Record ID: LVPL-ADFDB6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy half-follis of Justin I (AD 518-27) or Justinian I (AD 527- 567), minted in Constantinople, Nicomedia or Cyzicus, and dating to AD 512-37. For Justin I, mint of Constantinople (MIBE I, pl. 7, cf. no. 19) and mint of Nicomedia (MIBE I, pl. 8, cf. no. N42) and mint of Cyzicus (MIBE I, pl. 9, no. 57); for Justinian I, mint of Constantinople (MIBE I, pls. 19-20, cf. nos. 90-91).
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdoswald Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-89C834
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A leaded token of James I dating to between 1603-1625. The obverse depicts the bust of James facing right and the remains of an inscription that begins IACOBVS. The reverse is illegible and the coin is fragmented in places. It weighs 5.1g and measures 22.71mm in diameter and 2.40mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2012
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Record ID: DUR-6167B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy trumpet brooch dating to the 1st-2nd centuries AD. The brooch has been silvered and is condition, although it is missing the pin and some of the enamel that would have decorated the head, evident from an empty panel. The head is oval in shape, decorated with a raised geometric design enclosed by a raised border. This panel would have contained enamel. The design consists of a central line flanked by two half circles and with a triangle at the bottom. The head is connected to a cylindrical section decorated with horizontal strips then wrap around the cylinder. The bow co…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
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Record ID: DUR-60F866
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end dating to the Anglo Saxon period (750-1100). The object is parrallel sided, with only one decorated side. It comprises of a split end with a tapering shaft and a terminal. The split end has two circular rivet holes that still contain the rivets. One side of the terminal is decorated with geometric patterns enclosed in geometric boders. Starting from the split end, there is a raised cross enclosed in a hexagonal border, followed by a square border enclosing horizontal lines and closest to the tapered end are two raised circles. The object has been well preserve…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Record ID: DUR-FA3E03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Constantius II, AD 337-361, Thessalonica, FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier spearing fallen horseman, LRBC: 1683.
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-F99FF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 155-156, T R POT XIX COS IIII, Annona seated right holding cornucopiae with both hands, modius at feet, RIC III: 250.
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-BE6024
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The copper alloy core of a silver plated coin, copying a denarius of Severus Alexander, PM TR P VIII COS III P P, Mars advancing left holding olive branch in right hand and spear and shield in left, Sear (Volume 2): 7907.
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-BAAEA7
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Jetton dating to the 15th century. The jetton has been pierced five times in the centre, suggesting that it was probably resued as a button. The obverse depicts a crown in the centre, although it has been obscured by the perforations. Around the perimeter is a garbled legend, ':+AVGR...AR...AGIAP....A,' part of the perimeter of the jetton is broken and not all of the legend is therefore, legible. The reverse of the jetton shows a triple stranded cross flory in quadrilobe, trefoil of annulets on the cusps. The object is green in colour and weighs 2.8g. It measures 26.61m…
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-BA57F5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead token dating to the Post Medieval period. The token is circular in plan and decorated on both sides. There is a depiction of a serpent in raised decoration on one side. The other side depicts a central square with a central dot, on each side of the square is a cross. This side of the token is possibly imitating a Medieval coin, but it is inderminate what the serpent is for. The token weighs 2.0g and measures 14.18mm in diameter and 1.92mm in thickness.
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-A7B883
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount dating to the Medieval-Post Medieval period. The mount is sub oval in shape, on either end there are two curves and then a point around the perimeter of the object. In the centre of the object is an ellipse in plan. The front face is decorated with incised lines and appears to be gilded. The reverse is undecorated, but there are two protrusions at either end, one is rectangular and the other is rectangular and curved. It weighs 2.5g and measures 42.78mm in length, 11.62mm in width and 1.31mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Record ID: DUR-A73DB6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl dating to the Post Medieval period. The spindle whorl is circular in plan with a central circular perforation. It is convex and one side is decorated with raised dots and lines. The other side is decorated with V shaped lines stemming from the centre of the object out to the perimeter. There are a series of these V shapes, one inside the other. The metal is grey in colour and the object weighs 26.1g and measures 29.02mm in diameter and 8.98mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Record ID: DUR-A70A36
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle and plate dating to the Medieval period, 1300-1500. The buckle frame is rectangular in plan, the side directly opposite the plate is rectangular with a groove for the pin, which is missing. The two shortest sides are curved. Attached to the side opposite the groove is the plate which is made from a folded sheet of rectangular metal. The plate has been broken and is filled with soil. There is a perforation in the centre where the sheet is attached to the frame that would have held the pin. Directly opposite this, where the pin has been broken is a rivet to hold th…
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Record ID: DUR-A6D698
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy rectangular buckle frame dating to 1720-1790. The frame is curved on the longest sides and have drilled holes on the inside for a seperate spindle, which is now missing. The object is undecorated and there is a break in the metal on one of the shorter sides. It is green in colour and weighs 17.8g. It measures 53.79mm in length, 48.53mm in width and 6.22mm in thickness. For a parallel see Whitehead, R. (1996) Buckles 1250-1800, 104, no. 665.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Record ID: DUR-A69702
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle from possibly for a shoe and dating to between 1720-1790. The buckle is sub rectangular in plan and ornately decorated with an interlace pattern. The central part of the buckle is highly corroded, it is possible to see that there was a central stem. The reverse of the object is undecorated. The metal of the frame is green in colour and the object weighs 9.9g. It measures 37.34mm in length, 31.58mm in width and 7.96mm in thickness. For a parallel see Whitehead, R. (1996) Buckles 1250-1800, 111, no. 710.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Record ID: DUR-A623F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of William III, dated on the coin to 1697, the reverse shows the cruciform shields of England, Scotland, Ireland and France.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-A5C732
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead button dating to the Post Medieval period. The button is circular in plan with a cast integral shank on the reverse. Only the front face is decorated, it is possible to see the moulded image of a face with long hair, possibly wearing a crown. The edges of the button have been damaged and are bent out of shape in places. The metal is white in colour and is extremely thin. It weighs 14.0g and measures 27.73mm in diameter and 11.58mm in height. For examples of buttons with cast integral shanks, see Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. (2002) Dress Accessories, Museum of London: 274.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-A59A82
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint thumbnail scraper. The scraper is roughly the shape of a diamond in plan and is light grey/white in colour, one of the edges has been retouched. It weighs 3.1g and measures 20.46 in length, 20.10mm in width and is 7.62mm thick. Parallels can be seen in Waddington, C. (2004) The Joy of Flint, Newcastle upon Tyne: 40f: fig. 59.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-A57994
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint thumbnail scraper. The scraper is sub circular in plan and is dark grey in colour, most of the edges have been retouched. It weighs 7.4g and measures 30.89mm in length, 26.51mm in width and is 8.18mm thick. Parallels can be seen in Waddington, C. (2004) The Joy of Flint, Newcastle upon Tyne: 40f: fig. 59.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-96ECC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Henry VII, minted in London and dating from 1485 to 1509, the reverse depicts a shield on a longcross, North Number 1747.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-96D137
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead cloth seal of the two disc type and dating to the Post Medieval period. The object is sub oval in plan and is well preserved and the decoration is now very faint. On one side there is written the number 10, the decoration on the other side is in the shape of a heart. The metal is white in colour and the object weighs 1.8g. It measures 10.37mm in diameter and 3.44mm in thickness. The seal is probably an example of either a weaver's, clothier's and searcher's personal seals. See Saunders, P. (2001) Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum: Medieval Catalogue, part 3, 83: fig. 24.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
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