Record ID: LEIC-2A970B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a silver object, probably originally a disc-shaped pendant. The fragment comprises a piece of silver sheet with no intact edge, decorated with repousse ornament creating five radiating lines of dots which converge in the centre of the fragment. The decoration upon this fragment, its form and its association with a grave assemblage suggests it could derive from a silver sheet disc-shaped or 'scutiform' pendant, similar to those illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick (1993) figs. 25.3-5, p. 162. Scutiform pendants are usually found in grave contexts, and several are now reco…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Leics', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D22E31
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval silver coin pendant. The pendant is formed of a small silver coin and has a large loop, 4mm x 4mm, with decorated with a raised border and central ridge (fluted). This flares slightly where it meets the coin and has a triangular terminal which is fixed to the coin with a silver rivet. The coin is a silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), small flan type (c.1048-50; North 818). Moneyer: Brunwine, mint: Stamford. The bust is partly obscured but is closest to bust form e. It has the same bust as this coin from the same district LEIC-1478B6. Obv. draped a…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-996548
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated copper alloy pendant? The object has a circular cross section and is curved and tapers to a point. It has a suspension hole drilled through its upper surface, suggesting it is a pendant of some form, possibly copying an animal claw?. Length: 29 mm, width: 10 mm, thickness: 10 mm. Weight: 12.15 g
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-47932A
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval gold filigree disc pendant. The pendant comprises a circular, flat sheet of gold that is plain on the back and decorated with applied filigree motifs on the front. At the top is a suspension loop of rectangular gold strip with four grooves, attached by soldering. The filigree decoration comprises a central cruciform motif of two intersecting rectangular loops with rounded ends, executed in beaded wire with a finer beaded wire border. The motif is enclosed by a circular beaded wire border. Each cardinal point is marked with an inward-pointing triangle, the tip meeting…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-8BD001
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post medieval copper alloy pendant, 17mm in diameter, 2mm thick and weighing 1.89 grams. The pbject is circular in form with an integral suspenion loop and rectangular in cross section. It is decorated on one side with a solid raised outer border which has transverse notches cut into it along its length. Inside this is a scalloped border formed of pellets. This contains several semi-shperical projections, some of which are linked by raised straight lines. The reverse is plain.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-A84C20
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to early Post medieval? copper alloy heraldic pendant, 59mm wide, 35mm high and 2mm thick with a weight of 17.31grams. The object consists of an incomplete shield shaped pendant, the upper half being present. This has a plain border which contains a raised diagonal triple stripe (the central one being widest) running from upper left to lower right. Above this to the right are three lions rampant and below one lion is visible, though probably the whole object would have had three. The object has some damage to the centre of its upper edge and a crude rectangular hole has …
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-2FFA04
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy pendant, 45mm long, 37mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 46.05grams. The pendant in intact and has a sub circular form and a rectangular cross section. It has an integral projecting suspension loop and is decorated on both sides. One side shows a saint with halo picked out by three projections emerging from the stylised head at three cardinal points. The figure is dressed in loose robes with a line of zig zag incised decoration running down the centre, suggesting a bordered cloak? and circular depressions forming a line down the back ot the costume. It is kneel…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-3DC96C
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval gold pendant set with a red stone, presumably a garnet. The pendant is in the form of a stepped triangle, with three 'steps' on each side and a horizontal base. It has a rectangular cross section with a slightly concave reverse. The pendant is intact but part of the gold frame has been torn and is now bent away from the stone setting. This has exposed a section of embossed gold foil which sits beneath the stone. The suspension loop is fluted and folded to make a loop. The frame is also 'fluted', formed of three linear ridges and two indentations. This fluting is fla…
Created on: Friday 19th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-FE5B56
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated lead alloy axe pendant 26mm long, 25mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 8.83grams. The axe is triangular in form with outwards curving sides and has arectangular section. It has a square butt end, now damaged, which has been pierced laterally to accomodate hanging. The axe is decorated with incised lines forming a solid border on each side. One side has the resulting triangle halved by a solid line and each side has two triangular motifs, arranged to mirrow each other. The other side has a central line which stops short of the lower edge and ha…
Created on: Thursday 17th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 17th April 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-3EB7C1
