Record ID: WILT-CB2921
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sestertius of Trajan dating to the period AD 98-117 (Reece period 5). Uncertain reverse type. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-1CC9D3
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a two piece stone mould of uncertain date. The mould is broadly rectangular with a carved semi-circular recess (14.5mm in maximum length, 21.25mm wide and 1.7mm deep) with an expanded funnel above - to pour the molten metal into the mould. The recess is intricately decorated with sets of fine transverse and vetrtical grooves forming a geometric pattern. Thse grooves are projecting from a single central vertical groove and a single horizontal groove located 3.65mm below the top of the object forming a T. Above this horizontal groove is further transverse gooves broadly form…
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 16th March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-24DFCB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-medieval sixpence of Philip and Mary dating AD 1554. Mint of London. North 1970.
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-34B6C7
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint late Neolithic to early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the period c. 2700 - 1600 BC. The arrowhead is sub-triangular in shape with convex sides and one intact rounded barb. The other barb is missing due to an old break. The tang is longer than the surviving barb and is oblique. The arrowhead exhibits invasive and semi-invasive semi-abrput parallel retouch around the edges of both the dorsal and ventral surfaces. There is an unretouched area in the centre of both sides. It measures 21.05mm in length, 13.55mm maximum width, is 2.45mm thick and w…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2016
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Record ID: WILT-64CAB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post medieval groat of Henry VIII with the bust of Henry VII dating to the period AD 1509-1526. First coinage, Tower mint, Castle initial mark. North 1762
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: WILT-3A097C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy deliberately cut plate brooch (c. AD 80-250). The brooch was circular in plan and has been decorated with three raised circular ridges, one located along the circumference. The brooch has been cut into a quarter, a deliberate scratch mark is visible which suggests that this brooch has been deliberately mutilated. To the reverse the brooch is flat, a incomplete lug or catchplate is visible. The brooch is 20.15mm in surviving length, 17.85mm wide, 3.35mm thick and weighs 3.94 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Record ID: WILT-387028
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval buckle dating to the period c. AD 1250 - 1400. The pin survives but is damaged. The frame of the buckle is broadly ovular in shape with a small projecting knop at each end of the pin bar. The outer edge of the buckle features two moulded projecting knops and two transverse grooves which would have flanked the pin rest. The pin tapers to the point and measures 23mm in length and 2.05mm wide. The buckle measures 23.5mm in length, 33.4mm wide and weighs 7.78 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Record ID: WILT-37F5F9
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Conder half penny trade token minted in Dublin in AD 1799 by William Binns payable at the Pantheon Phusitechnikon.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-826408
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core of probable late Neolithic or early Bronze Age date (c. 2351 - 1601BC). The core is broadly cuboid in shape and has been knapped in different directions leaving multiple negative scars from flake removal running in several different directions. The core retains c. 10% cortex across it's surface. The flint is a mottled dark grey shading to light grey.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2016
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Record ID: WILT-3C9673
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver penny probably of Henry V, AD 1413-1422, mint of York.
Created on: Monday 11th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
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Record ID: WILT-3C672F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval groat of Elizabeth I. Cross crosslet initial mark. Tower mint (AD 1560 - 1561; North 1986).
Created on: Monday 11th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
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Record ID: WILT-BE2739
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver voided short cross penny of Richard I (1189-1199), Type 4a (1194-1200). Moneyer Stivene, Mint of London
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
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Record ID: WILT-98C723
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver half groat of James I dating to the period AD 1606 - 1607 (second coinage). Scallop initial mark. Mint of London. Cf, North, Vol. II, p. 146, no. 2105.
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: WILT-98A4B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver halfgroat of James I, dating to AD 1623-1624. Initial mark lis. Mint of London. Cf. North Vol II, 2104
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2016
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Record ID: WILT-9895B5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval copper alloy farthing trade token of Marlborough, measuring 20.15mm in diameter. It is very worn and corroded. Obverse: A four-turret castleA.MARLBROVGH.FARTHING Reverse: A bull standing left IN YE COVNTY OF WILTS 1668 Date: 1668 Reference: Williamson, Wilts 124
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: WILT-986DA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman barbarous radiate possibly copying Claudius II dating to the period AD 275-285 (Reece period 14), Uncertain reverse type possibly depicting Pax standing left holding transverse sceptre. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: WILT-9E22D7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval copper-alloy seal matrix. The circular matrix bears the incised central image of a rabbit or hare facing right. There is no inner circle separating the device and the inscription. The inscription is partly lost to edge damage, but the letters VE SV can be read, enabling the fragments of the three letters at the start to be reconstructed and the full inscription to be read as * PRIVE SV (I am private), a common anonymous inscription. The faceted handle extends vertically upwards from behind the printing face, tapering along its length. This is surmounted by the slightly w…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Record ID: WILT-9D4F8D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval cut short cross halfpenny of Henry II - Henry III dating to the period AD 1180 - 1247. London mint. Uncertain moneyer. Uncertain class.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2015
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Record ID: WILT-9CA71D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post medieval penny of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1560 - 1561. Cross crosslet initial mark. Tower mint. Cf. North, Vol. II, p. 133, no. 1988.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
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Record ID: WILT-9FF820
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval single loop D-shaped buckle with lipped frame dating to c AD 1350-1450. The buckle frame is D-shaped with a pointed lip with central depression to hold the point of the pin. The frame narrows and is connected by a circular profile bar to which the pin is attached. The pin comprises a sheet of copper alloy which narrows to a point and is folded under the bar, the pin is corroded against the buckle plate. The buckle plate is broadly rectangular in plan and consists of a sheet folded around the recessed pin bar with a recess to hold the pin. At the corners on t…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2015
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