Record ID: BH-1A6A8F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object of uncertain function and date. The object consists of a circular-sectioned stem and an elaborate terminal. The terminal is biconvex in form and lozengiform in cross-section. It is surmounted by a collared knop, below which is a pyramidal portion that expands into four equally spaced side knops. The base of these narrows into another collar before the circular-sectioned stem extends. The first half of the stem is wider in diameter than the second and is decorated with equally spaced linear grooves along its length. The second half of the stem is slightly nar…
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Record ID: BH-F6E5B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Roman Continental plate brooch, of Mackreth 2011, PL CONT 18, dating c. AD 75-300. The main plate of the brooch is lozenge shape with bevelled edges and a hollow interior. At the centre is an oval boss in the form of a human head with moulded decoration consisting of a vertical line, at the base of which are two lobes. Below this a horizontal groove. The rest of the boss surfaces, as well as that of the main plate, are undecorated. Surmounting the apex of the main plate is a circular disc with raised edges and a hollow cen…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2022
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Record ID: BUC-0C3EEA
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy French jetton. Standing king type inscribed DE S LOVIS (De la Tour no. 1068), dating to c. 1300-1400. Mint uncertain. De la Tour (1899; pl. 22, no. 9). This jetton has a diameter of 21.92 mm, and weighs 1.45 g. This appears to be the first such jetton recorded on this database and it has accordingly been marked as a Find of Note.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-DA5A96
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly damaged, but almost complete medieval copper-alloy harness pendant suspension mount of thin sheet construction. The mount is sub-rectangular. It is formed of an openwork rectangular plate with a semicircular tab towards each corner of the short sides; one tab has largely broken off. Each tab was perforated for attachment and three seprate dome-headed rivets survive in the three extant tabs. Emerging off-centre from the base of the mount (a long side) is an integral sub-rectangular tab folded back on itself. A cut out slot at its centre adjacent to the main plate provides a …
Created on: Saturday 9th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-205DF9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper-alloy rosette (Léontomorphe) brooch, dating from the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period. The remaining portion of the brooch comprises two elements, joined together by a square-sectioned copper-alloy rivet.The base consists of a slightly curved piece of copper-alloy sheet with a diagonally cut right-hand end. The upper element takes the form of a bow-shaped moulding, the left-hand end of which overhangs the edge of the plate.
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Saturday 13th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mentmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-5AB549
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy English jetton. King's bust type, probably Edwardian Class 11 punches, Mernick reference 2d.37.10, dating c. 1310-1320. Probably minted at London. See Mitchiner (1988, 100), no. 112. The jetton measures 17.65 mm in diameter, and weighs 0.95 g. It has a large central punch which has worked through to become a piercing.
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wendover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-668A75
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes III (active 1608-1612) dating to 1608-1612. Rose/orb type inscribed GLICK KVMPT VON GOT ISTWAR. Minted at Nuremberg. Mitchiner (1988, 412) see nos 1409-1410, though this example has a slightly different obverse inscription ending. It also unusually large and heavy for this type. It measures 25.86 mm diameter, and weighs 1.92 g
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aston Clinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-493649
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval probable lead-alloy English token issued based on a jetton of Charles IX of France (1560-1574). Allegorical type inscribed SVBDVC-ENDIS S. [...]EC[...], dating to c. 1574. Mint uncertain. See Mitchiner (1991, 1012) no. 3053 for a comparable piece. It measures 28.81 mm in diameter and weighs 5.18 g. This unusual item has been marked as a Find of Note. See also Mitchiner (1991, 1012) no. 3052 for a probable jetton prototype imitated here (Feuardant no. 1748). It shows the same design of Mercury and a women chained to a tree, but transposed; it is dated 1572 in its …
Created on: Saturday 13th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-E0F253
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A damaged post-medieval copper-alloy (late) Tournai jetton. Angular rose shield of Tournai type with fictitious inscription, dating c. 1497-1521. Minted at Tournai. See Mitchiner (1988, 237) no. 718. The jetton has been bent. It has been pierced twice, the holes close together at its centre, possibly for conversion into a jewellery item. It has measurements of 25.73 mm in diameter, and weight 1.55 g. It has a mid-dark green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-426C08
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and incomplete post-medieval furniture fitting: a cast and forged copper-alloy drop handle from a drawer pull. The object is sub-trapezoidal in shape, with a constriction below an elaborate sub-square suspension loop, now broken through at the top. The main field below the constriction features a raised triangular moulding with diagonal incisions; three along each side are visible. The piece has been broken transversely as a result of old damage. The constriction is formed of a semicircular cut out to each side. The loop is recessed with a rectangular perforation. An examp…
