Record ID: WMID-3D89D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast gilded copper-alloy cast saucer brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, dating from circa AD 450 to 550. The remains of the brooch show that the front surface was decorated with a moulded 'running spirals' design. Some of the gilding has abraded away, exposing a black surface. Elsewhere patches of green copper corrosion are visible. On the reverse the remains of the broken hinge for the pin, or possibly the catchplate, are visible. The brooch fragment measures 23.64 mm long, 17.07 mm wide, 1.89 mm thick and weighs 2.2 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
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Record ID: WMID-92CB93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy early medieval small long brooch, circa AD 400-600. Length 55.53 mm, width 23.74 mm, thickness 16.88 mm, weight 11 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2018
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Record ID: WMID-933027
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy late early-medieval to early high medieval stirrup-strap mount of probable eleventh century date. The mount is of Williams' Class A Type 12, being lozenge shaped (diamond shaped) with a flat base and a projecting loop at the top. The base is broken but the remnant of a circular rivet hole is visible at the break.The reverse is flat and the front is decorated with a central diagonal cross formed by four lozenge shaped recesses set around a central circular boss. These recesses may once have contained enamel although none now remains. Similar examples are illustra…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
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Record ID: WMID-843486
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver early-medieval series C: Metcalf R1 sceatta. Crowned bust on the obverse and a standard on the reverse. OBV: runic EPA - (Radiate and draped bust with pyramidal neck, facing right. Runic inscription in front, inverted T, A, inverted E.) REV: TOTII - (Standard containing TOTII; above, a triangle of pellets; below, a cross pattée, at each side TAT) Die axis: 7. Diameter: 11.04 mm. Weight: 1 g. Date: Early-Medieval - c. 700 - 710. North Volume One, cf. number 157.
Created on: Friday 13th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
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Record ID: WMID-097191
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy terminal for a stirrup, of Late Early Medieval dating (c. 1050 - c. 1100 AD) The terminal is sub triangular in shape. The terminal has an incomplete and hollow U-shaped back face that terminates in old breaks. This contains traces of a white solder that would have enabled attachment to the iron arm of the stirrup. From the base of the terminal projects the stylised beast, which has a long neck that curves round to face back up the stirrup, creating a circular aperture. Two flattened and rounded crests run from the top of the beast's head towards the …
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Sunday 12th June 2016
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Record ID: WMID-24C235
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
This is an Iron Age silver coin produced in NW France in c. 70-60BC. Coins of this type are attributed to the Suessiones tribe. The type is a slight variant of the "et au sanglier" type and published in the standard catalogues: Delestree and Tache (2002), Nouvel Atlas des Monnaies Gauloises, volume I, no. 197; Scheers (1977), Traite de Numismatique Celtique, volume II, cf. no. 328. It shows a male head on the front and a stylised lion on the back and was derived from early coins issued in the south of France and, ultimately from Roman silver coins. The head and the lion on the present…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
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Record ID: WMID-D68D22
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap end of Early Medieval date. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A1 group. The strap end has a split end for attachment with two rivet holes, one of which still contains an iron rivet. The sides are convex sided and the strap end terminates in a zoomorphic head, en-face. Above the zoomorphic terminal the plate is plain and not inlaid with niello as on some examples. The strap end measures 38.01 mm long, 13.20 mm wide, 5.84 mm thick and weighs 9.7 grams. There is some damage to the ears of the animal and to the attachment end, but otherwise the strap end is in g…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
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Record ID: WMID-646AC5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of probable early medieval date, though it may run into the medieval period. The spindle whorl is bi-conical with a central perforation which measures 8.6 mm in diameter. The whorl is decorated on both sides with linear designs, and these appear to be runic script. It is possible that the script is pseudo-runic, and merely intended to imitate a script, as not all letters seem to be genuine Anglo-Saxon runes. If not entirely fictional and imitative, it is possible that the runes may relate to an individual's name, or perhaps are a religious inscription. The spindle…
Created on: Friday 18th November 2011
Last updated: Saturday 11th February 2017
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Record ID: WMID-53D814
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead strap end of early medieval date, dating from the late 9th to 11th century AD. The strap end is of Thomas' Class E Type 1, Winchester style (Thomas 2004, pages 2-3). The strap end is 'tongue' shaped with a curved terminal and a straight edge at the attachment end. The attachment end is recessed where it would have been attached and has three small rivet holes. The strap end is decorated with an openwork design but it is poorly cast and is only open in places. The design is symmetrical and abstract. It may possibly represent two opposed birds within foliage, as what appear …
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: WMID-52CB71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon bow brooch of small long type, dating from the 5th to 6th century AD. Only the head of the brooch survives, with a very small part of the curved bow projecting from the bottom. The head is sub-rectangular in shape and is decorated with a border of punched small circles. The reverse has a pierced lug for attachment of the hinged pin, positioned on the same plane as the sides of the brooch. The fragment measures 23.41 mm long, 19.06 mm wide, 3.03 mm thick (7.16 mm thick including the lug) and weighs 5.6 grams. It has a smooth green patina with so…
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2011
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Record ID: WMID-D94080
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy early medieval/Anglo-Saxon probable strap end of probable 10th to 11th century date. The object does not fit clearly into any of Naylor's types of early medieval hooked tags (Naylor 2006), and so it seems more likely that this is a strap end rather than a hooked tag. The object is incomplete, missing its bottom terminal. It is sub-triangular in shape, tapering from 29.2 mm wide at the top to 12 mm at the break. The top is also broken, although the remains of what was probably one of two rivet holes is apparent on the top left hand side. The front of the object is decor…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Record ID: WMID-0B3FC7
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Potential find of Treasure: Early Medieval hacksilver ingot terminal Ref.: 2011 T555 (Rec. no. 7623) The find consists of one end cut and broken from a cigar-shaped ingot , which has been hammered flat on the top and bottom surfaces; length, 17mm. Cigar-shaped ingots are typical of the Late Saxon/Viking period, although an earlier date could not be excluded. The ingot terminal from Swinfen and Packington CP would therefore qualify as Treasure under two of the stipulated criteria of the Treasure Act: it is more than 300 years old and the precious metal content exceeds 10%. …
Created on: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2017
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Record ID: WMID-09C695
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron bell, of probable Early Medieval dating. Bells during the Anglo-Saxon period were usually made from a single piece of sheet iron, folded in two, with the seams riveted or joined with copper alloy brazing metal. The brazing metal tends to cover the body on the majority of all known examples. Small iron bells were probably hung around the necks of beasts, but large bells were probably used to summon the faithful to prayer.Examples have been found at Barking Abbey, York and Flixborough. (Ottoway, unpub, Products of the blacksmith in Mid-Late Anglo-Saxon England).