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy pendant in the shape of a phallus. Beyond the testicles there is a flat ovoid protruding disc. Above the testicles is a transverse indented groove. To the reverse is the remains of a damaged suspension loop. The phallus was a common amuletic symbol is the Roman world and these pendants are often found on military, urban and religious sites. Plouviez (2005 157-164) has suggested that they were particularly commonly worn by soldiers. Length: 47.0mm, width: 12.0mm, thickness: 11.0mm, weight: 11.89g
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Last updated: Saturday 30th November 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-9C81A7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Medieval silver coin altered to form a pendant. The object is made from approximately a quarter of a double Patard of Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy (1482-1506) of the second issue (1485; van Gelder and Hoc 61-6), minted in Brabant. Ref: van Gelder and Hoc 1961. It has been roughly shaped to form a heart motif by removing a V shaped section from the centre of its outer edge and rounding the outer corners. It has a rectangular shaped loop soldered on to the middle of its reverse, aligned from the edge down into the centre point. Obverse: top right quarter of shield o…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-185125
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Viking) silver Thor's hammer, 29 mm long, 21 mm wide at head and 4 mm thick. The object is T-shaped and consists of a sub-rectangular head which comes to a slight point in the centre of its upper edge, and tapers gently in width to its straight edges. This sits on a tapering shaft, sub-rectangular in cross-section, which holds the remnants of a broken suspension loop at its terminal. The head is decorated with sub-rectangular punchmarks, four arranged in a square in its centre and three in a row on each side. Three of the punches appear to have round pellets within them.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurcaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BC16B4
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a part of Roman horse harness pendant. Very similar to fig. AA14.32 ('arrowhead pendant') in Roman buckles and military fittings.The object is in fair condition, corroded all over surface, which makes it hard to determine its original shape. What survives is a semi-circular flat platform with loop hook at tip. It appears the bottom part of platform has been snapped off. There is no additional decoration on the object. Lenght: 35mm; Width: 25mm; Thickness: 10mm; Weight: 5.04g. Found before 1990.
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goadby Marwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9037C2
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval? lead alloy object, 18mm long, 13mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 7.30grams. It is oval in section and crescentic in form with a flat upper surface, so it resembles a 'shark fin'. It has the remians of a suspension loop on its upper surface and appears to have raised decoration, one side possibly shows a human figure? The object may be some sort of pendant or perhaps a decorative weight?
Created on: Monday 14th February 2011
Last updated: Sunday 16th August 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-C6E5D8
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or Georgian? copper alloy silvered coin re-used as a pendant, 14mm long, 11mm wide and 1mm thick. The object consists of a coin that has been cut in half and pierced for use as a pendant. It is missing its lower portion but appears to show a Roman style bust on one side.
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-F04DC0
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy and enamel harness pendant, 21mm long, 13mm wide and 3mm thick. The pendnat is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 2.38grams. The pendant is shield shaped and has a very prominat rectangular shaped protrusion which occupies half of the upper edge. This has a large circular hole and a slightly indented upper surface, perhaps caused through wear. The surface is decorated with red and blue enamel in three distinct zones. The first consists of five squares of blue enamel set in a chequer board pattern. The central area is a large rectangle of red enamel,…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-3C3B72
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy pendant fragment, 21mm long, 23mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina. The object is dished and would have been circular if intact. It has a sub rectangular suspension loop in the centre of the remaining pendant. There are no signs of decoration on either surface.
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-C26570
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, 40mm long, 33mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 11.05grams. The object is shield shaped and flat and contains a recessed image of a standing lion, it is stylised, with a skinny body, large head and over-large paws, suggesting an early date? It has very small patches of possible gilding and has a circular hole in the centre of its lower, pointed edge, which appears to be a secondary as it cuts through the decoration.
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-9E08A1
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant mount? 42mm long, 23mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 10.03grams. The object consists of an oval plate which has a circular fitting loop with intact copper alloy rivet, at one end and a stepped trianular protrusion at the other. This protrusion contains the remains of a transversely place suspension loop which probably held a suspended pendant.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-4C74A4
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated oyster shell with drilled hole, 36mm long, 25mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in good condition with a white patina and weighs 2.97 grams. The object is sub triangular and consists of the 'hinged' part of an oyster and has had a 2mm diameter hole drilled into it near one end.
Created on: Monday 24th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'brooke', grid reference and parish protected.