppercase Roman, seriffed and italic. The object has a weight of 8.76g, a length of 26.6mm, a thickness of 3.4mm, a width of 29.4mm. The design has been stamped into a rivet passed through the ring shaped disc and flat…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Sunday 1st May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-405310
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of flattened lead shot dating from AD 1600 - 1800. Both objects are off white in colour. 1. 5.8g and 15.6mm diameter, 6mm thick. Semi-spherical. Traces of the casting seam and the sprue trimmed with a knife are visible on the rounded face. The flatter face is slightly concave, probably from impact against a hard material. The mass suggests it was buckshot, but if the shot has lost material, it may be a pistol shot. 2. 5.5g, 17.1mm diameter and 6mm thick. Semi-spherical, with displaced material from the impacted face pushed to the sides. There are no features on th…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-404BD0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy knee brooch dating from AD 150 - 250. It is a British knee brooch with a white metal coating. The head is cylindrical, open at the back, and with an iron axis bar held is perforwations at the end of the spring case. There is a copper alloy spring of six truns with an internal chord. The pin is missing. The arching bow emanates from the front of the the spring case and curves over forming a rounded knee that has a concave underside. The front has a central arris. The leg has a narrowed mid-section with a slightly expanded foot at the base. The catc…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-40478D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken Medieval copper alloy probable buckle plate dating from about AD 1200 - 1450. The plate is broadly sub-circular in shape but is broken on all sides, and is moulded with a fleur de lis design which springs from the traces of a slot for the missing pin. The front of the plate is gilded. There is a copper alloy rivet on each side of the central element of the fleur, and a hint that the background was stippled. It has a dark green and dark brown patina. It is 14.3mm in diameter; 2.5mm thick and weighs 0.89g. The possible buckle plate is very damaged and could also be a moun…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-403BE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman coin; a denarius of Hadrian dating from AD 117 (Reece Period 6). PARTH F DIVI NER NEP P M TR P COS // IVSTITIA reverse type depicting Justitia seated left on throne, holding patera and sceptre. Measurements are; diameter 19.8mm, thickness 1.5mm and weight 2.21g. RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 60 (http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.60-63).
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-40383A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy, double loop, buckle frame dating from the Post-Medieval period about AD 1500 - 1650. It has strongly concave sides, with a knop at each end, and expanded outer edges. The pin and plate are missing. Length 32.2mm, width 31mm, thickness 2.5mm, weight 5.84g. A good parallel is number 326 on page 56 of Whitehead (2003), and compare also WILT-3A3ED2 which is asymmetric in the same way as this buckle.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-401185
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap fitting, perhaps a sword belt fitting, dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1700. It is a square plate, with a projecting fleur or trilobed terminal at one end, containing a small circular rivet hole. At the other end, is a similar projection that extends into a backwards hook. There is also an iron rivet in the lower end of the square plate. A circular copper alloy loop is suspended from the hook. Measurements are; total length 46.1mm, width 13.3mm, thickness 5.9mm and weight 3.73g. The ring is 11.3mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-400359
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman brooch, a Hod Hill type dating to AD 43-70. The pin is missing and the catchplate is incomplete. The incomplete upper bow has two cross mouldings on it. The upper bow is broadly square, with four vertical ribs leaving a wide concave column in the centre, where traces of the white metal coating survive. The outer of the vertical ribs are on the side knobs, one on each side. The lower bow has four cross moulded ridges, and tapers to a globular foot. . The brooch has a weight of 3.04g, a length of 33.1mm, a width of 16.6mm and a thickness of 4.0mm. Similar exampl…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-3FFC87
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of Early Medieval date, about AD 700 - 850. It conforms most closely to Walton Rogers form A2 (Walton Rogers 2007, pp. 24-25, fig 2.18), as it has two flat faces of unequal size. The sides are angled, making it near conical. Walton Rogers dates whorls of this shape from between AD 700 - 1100, but the aperture of 6.0mm in diameter, suggests AD 700 - 850 might be most likely. The whorl is undecorated and has an overall pale cream patina. Measurements are; diameter max 22.7mm to diameter 12.1mm, thickness 11.4mm and weight 29.40g. There is a perforation in…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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