Record ID: WILT-1865BA
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver early medieval hooked tag. It has a triangular plate with a tri-lobed rear edge, each lobe pierced with a circular hole for fastening. The plate is plain, barring three incised parallel lines making the junction between plate and hook. The back is also plain. All surfaces are slightly worn with no evidence of having featured decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
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Record ID: WILT-33EFE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman provincial coin, possibly of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to the period c.AD 138-161 (Reece period 7). Mintof Eumenea (Phrygia), cf. RPC IV (online), no. 1991. Obverse: [...], Laureate bust right. Reverse: []VΜƐΝ[ƐΩΝΑΧΑΙΩΝ], Dionysus and Apollo std in biga drawn by pantheress and goat, r., Dionysus holding long transverse thyrsus, Apollo playing lyre, on goat's back, winged Eros riding, playing double flute.
Created on: Friday 27th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: WILT-22FCBA
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early medieval Thor's hammer silver pendant with gold insets, dating to late 9th-10th century AD. The pendant is an example of a growing number of amulets found in England representing Mjölnir, the hammer of the Norse god Thor. As is usual with pendants of this type, it is designed to be worn with the head at the bottom, as also shown on representations of Thor’s hammer on Viking coins minted in York in the 920s (Williams 2014, 33-4) and on a figure from Eyrarland in Iceland, normally interpreted as Thor holding his hammer (Graham-Campbell 1980, 25, …
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-92F5E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver finger ring of uncertain date. The hoop is polygonal in plan with eight external facets (octagonal). In section, the hoop is rectangular. The ring is undecorated. The ring is very thin (see dimensions below). Dimensions: Width: 1.4 mm, Weight: 0.54 g, Diameter: 20.7 mm Discussion and Date: The ring was originally suspected to be Roman in date (c. AD 200-410, Henig type IX) ) but it was brought to the British Museum where the curator of Romano-British collections viewed it and discounted it as being from this period. Rings of similar shape (octagonal in…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Record ID: WILT-047110
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of Roman copper-alloy vessels consisting of a symmetrical flanged bowl strainer, a Bassin Uni, a carinated basin with a foot ring and an Irchester bowl. The vessels were part of a structured Roman deposit with each vessel nestled within another and all contained within the Irchester bowl. The vessels are fragmentary and fragile, the carinated basin and Irchester bowl are in multiple pieces and the bases of the Irchester bowl, cauldron and the Bassin Uni have become detached. The symmetrical flanged bowl strainer: The strainer is circular (260mm in diameter) with a flat o…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilcot', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FFC218
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Middle Bronze Age palstave mould consisting of one half of the mould dating to the period c.1500-1300 BC. The mould varies in thickness it is 9.9mm thick at the funnel, the walls are 13.4mm wide at the loop and the walls taper in width to a minimum width of 6.85mm at the blade. The mould is 182mm in length and has a maximum width of 70.85mm at the blade. The front face is decorated with a raised shield and central vertical rib. Projecting from this vertical rib are three raised chevrons pointing towards the funnel. There is corrosion visible within the mo…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Devizes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F6D8BA
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman finger-ring key dating to c AD 250-300 (Guiraud type 5), in excellent condition. The hoop is D shaped and becomes flat (the bezel) at the point where it joins the bit so that it would have lain flat across the finger. The bit comprises a cyclindrical shank with a squared off S-shape extending from it at right angles. There are 4 small incisions along the opposing edge to the shank. The diameter of the hoop is 21.1mm, the length of bezel and bit is 19.3mm and its width 19.7mm. The finger ring key weighs 9.69 grams. Keys like this were probably used…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
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Record ID: WILT-7B29D4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver post-medieval seal matrix, dating to the late 17th to 18th century. The seal matrix has a conical handle (hexagonally faceted) which terminates in an openwork trefoil terminal with three inverted drop-shaped apertures. On top of this terminal is a small, rounded knop. The base of the seal matrix is oval, and features a shield divided into quarters, surrounded on either side by foliage and topped by a helm out of which sprout five ostrich plumes. On the top right and bottom left quarters there is the lion rampant, whilst the top left and bottom right quarters have the Saltir…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2017
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2018
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Record ID: WILT-7B1037
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast silver early medieval strap-end, comprising the central section only with the terminal and attachment end now lost to breaks. The central section has a plain incised border containing the remains of a Trewhiddle style zoomorphic motif. The back is undecorated.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7AC4CE
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end with silver rivets. It is sub-rectangular and elongated in form, with a snub-nosed zoomorphic terminal and an expanded split attachment end with two rounded lobes. The lobes are pierced for attachment and contain two silver dome-headed rivets. At the base of the attachment end, where the expanded section meets the narrowed central section, is a pair of deeply incised transverse lines. A matching pair of lines marks the junction between the central section of the strap-end and the zoomorphic terminal. This is stylised in nature, with two in…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.