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Record ID: DUR-6F0AD3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy spoon, probably dating to the second or third centuries AD. The fragment comprises the bowl and a small portion of the stem. The bowl is mandolin shaped in plan and its upper surface exhibits traces of tinning. On the underside is a triangular ridge which expands and extends to form the offset stem. The stem is missing although a triangular grooved and ridged extension is intact. The object is well preserved and the metal is brown in colour. It weighs 8.2g and measures 55.34mm in length. The width at the widest part of the bowl is 24.68mm. The spoon can be…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2012
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Record ID: DUR-6EE6E2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead vessel mount dating to the Medieval period. The mount is curved in plan and rectangular in section. At one end there is a carved lion's head that includes facial features and ears. A pattern of incised diagonal lines at either side of an incised central line continue along the length of the object. It weighs 88.9g and measures 52.34mm in length and 11.36mm in width. The diameter of the lion's head is 20.33mm and the thickness is 7.35mm. The metal is grey in colour.
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2012
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Record ID: DUR-590707
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nail-cleaner strap-end with crescent-shaped lugs and simple punched decoration, dating to the Roman period. The object consists of a triangular bifurcated end which tapers and then widens into a central oval shank, which tapers into the termination. The triangular panel is heavily corroded, the metal being mostly brown/red in colour. It is bifurcated and there is a central rivet going through this area. The central shank is decorated with incised lines around the edge. In between the triangular panel and the central panel at the narrowest part of the object are four cur…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2020
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Record ID: NCL-619258
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of Constantine I, BETA TRANQVILLITAS (altar with globe in centre). Probably struck between AD 321-324.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
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Record ID: NCL-0E2991
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate coin of Postumus. The coin dates to the period AD 260- 269. The reverse depicts a soldier standing left and carrying a spear.
Created on: Saturday 28th May 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2011
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Record ID: NCL-0DF922
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus, probably of the House of Constantine, FEL TEMP REPARATIO (Emperor in Galley holding phoenix or Victory), uncertain mint, probably struck c.AD 348 and AD 350.
Created on: Saturday 28th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
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Record ID: NCL-0DCD55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Valentinian, dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). [SECV]RITAS-REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Uncertain mint, possibly Arles.
Created on: Saturday 28th May 2011
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2017
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Record ID: NCL-0D8ED7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Medieval Brooch probably dating to between 1050-1550. The brooch is annular with an internal diameter of 19.48mm, it is missing the pin. There are four collets at regular intervals, one still holds a blue stone. At opposing ends are two incised ridges. The reverse is undecorated. The metal is brown and poorly preserved.
Parallels can be found in Egan, G., Griffiths, D and Philpott, R.A. (2007) Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast, pg.142f.
Created on: Saturday 28th May 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2011
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Record ID: NCL-0D69B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval buckle. The buckle is rectangular and double looped. It is undecorated. The central stem is slightly off centre. According to Whitehead the earliest examples of the buckles of this type are 14th century however, the majority are dated to the 16th/17th century.
A Parallel can be found in Whitehead, R. (2003) Buckles 1250-1800, Essex: Greenlight Publishing, pg. 74f, no. 465.
Created on: Saturday 28th May 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2011
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Record ID: NCL-0D2983
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of copper alloy Tweezers. The tweezers are probably Late or Post Roman. They were probably made from one sheet of copper alloy that has been beaten out and then shaped. There is a loop at the top and long blades that curve in at the bottom. The blades have been bent halfway. The metal is dark green and the preservation is good.
Parallels can be observed in Crummy, N. (1995) Colchester Archaeological Report 2, Colchester Archaeological Trust, pg. 59, no. 1877 and 1879.
Created on: Saturday 28th May 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-C92A02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Early Medieval sceat, dating to c.680-710 AD.
It is a type described as within the Frisian group, within the Primary and Intermediate Series, a Series D. North no. 168.
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Record ID: DUR-9DE195
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Roman oval plate brooch with a large carnelian intaglio inset, probably 3rd century.
