Record ID: SWYOR-6EFFA6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A complete melon bead made from faience. The surface is worn but traces of the turquoise glaze survive. The bead is sub-spherical, 23mm diameter and 21mm high. It is decorated with 21 raised vertical ribs. The central aperture has an internal diameter of 6.7mm. The bead is Roman, probably 1st to 2nd century AD. A close parallel is known from Castleford (West Yorkshire Archaeology Service, 1998, page 185, no.55). Melon beads form just under half of the total number of beads found in Castleford. Examples of frit are much more common than those of translucent blue glass. They were used i…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2006
Last updated: Sunday 3rd July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-028423
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of 17th-century silver head-dress pin (bodkin type). Only the scoop-shaped terminal and a fragment of shaft survive. The shaft is rectangular in cross-section, with a complete rectangular perforation which is framed with engraved decoration of pairs of oblique lines. There are two longer lines across the shaft at each end of the perforation. At the complete end of the pin is a semi-spherical concave scoop in the same plane as the shaft. There are two notches in the edges of the shaft between the rectangular perforation and the narrowed stem of the scoop. There are also thin l…
Created on: Friday 1st December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-983073
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A silver disc which is probably a Roman denarius coin. The coin is sub-circular with a diameter of 15.9mm and a thickness of 1.6mm. It is totally illegible and has some recent fine scratches on both surfaces. It probably dates from the early Roman Republican period (2nd-1st centuries BC) or from the earlier Roman imperial period (c. 27BC-238).
Created on: Friday 8th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-009916
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval copper-alloy probable strap-end cast with openwork Urnes-style interlace patterns showing a profile animal in a figure of eight shape. Two main strands of interlace form the figure of eight. One strand represents the body of the animal, with its head at the top left. The animal has a teardrop shaped eye and a triangular ear. At the back of the creature's head, the strand divides with a thinner part (a 'lappet') looping round the crossed centre of the figure of eight forming a quatrefoil-like openwork pattern. The lappet ends in a curly lobe. The lower loop of the …
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-8F5385
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Nine ceramic vessel sherds which are Roman. Two of the sherds are glued together, and others have been glued but have since become detached again. The sherds are probably all from the same vessel, a mortarium. The fabric is a bright pinkish yellow colour on the surfaces with a light yellowy grey core. It is fine grained with colourless inclusions as well as large pieces of red and black material incorporated in the fabric. Not much of the internal grit survives but it appears to be dark brown or dark grey and in small pieces. The sherds are very worn. Many of the pieces are large and …
Created on: Monday 1st January 2007
Last updated: Sunday 31st March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8FD7F6
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy medieval seal matrix which is 19.5mm tall and 18.6mm in diameter. The matrix is circular with a flat base and a slightly convex top. A hexagonally faceted stem projects from the centre of the base and is topped with a lozenge-shaped knop with a circular suspension hole through it. The design and legend are worn and faint. The picture produced on the impression is of a hound facing right with a hare riding on its back. The hare holds a hawk on its paw. The inscription is separated from the central design by a dotted line. It reads *ALONE I RIDE HAV I NO SWAYNE. All Ns…
Created on: Monday 1st January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-12BF41
Object type: STYLUS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy probable stylus which is 69.8mm long. The shaft is circular in section and has a diameter of 4.8mm. At one end the shaft is flattened and flared into a rounded eraser which is 9.1mm wide. The metal has split and the eraser is broken. At the opposite end the shaft is reduced by half and becomes more angular, almost triangular in section for 12.2mm before the slightly rounded tapering terminal. This object is probably a Roman stylus though it is shorter than the examples in Bishop (1996) and the more similarly shaped parallels in Manning (1976, 54). It is also possible tha…
Created on: Sunday 7th January 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-131B66
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy toggle of post-Medieval date. It has a solid three- dimensional ellipsoid which is 19mm wide and 8.5mm thick. From the centre of one side projects a narrow stem which is oval in section. The stem terminates in two circular loops, one on each side of the stem. The toggle is 24.4mm long from the loops to the face of the head. It has a flaky grey patina. Although it has an unusua form, several similar ones have been recorded on the database, including WMID-905A14. At present, there is no reliable typological sequence for the development of this category of artefact.
