Record ID: OXON-F3C80F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: copper-alloy nummus of House of Valentinian (AD 364 - 378), Reece period 19, AD364 to 375. Reverse type probably SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE depicting Victory walking left with a wreath and palm. Mint not visible.
Created on: Friday 29th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-F3BB4B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (c.1350-1400) strap fitting; cast copper alloy bar mount with pendant loop. The mount consists of two parts: the bar mount and the pendent loop / ring. The mount is a rectangular with a narrowed protrusion from the lower edge. The protrusion is oval in section and curves towards the reverse of the plate. The protrusion terminas with a small rectagnular plate which has a rivet connecting the outer plate and this plate. Suspended from the curved protrusion is a copper alloy ring or pendant loop. The ring is circular in plan, oval in cross section and has an off-set bar in w…
Created on: Friday 29th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-F396F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307) minted in London between 1300 and 1305; Class 10ab. North No. 1039.
Created on: Friday 29th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-F37A7D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval period (c.AD 1300-1700): A complete lead alloy possible weight. The object is circular with a flat face and base and a curved edges. The outer face is decorated, with traces of a pellet border and possibly a shield. The surface has an oxidised cream coloured patina. The object measures 59.9mm diameter, 10.25mm thick and weighs 226g. Weights found outside of secure archaeological contexts such as these are difficult to date because their use and style remains continuous from the Roman period onwards. Most examples likely date from the Medieval period…
Created on: Friday 29th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-F34BC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: cut farthing of Henry II, Richard I, John or Henry III minted in London by an illegible moneyer between 1180 and 1247.
Created on: Friday 29th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-F3447C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: cut farthing of John (1199-1216) minted between AD 1204 and 1217. Class 5a to 6b probably: North No. 970-975.
Created on: Friday 29th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B06029
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: penny of probably Edward III (1327-1377) minted between 1327 and 1377 in Durham.
Created on: Tuesday 26th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B04945
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle (mid 12th to mid 13th centuries): The copper alloy buckle frame is a 'D' shape with a narrowed and off-set strap bar. The loop of the frame tapers in width towards the strap bar, and is at its widest at the apex of the frame. In plan the apex is sub-triangular with a wide, rectangular notch. The field either side of the notch is decorated with a low-relief notches as a border. At the notch terminal there is a small knop on each corner. The frame has a dark brown patina. The pin is missing. It measures 35.29mm wide and 27.9mm long from the apex of the frame to th…
Created on: Tuesday 26th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B03BA1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (c.1350-1400) buckle: The copper alloy frame is a single loop sub-oval with a slightly off-set strap bar, and an expanded bar opposite the strap bar. This bar has a notch and obliquely angled terminals which flare outwards. The sides of the frame are convex on the exterior and concave on the interior. The pin is missing. The surface of the buckle frame has an abraded mid green surface. It measures 18.87mm in length, 24.62mm wide and weighs 2.67g. A similar buckle is illustrated in Egan & Pritchard (1991) No. 312 and dated to the second half of the 12th century. Egan…
Created on: Tuesday 26th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B01601
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Medieval (12th to 15th centuries) miscast spindle whorl: A cast lead or lead alloy possible spindle whorl which is sub-circular in plan and in profile is a truncated conical. At the apex there is a circular indentation which should have been a perforation through the whorl. On the outer face there is decoration in the form of high-relief triangles forming a sun burst design. There is also a large irregular indentation on one side which may have been an air bubble in the casting process. Along the lower edge there is a integral perforation which may have been casting anoma…
Created on: Tuesday 26th December 2023
Last updated: Saturday 30th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-AFE1C9
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (c. AD 1700-1800) incomplete cast lead alloy button: The button is slightly domed in cross section and circular in plan with decoration on the domed face. The decoration is a large central pellet with eight smaller pellets around it. The reverse face has a small groove traversing the base with an irregular indentation in the centre. This is where the separate loop was attached and is now missing. The surface of the button is a light grey colour. It measures 27.18mm diameter, 7.94mm thick and weighs 18.85g. Similar buttons are illustrated in Read …
Created on: Tuesday 26th December 2023
Last updated: Saturday 30th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-AFCF0A