The intaglio is slightly convex and the gem has a length of 24.25mm. The intaglio depictis Hercules being offered a wreath by Victory. It is deeply cut and very detailed. Hercules stands fully to the front and is nude apart from the nebris over his left arm and the crown-type head wear. He is resting his right hand on a club. Victory (winged) stands to his left on a circular altar or low column is proffering a wreath to Hercules. There is a horizontal line marking the ground below He…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Stainfield Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DUR-9DC667
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped, ground and polished axe head of probable later Neolithic date (2900-2100 BC).
This axe is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and sub-oval (humped) in cross section. In plan the sides of the axe taper from the widest point at the cutting edge to a relatively narrow rounded butt. Width at widest- 55.04mm, at narrowest- 21.30mm. It is mostly complete with just a few chips missing from the edges. It has a white/cream patina and where the surface has chipped away a dark grey stone can be seen. This difference in the colours may be to do with patination from the time spent…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th October 2010
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This findspot is known as 'Stainfield Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DUR-9DB007
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base of a Samian ware cup, probably a Dragendorff 33 form, dating to c.50- 230 AD.
Less than half of the base remains with some of the stand. A small fragment of the wall of the cup is left.
Stamped on the inside with a makers mark 'MAXA..' This could be the mark MAXAXIVS, a stamp known to have have been used on pottery produced in Heiligenberg, now in Germany, between 100 and 140 AD. However it is not certain that this is what the stamp says.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2010
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This findspot is known as 'Stainfield Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DUR-869145
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Henry VII, minted in York by Archbishop Savage, 1501-1507.
North no. 1716
The coin has been pierced once
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-861767
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dolphin bow brooch dating from c. 75-175 AD.
It is complete, with the only damage being a slightly bent pin.
The wings are cylindrical, holding the axis bar with a central slot for the hinged pin. The bow has a triangular cross section with the point being the centre of the front. The bow is plain and narrows to a point at the foot. The catchplate is complete.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-8603C7
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner with an exuberantly decorated neck. Mostly complete, the lower end is broken leaving just one of the two points. It has a circular loop on the smae plane as the shaft. Between the loop and shaft is a cylindrical collar with grooved lines at the top and bottom and diagonal lines as decoration. Below the collar is a bulbous section which is not symmetrical. The shaft then narrows to a rectangular shape. From about half way down there is a central linear groove leading to the terminal. The nail cleaner is slightly bent and has a mainly even brown/gree…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Monday 27th December 2021
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Record ID: DUR-8474E1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Iron Age/Roman anthropomorphic vessel mount.
It consists of a human head at the top of a slightly curved linear section (meant to represent the body). The head is round and has detailing picking out the hair and face. The hair is represented by grooved lines radiating from a central point on the top of the head. The eyes are round and hollow, the nose is raised and slightly bulbous. The mouth is a grooved line, almost giving the appearance it has its mouth open. The head is sat on a shape neck which then leads into the main section of the mount. This section ex…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: DUR-E63677
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman dolphin brooch, dating to c. 75-175 AD.
It is mostly complete with just the pin and some of the catchplate missing. The wings are cylindrical and hold the axis bar for the pin. They are decorated on the front with a symmetrical pattern of grooved lines; 2 vertical lines on each side of the head and then 2 diagonal lines next to that.
The bow has the characteristic hump as it leaves the head and then curves down towards the foot, narrowing to a rounded point. The front of the bow is decorated with 2 lines running the length of the bow.
The catchplate i…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-E63138
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver meio real or chinfraƵ of Afonso V of Portugal (1438-81).
Edward Besley saw an image of this coin and comments' Moot point as to which is the obverse, but following my reference: obv + ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS P; five shields ('quinas') rev + ALFONSVS QVINTI REGIS PO; letter A surmounted by a large crown; annulets either side (the more usual reverse legends appears to be a version of ADIVTORIVM NOSTRVM IN NOMIN)
The nearest reference I can get is that it is similar to C.M. Almeida do Amaral, Catalogo descritivo das moedas Portuguesas (Lisbon 1977), p.335, nos. 1009/1011. (No e…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
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