Created on: Wednesday 1st January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Princes Risborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E43B31
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold finger-ring with five-pointed star bezel containing a blue stone, probably a sapphire. The bezel is faceted, with some bevelling on the lower surface too around a flat base. The shoulders are decorated with three engraved chevrons on each side with an inverted chevron below. These bound multiple finely punched annulets. The hoop has a rounded D-shaped cross-section. It is slightly distorted, but has been straightened since found squashed. It has an internal diameter of c. 17.3mm
Created on: Monday 28th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2015
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Record ID: BUC-707A64
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap fitting of post-medieval date, possibly a sword belt fitting. It comprises a sub-rectangular plate that has an integrally cast suspension loop at the top. The suspension loop is oval in shape with a central circular perforation. At the centre of the plate is a second circular perforation flanked on either side by two smaller circular rivet holes that retain the corroded remains of iron rivets. To each side of the front face the edges have a border consisting of a single vertical groove with a series of V-shaped notches creating a wavy exterior edge. At the base of…
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2013
Last updated: Sunday 9th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-E15C45
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An 18th-century copper-alloy post-medieval jetton struck by Johann Conrad Hoger, English style (Anne), struck at Nuremberg during his fl. AD 1705-1473. Only a Georgian type is known for this master; his contemporary Johann Jacob Dietzel (fl. AD 1711-1748) struck a similar jetton depicting Queen Anne (Mitchiner 1872). This jetton is considered noteworthy as it is seemingly previously unpublished.
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2013
Last updated: Sunday 16th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-06C270
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable contemporary copper alloy copy of a shilling of Edward VI. The coin is very worn and now bent. It may have had a white metal coating.
Created on: Sunday 30th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2013
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Record ID: HAMP-B01866
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded 3rd-century copper-alloy Roman radiate of Victorinus dating to period AD 269-271 (Reece period 13). Uncertain reverse depicting ?standing figure. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-B55D04
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded cast copper-alloy post-medieval mount in the form of a Tudor rose. The moulded rose on the upper face in has three layers of five petals around a central pellet. The circumference of the mount has been abraded. Central on the lower surface is a square-sectioned shank, possibly with an abraded tip. The metal has a dark-green colour with patches of off-white corrosion product. A similar mount can be found on this database, ref. HAMP-C018B4. A single shank is held to be a construction of 16th- to 17th-century date . The Tudor rose as a common contemporary device can also be fo…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-B42E87
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and distorted, now incomplete gilded copper-alloy signet ring of late medieval to early post-medieval date. It has been broken historically below one of the shoulders, most of the surviving hoop has been bent and twisted outwards. The hoop expands in width to a thickened, flattened bezel. The bezel is sub-circular, with flattened sides at the edges of the bezel. On its upper surface, within a pecked border is an engraved boar's head facing right when looking at the bezel. Protruding from the border, above and below the head, are incised 'V's. Below the angled shoulders the ho…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-B94734
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval 'crotal' (animal) bell cast in copper alloy, broken into two unequal parts (17th century). The upper half has two sound holes c. 2mm in diameter, both not fully filed. As a result of old damage the bell has broken through one of those holes in a ragged break extending to each side to the two sound holes on the lower hemisphere. These latter abut the central casting seam and are far larger (c. 7-8mm). They are joined together by a slot and are perpendicular to those on the upper half. On both sides of the slot is a moulded cherub with a face flanked by wings that also…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-FEFE55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a 3rd-century copper-alloy Roman Q-radiate of Allectus (AD 293-6) (Reece Period 14), [ ]; galley left with mast, probably cabin and 4 or more rowers; unclear if waves or not. Mint unclear. The fragment consists of an area around the centre of the coin, perhaps representing a fifth of the original flan size. It is possible that the coin was deliberately cut down. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
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Record ID: HAMP-FB4D12
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast single-looped copper-alloy buckle frame of medieval date. The small buckle frame is oval with a lipped outer edge. The pin bar is offset and narrowed; the loop of the wire pin survives in place. The rest of the pin is missing. The upper surface is bevelled externally; the lower surface is flat. The lip features a central, transverse pin groove. The frame has a dark-green patina with some patches lighter as a result of corrosion. There are suggestions of fine file marks all over the frame. Buckle frames of similar form can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 75; …
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2013
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