Record ID: IOW-E6AEA9
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy die for making 'pressblech' foil mounts. (c. 500-c. 600). This die is curved in plan with parallel sides. It is moulded at the front, flat and plain on the reverse. At the front within a plain border there is a raised design of a crouched Style 1 beast/animal lying on its side with its head to the right and a leg at the opposite end in one corner. The head is pointing downwards and the mouth is gaping. The body is stranded and interlaced. This die is reddish brown with a small area of light green corrosion at the front…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-EF59E8
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy Pressblech die stamp for making foils (c. 700-c. 800). This stamp would probably have been circular when complete. The majority of the edges have been lost to breaks and corrosion. A small piece of the original edge survives. This object is sub-circular in plan, sub-rectangular in cross-section, moulded at the front and flat at the rear. A cross pattée at the front has a figure-of-eight (Irish) knot in relief in each angle. There is a small circular depression at the centre of the cross. The back is plain and flat and has …
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.