Record ID: OXON-29E0DB
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern (c. 1850-1950) lead seed bag seal: The seal is circular with a sub-rectangular section and is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by two holes running across its diameter. The hole would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag. The obverse is stamped with crowned oval trademark design with the text REGISTERED TRADEMARK stamped around the central devise. The reverse is stamped with circumferential text reading WEBB & SONS/SALTNEY CHESTER within which is text in two lines reading MANURE//MANFRS. The metal …
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 21st October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-29D7F4
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern (1858-2023) lead seed bag seal: Cast disc with a pair of holes in opposite edges, to function as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears a stamped trade mark comprising crowned cabled rim and plain inner circle with a billeted bar across it with vegetal garniture, and the miniscule legend: GOOD SEEDS / CARRIAGE FREE / REGISTERED, with the larger legend: TRADE MARK REGISTERED outside it. The opposite side is stamped centrally: SUTTON /AND/SONS, with an outer legend: SEEDSMEN BY APPOINTMENT [               ].  The seal maeasures …
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 21st October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-297340
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (mid 16th to 17th centuries) dress hook: The body of the dress hook is sub-circular in plan with moulded rose decoration. The reverse of the body is slightly concave and undecorated. The upper edge of the body has an integral rectangular loop. The loop allows the dress hook to be stitched to the garment. Integral to the lower edge of the body is the hook which is curled towards the reverse of the hook. The surface of the dress hook has abraded mid green coloured surface. The dress hook measures 26.05mm long and 12.79mm wide across the body. It weighs 1.44g. Read (2008) …
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 21st October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-287975
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval (14th to 18th century) lead alloy cloth seal: This is a two-part cloth seal comprising two circular discs. Disc one is undecorated with the exception of two short linear ridges near one edge. These may have been part of a larger design which is not visible now. Disc two has a hole in the centre through which a stud protrudes and has since been flattened. This disc has an inscription in three lines reading '[    ] OA / [    ]MILLA / L[  ]XI[   ] The surface of the seal has a cream coloured. It measures 32.5mm long, 25.52m…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-27649F
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (1330 to 1400) thimble: A copper alloy thimble which is composed of a single shell. The exterior has a rim decorated with a single linear groove between the indentations and rim edge. The indentations are close, small, conical indentations which may have been drilled in columns. On the sides they are in columns, the apex is plain with a larger drilled circular perforation. The sides of the thimble taper slightly to the domed top. One side of the thimble has been cracked and is slightly squashed. The surface of the thimble has a shiny mid to dark green patina. The thimble is 15…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 21st October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-25B72C
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn aPost Medieval copper-alloy jetton issued by Hanns Krauwinckel II (AD1586-1635). Rose / orb type, issued at Nuremburg. c. AD 1586-1635.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-258D87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: silver penny of James I (1603-1625) minted during 1613. North No. 2106/1.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-255626
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649) minted in London between AD1625 and 1649. Group D; North No. 2254-8.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-250463
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649) probably minted during AD 1645. North No. 2258.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-6BB5FD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: penny of Edward I (1272-1307) minted in London between 1280 and 1282. Class 3. North Nos.1016-1022.
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-6B2EA9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: penny of John (1199-1216) minted in London by Ilger between AD 1209 and 1217. Class 6: North Nos. 974-975/2.
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-69C91D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (mid 1st to 2nd century) brooch:  An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman enamelled brooch. The body of the brooch remains with a portion of the foot. The upper portion of the brooch is missing. The body is a lozenge shape with a high-relief border. In the centre there is a high-relief annulet with a small low-relief pellet. There are traces of orange enamel in the pellet and within the annulet border. On the outer edge there are traces of a white metal alloy. Integral to the lower corner there is a elongated trapezoidal which, on the revsrse, there is a parallel double l…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-678CD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
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 which are lozenge shaped when viewed from above. On the reverse of the wings, integral to the upper edge is a rectangular protrusion which curls backwards over the bowhead and tapers to a sharp point. The lower edge of the wings, on the reverse, there is an integral spring which has 5 coils, but the pin is missing. The bow is is a sub-rectangular block in section and is bent, which is due to damage rather than intention…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-66A9D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (c. AD 160 to 4th century) gilded disc brooch: The copper alloy brooch is circular with a central circular cell which has an engraved green glass setting. The intaglio has a bird, possibly a cockerel, looking backwards and has a slightly raised wing. The bird has a truncated tail, not a long one like a parrot. The edge of the intaglio is slightly bevelled. The border to the cell has raised ridge in the centre of the plain border. The reverse of the brooch has a catchplate at one edge and opposite there is a perforated lug. On the surface of the reverse there are traces …
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-661CF3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (c. AD 160 to 4th century) gilded disc brooch: The copper alloy brooch is oval with a central oval cell which originally would have held a conical black glass/stone setting which is now missing. The border to the cell has two concentric rings, the inner ring which is on a higher platform has obliquely angled notches which Mackreth terms cabling. The reverse of the brooch has a catchplate at one edge and opposite there is a perforated lug with traces of iron on it. The surface of the brooch has a light blue-green patina. There are traces of gilding.  The brooch mea…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-653A55
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval seal matrix, of Medieval date (c. 1300 - c.1400 AD). The copper alloy seal matrix has a circular die, with a tapering handle. The handle has a hexagonal cross section, and terminates with a sub-hexagonal suspension loop, which is narrowed. Between the loop and stem there is a broad, plain collar. Along the lower edge, as the moulding of the stem continues to the die edge, there are two low-relief pellets at each moulding with three low-relief pellets at the 12 o'clock mark. The die edge also has a linear groove joining each of the moulding from the stem forming a hexa…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-D6AB97
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (c.AD 43 - 410) copper alloy bell shaped stud, probably a furniture fitting: The stud comprises a circular disc with a flat upper surface featuring a low-relief V'shaped groove. The reverse of the disc is convex with an integral shaft at the apex. The shaft is broken, but not recently, near the stud head. The metal has a mid brown-green patina and is worn. The object is 13.59mm in diameter, 6.37mm thick and weighs 2.79g. Bell Shaped Studs are a multi-purpose form of artefact, commonly found on sites in Britain dating to the Roman period. 
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-D662E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, possibly Group 4, Plate 46, AD c. 50 to 400.). The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings with perforated wing caps. The spring, axis bar and pin are all missing. The wings are decorated with two vertical grooves and they have a wing cap. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is an integral hook which may have been a loop. The chord is missing. The bowhead is slightly hump-like in profile with a moulding on either side, but the bow points straight downwards and the he…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-D5C3B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: penny of Henry III (1216-1272) minted in Oxford by the moneyer Adam between AD 1248 and 1250. Class 3ab. North No. 986/1.
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-D44342
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: copper alloy contemporary copy of a radiate of an unknown Emperor (Reece period 14), dating to 275 to 285 Reverse type not visible. Mint not visible.
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2023
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