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval date (AD 1550-1800) incomplete crotal bell: The object is comprised of two opposing hemispheres which are divided by a raised transverse rib. At the apex of the upper hemisphere there is an integral elongated triangular lug with convex sides. The lug has a small perforation towards the lower edge. Either side of the lug there is a circular sound hole. Extending from the lug there are four equi-distant double stranded ridges terminating at the transverse ridge. The lower hemisphere is incomplete and has a complete sound hole and is also decorated with double stra…
Created on: Tuesday 26th December 2023
Last updated: Saturday 30th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-AFB49E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified lead and iron object of unknown date: The object is a truncated drop shape in plan which is oval to rectangular with rounded corners in section. At the truncated terminal there are two short iron studs which are visible. The surface is slightly rough at the edges, and in the centre of each face there is a small conical imprint or cell. These may not be intentional but casting flaws. The surface has an oxidised mid cream colour. The object measures 30.47mm, 27.47mm wide, 14.91mm thick and weighs 78.67g. The function of the object is not known. Lead objects with iron such a…
Created on: Tuesday 26th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-F9FB53
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (early 13th to the 14th century) buckle: A single looped cast copper alloy buckle frame which is a 'D' shape in plan with a narrowed and off-set strap bar. The bar is circular in section. The frame tapers in width towards the strap bar, is at its widest at the apex of the frame and is obliquely angled in profile. The frame is undecorated but is bent slightly at the apex. The pin is missing.  A rectangular buckle plate is folded around the strap bar. In the centre of the fold a slot has been cut to allow for the pin and the corners have been removed. The uppe…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-79DD9B
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval ampulla (c. AD 1350 - 15000. The lead ampulla has, in plan, a bulbous body with a integral inverted trapezoidal upper portion. The upper edge of the ampulla reveals the void and the rim forms a pointed oval and not crimped together as is seen on other ampulla. The upper portion of the ampulla is undecorated and at the lower edge where it joins the body there is an inegral handle on each side, although one handle is incomplete. On the body, one face is decorated with a bifoliate crown on a hatched field with the traces of a smaller crown below. On the reverse there is…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: WAW-B6C6F6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (late 12th to 14th century) mount: The mount is triangular with the lower corner does not taper to a point but forms a small block with a broken edge. The outer face of the mount is decorated with a linear grooved border within which there are two large leaves or feathers depicting in low-relief lines. The reverse of the mount is undecorated. In the centre there is a rivet hole with the remains of a copper alloy rivet. The surface of the mount has an abraded dark green patina. The mount measures 38.91mm long, 16.79mm wide, 1.89mm thick and weighs 5.08g. The mount is …
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2017
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Record ID: WAW-B6614A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (5th to 6th centuries) small-long brooch: The upper portion of the copper alloy brooch remains. It has a small square removed from the upper corners. The plate is decorated on the outer face with a border of a row of double-stranded sub semi-circles on the upper and side edges. At the upper corners there is a small conical cell. On the reverse of the brooch there is a vertical integral lug which has corroded iron around it, which was once the spring and pin. Protruding from the lower edge of the headplate, which isn't decorated, the integral bow protrudes, which i…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: WAW-B50C55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to early Roman (c. AD 25 to c. 60) Colchester One-Piece brooch: The copper alloy has wings which are formed by a horizontal rectangular bar. On the reverse of the wings, integral to the upper edge is a rectangular protrusion which is broken, but not recently. The lower edge of the wings, on the reverse, there is a trace the integral spring. The bow is hump-like in profile, but is slender and tapers down the bow. The bow is oval in section and decorated with two parallel vertical grooves. The reverse of the lower portion of the bow has traces of a catchplate. In profile t…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2017
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Record ID: WAW-601B40
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval trade token, but the details cannot be identified. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alternate coinage with equivalent denominations of a farthing, half penny or penny. Such trade tokens rarely travel far from their place of issue and provide an insight to the trade of the time. In 1672 regal copper coinage was introduced and the trade tokens were then banned (Besly 1997, 20). Besly, E. 1997Loose Ch…
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2017
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Record ID: WAW-5FED99
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: farthing of either Edward I or II minted in London between 1300 and 1317. Withers Type 28-31.
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2017
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