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Saturday 11th February 2017
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Record ID: WMID-CBDE40
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy brooch pin, probably from a penannular brooch of early medieval date. It is possibly from a Fowler Type F brooch, although the absence of the brooch itself makes this speculative. The pin is bent, particularly at the pointed end where it is bent almost at a right angle. In its bent form the pin measures 67.76 mm long. The pin is oval in section and tapers from 2.62 mm thick just below the head to 1.2 mm at the tip of its point. The pin widens and becomes thinner at the head and is curled over for attachment to the brooch frame. At the head it measures 8.99 mm wide. It i…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
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Record ID: WMID-675004
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of what is probably an early medieval Anglo-Saxon brooch, probably of Great Square Headed type. As such, it probably dates to the sixth century AD. The fragment is copper-alloy with heavily encrusted ferrous corrosion on the reverse, probably relating to the pin mechanism. The front is decorated with engraved decoration comprising two groups of concentric rings either side of a 'T' shaped wedge. This wedge also includes a raised circular boss, probably integrally cast, within an oval setting. Further possible settings are situated above and below the 'T'. Gilding rema…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: WMID-3CA8B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper-alloy cloisonné brooch dating from the late Early Medieval period. The brooch is incomplete but is clearly of a type of cloisonné enamel brooch that was popular in England during the late tenth and early eleventh centuries AD. As it is incomplete it is a little difficult to determine for certain whether it falls within the flanged 'Colchester' type or the the lobed 'Saunderton' type of brooch (as distinguised by David Buckton in 'Late 10th and IIth century cloisonné enamel brooches' Medieval Archaeol 30, 1986, 8-18). The flat reverse and the damaged edges, which per…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
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Record ID: WMID-10D357
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin dating to the middle or later Early Medieval period. Only the upper part of the shaft and the head remain. The pin head is of a flattened biconical type with a flat top and a body that tapers down to the shaft. Below the head before the shaft there is a collar, indicative of an Early-Medieval date for the pin. The shaft is circular in section. The incomplete pin measures 18.98 mm long. The head is 9.87 mm wide and the shaft is 2.09 mm in diameter. The pin weighs 4.2 grams. It is unclear whether the pin was used as a hair or dress pin as the function…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
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Record ID: WMID-D9FA16
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy pendant mount, possibly for a horse harness pendant but also possibly for personal adornment. The mount has a central sub-square convex boss with a four opposing sub-circular projections, situated at each corner of the boss. The boss is decorated with a moulded design of four swirls wrapped around each other going clockwise. On the reverse there are two projecting lugs, which are actually probably parts of a single attachment loop, now broken and with its centre missing. The object may therefore have been attached to a strap and designed to move freely. At the bott…
Created on: Friday 1st July 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st July 2011
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Record ID: WMID-C5A433
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy double-hooked dress fastener (dress hook) of early medieval date. The object has a central bar which is oval sectioned and has moulded decoration consisting of four ribs of varying width, each with diagonal incised lines, arranged either side of a circular drilled hole, which was probably used for suspending a chain or a cord. From the central bar the object tapers towards incurving hooks, the tips of which are both missing. These objects are sometimes referred to as shroud hooks, though they may also have been used as harbicks (havettes or shear-board hooks, imple…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 30th April 2021
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Record ID: WMID-4E7EC4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object, identified tentatively by David Williams as a foot plate from a late Early Medieval to early High Medieval stirrup. The object is slightly convexed (or concaved, depending on which way up it is held) and has a blunt knop at one end (possibly broken at the top or bottom, though it is very worn and so this is hard to determine), whilst the other end is broken. It is quite thin (approx 4 mm thick) and measures 77.56 mm long, 28.56 mm wide and weighs 40.9 grams. It has a very worn, dark green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012
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