Record ID: LEIC-F65568
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy fantail brooch, 37mm long and 25mm wide. The brooch is quite worn and is missing its spring and pin, although the catchplate is still attached. The spring casing is decorated on each side with two vertical bands of short horizontal lines. In the centre is a ridge running down into the body of the brooch. This consists of a diamond shaped surface with a small spherical knop on each side. In the centre of this is a circle with two raised diagonal lines across it. Below this is a trapezoidal shape with a slightly curved lower surface. The decoration in this section is f…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-F6A033
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy object which appears incomplete, 35mm long and 15mm wide. This object has a roughly semi-circular upper edge and has three holes lumped together in the centre of this, with traces of a fourth hole where it has been damaged. This decoration is contained within a flat area roughly leaf shaped. Beneath this the object widens considerably, becoming rounded. The thickest part is in the centre benath the decoration and this area has a rounded lower surface. Towards the edges the object becomes thinner and curves downwards where it appears to be broken off.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-F6FBD2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of flat wing ends type. The brooch has a very short spring case with rolled edges, the spring is intact and part of the pin is present. It has a very long bow which tapers very slightly, terminating in a spherical knop. The upper quarter of this is decorated with a recessed ridge covered with diagonal lines. It has an unusually large catchplate which forms about 2 thirds of its full length. It is 55mm long and 20mm wide.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-F75CA2
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bone counter or gaming piece, 18mm in diameter and 10mm high at widest part. The object is circular and has a faint and roughly fashioned recessed edge. viewed from the side it is wedge shaped, though this appears to be a result of its rough manufacture, rather than a deliberate action. The piece could be Anglo-saxon as bone was commonly used for gaming pieces.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-F79F74
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy medieval thimble, 23mm high and 18mm in diameter. The thimble has lost about half of its surface but what remains is in good condition. It has a rounded tip with circular impressions aligned vertically and it has a wide plain band around its lower edge.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-F7CEE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, 22mm in diameter. The coin is very corroded and little can be seen, but an emperor facing right, with a distinct squared profile can be made out. The reverse has traces of what may be two figures. No lettering can be seen.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-F80011
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
One blade core and two scrapers found during detecting
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-311895
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze age flint thumbnail scraper, 12mm x 10mm.
Created on: Monday 1st March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-317755
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
circular lead token, 24mm in diameter. The surface is decorated with a raised flower shaped motif, six petal shapes around a central circle. Plain on reverse. Shown in detector finds Vol 1, by G Bailey P. 57.
Created on: Monday 1st March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-31A954
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular lead token, 22mm diameter. It has a raised ridge along its edge and is plain on one side. The other side has what appears to be a bird perhaps sitting on a branch? one of several found.
Created on: Monday 1st March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-323997
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman coin, probably an As or Dupondius, 27-29mm in diameter. The coin is very worn, no inscription is visible, but traces of a bust can be seen on the obverse and shows an emperor facing right. Nothing is visible on the reverse.
Created on: Monday 1st March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-32F314
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy sub-annular shoe or knee buckle, 25mm long and 15mm wide. It consists of two openwork circles joined together by a chevron shaped pin rest. On the lower outer edge there is a small triangular protrusion, that appears to represent a bird?, on each side. Thess would have joined it to the rest of the buckle. It is identical to No 613 in Ross Whiteheads 'Buckles' and dates to 1660-1720
Created on: Monday 1st March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-5C1012
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch foot, cast copper alloy, 60mm long and c.10-12mm wide. The top half of this fragment (30mm) is decorated with horizontal lines. The upper part of this, about 10mm, juts forward and would have formed the lower half of the arched part of the brooch. It has one line deirectly below this. About 6mm further down are two lines, 8mm further still there are four lines close together. The lower half is in the form of an aminal head. About a third of the way in are two sets of two diagonal lines which cross in the middle. On either side of these a small raised blob …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-5D7B06
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy domed thimble, 20mm high and 25mm in diameter. The thimble has been squashed, so its original diameter was probably 20mm or less and its missing some of its surface. It has large circular depressions running vertically up its surface and has a ridge running along its lower edge, which points to a medieval date.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5DACE0
Object type: LUG (HANDLE)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead alloy tobacco jar lid handle, 25mm high and 20mm wide. The handle has a pyramid shaped upper surface about 5mm high, which widens into a circle about 20mm wide. Below this is a circular shaft 5mm wide and about 10mm in length. Towards its lower end it flares out to 8mm.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5E00B6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy mount, 28mm in diameter and 6mm high. The mount has a quatrefoil form consisting of four domes which merge together to form a central cross shaped depression. The mount is hollow and has its rivet attached, its missing one quarter of its edge. It is quite corroded giving it a green and red patina, but it appears to have very slight traces of gilt? Given its form it is probably Medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5E4167
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver? Medieval coin, 14mm in diameter. Obverse shows crowned figure facing forward with prominant 'bobbed' hair. The figure appears to be dressed in a dotted garment, perhaps suggesting armour or ermine? The portrait is in a beaded border and there are small sections of an inscription which are too faded to read. The reverse is quartered with solid lines inside a beaded border, each quarter containing three joined pellets. In the centre, above the lines, is a motif made up of four loops? agin some of the inscription is present but is too worn to read. It has been suggested it is a c…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Record ID: NARC-C89EF1
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn circular copper-alloy object, 38 mm in diameter. This item is probably a coin weight and it is possible that it was an illegal issue, as it does not have a legend that is common to the legal issues. However, it is possible that any such legend has been obscured.
Created on: Monday 8th March 2004
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-DE1C13
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval Copper alloy shield shaped pendant, 43mm long and 24mm wide. The pendant is diamond shaped and has an integral upper loop rotated 90o. The surface is decorated with a chequeroard pattern, of 8mm squares, with each alternate square being slightly recessed. There is a very slight trace of gilt on the surface.
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-DEA915
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy jetton made by Damianus Krauwinkel, 24mm in diameter. The obverse (?) has a crowned orb in a border of three triangles exploding from a circle. The Reverse has three alternate crowns and fleur de Lis arranged in a circle, it dates to C.1570.
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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