Created on: Sunday 7th January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-4B32D5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy medieval horse harness pendant. The pendant is circular with a triangular projection at the top. There is a rivet through the projection which attaches a separate lozenge shaped piece which doubles the thickness of the projection. The lozenge shaped piece extends up into a loop which is at ninety degrees to the pendant and which makes the pendant 37.4mm long. The pendant is domed and has a hollow back. The dome is the widest and thickest part of the pendant at 25.3mm wide and 6.7mm thick. The front is gilded, most of the gilt survives, and is decorated with three recesse…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-4CE8B4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
An iron arrow head which has a rounded socket instead of a tang. It is 52.9mm long and 17.2mm wide. The blade is a long triangular shape and seems to be flat though the corrosion could be obscuring details. The arrowhead has barbs which appear to be straight not curved, but one is missing and the other is broken so the shape is not certain. There is some damaged to one side of the blade and to the socket, which is 9.4mm thick. The iron is corroded but seems to be stable. Arrowheads are notoriously difficult to date. Barbed arrows or spearheads are rare from Roman contexts and tend t…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-F65465
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy probable pin head, probably of 11th- or 12th-century date. The object is a circular disc with a projection from one side which is probably the stub of the pin shaft. The projection makes the object 28.4mm long and the disc is 22.9mm wide. The front of the disc is decorated with five concentric rings of square and rectangular frames of different sizes in relief. In the centre are three triangular lugs which form a setting which is now empty. The projection forming the top of the shaft is rectangular and is decorated with a raised cross with a pellet in each angle. There ar…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 27th March 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-1D1961
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy fragment of an early medieval object which is 29.8mm long and 11.5mm wide. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with damaged edges and one end is curved and thickened. The thickened end bends backwards slightly. The other end is an old break. On the reverse is a central projecting lug. This lug makes the object difficult to identify since without it the object could easily be a strap end, but with the lug the object is different to most known brooches or mounts. The lug makes the object 5.8mm thick and it projects by 3.7mm. The object is decorated on the front face wit…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Sunday 30th March 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-1A8778
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Q-Radiate of Allectus (293-296) (Reece Period 14), VIRTVS AVG, Galley left with mast and cabin, no waves. C Mint, QC. RIC V, pt 2, p. 569, no. 129. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-1AC586
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A silver siliqua (unclipped)coin of Constantius II (323-361), VOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX, mint of Arles (355 – 361), RIC Vol 8, 261/291.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-1AF2A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-26), dating to AD 321-3 (Reece Period 16), BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX. Mint of London, - // PLON. RIC VII, p. 114, no. 275; H. Cloke and L. Toone, The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine (Spink, 2015), p. 268, no. 9.05.025. Dated according to Cloke and Toone.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2007
Last updated: Saturday 28th October 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-D7E3C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy brooch, late Anglo-Saxon in date. It measures 33.6mm long, 23mm wide and 8.1mm thick. The brooch is a vertical rectangle with a relief border of radial lines over the top and possibly at the bottom, and beading or crosses along the sides. The central motif is in relief and appears to be a quadruped with its head at the left, facing the front. The animal's face is triangular and has projecting rounded ears in the two top corners. There may be an upright tail at the right. The reverse of the brooch is not decorated, but there is a faint vertical rib on the left side which m…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2007
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6ED0E7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A damaged stone axe that dates from the Neolithic period. Both ends of the axe are broken and missing. The surviving centre part is oval in section and tapers along its length. It may have originally had facets along the sides. In some areas the surface is pitted and roughened, but the original smooth surface survives in other areas. The axe is 104.6mm long, 58.4mm wide and 31.7mm thick. The axe was examined by Stuart Ogilvy who reports that the material is a medium to coarse grained plutonic igneous rock. It is probably dolerite but it is difficult to be certain without taking a thin…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-DA78E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy denarius plated with silver copying a coin of Septimius Severus (193 – 211), ARAB ADIAB COS II PP or ARAB ADIABENIC, mint of Rome or Laodicea (195 – 196), RIC Vol IV part 1 63a, 64 or 466.
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-A8D422
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy object which is probably a pin from the Early Medieval period. The pin shaft is circular in section and tapers to a point. The head is flattened and is pierced by a circular hole. There are three recessed lines round the shaft under the head. The object is 55.9mm long, 4.2mm wide across the head, and 2.2mm thick. The perforation may be for a chain or cord to join linked pins, or to attach a spangle. It is also possible that the object is a toilet article known as a pick, perhaps for teeth or finger nails, and that the perforation is to suspend the object with the rest o…
Created on: Friday 16th March 2007
Last updated: Friday 27th June 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB8EC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy circular mount from an Early Medieval Great Square Headed brooch. The stud is a circular disc with a raised rim and a zoomorphic design in relief. There is a small circular hole by the rim, and the rim is damaged in two other places. Some gilt survives on the decorated surface. The reverse is undecorated. In the centre is a short circular projecting rivet stud. The mount is in good condition with a dark brown patina but with some powdery green corrosion products in the hollows. In West's "A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk" on page 151 there is an example of …
Created on: Friday 16th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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