Record ID: YORYM-0E0719
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Severus Alexander (AD 222-235), dating to the period c.AD 222-235 (Reece period 11). SALVS PVBLICA reverse type depicting Salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and resting left arm on side of throne. cf. RIC IV.2, p. 84, no. 178d for the probable reverse type. The coin is 17.4mm diameter, 2.4mm thick and 3.48g in weight. The reverse legend is blundered and appears to read SALVS PSV[...](C?)S, which suggests that either the coin has been double struck with the SALVS legend appearing at both ends of…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bridlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3D4F93
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Fob or 'Dangler' of late Iron Age to early Roman date (50 BC - AD 100), although the date range of such objects is a subject of some debate. The fob is a openwork trefoil or triskele of three loops that has a plate in the centre that would have extended into a shank which would project on the reverse of the dangler terminating in a loop, but the shank is missing on this example, leaving just a scar at the centre. Each of the three arms has a knop on the outer perimeter, then curves in an S shape before the tail spirals into the cen…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-3D2A71
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a cast copper alloy, two piece, Type B beaded torc, dating from the late Iron Age to the early Roman period, about 100 BC - AD 200. The separate beaded front portion survives. It consists of ten integrally cast beads, and both terminals. Each bead is a thick rounded disc, the edges of which are decorated a narrower collar. The terminals are wider beads and are hollow. The object has a brown patina. The object is 111.8mm long, 41.7mm wide, 14.0mm thick and weighs 119.24g. For similar examples see Worrell (December 2004, unpublished) Iron Age T…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-D48D7E
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver cufflink, a single disc or button dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD 1600-1700, of Lewis Form 1, Type A. It is a stamped sheet disc, probably one element of a cuff link. It is circular in plan with a down-turned or flanged edge. It is decorated with two hearts beneath a single crown on a stippled background. The attachment loop in the centre of the reverse is missing, as are the joining loop and the second disc. The hollow reverse contains some white concretion.  Dimensions: 12.9mm diameter, 2.7mm thick and 1.1g. The cufflink is ve…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-F61BD0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
 An incomplete middle Anglo-Saxon silver pin dating from AD 700 - 900. The head is globular (often called "balloon shaped"), but formed of eight gently curved vertical panels, thus making it octagonal in cross-section. The head is 8.45mm in diameter and has a small collar at the base, from which the circular-sectioned shaft emerges. The shaft is bent and broken 28mm from the base of the collar. Dimensions: Diameter of head 8.45mm. Length 38.3mm. Weight 4.1g. Discussion and Date: This pin form is well known from middle Anglo-Saxon contexts, but is far more com…
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-0C612D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group A: undecorated, the spring held on a single lug dating from AD 75 - 150. The head is plain and oval with a small nib above. There are the remains of a single loop behind the head which would have held a spring on a sleeve. The pin and spring mechanism are now missing. The brooch has worn acanthus moulding of three petals above and three below a central disc. There are two mouldings above and below the knop, one of which is beaded in each pair, and the knop is only simple on the ba…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7ABFC2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small lead probable spindle whorl of possible Roman date, AD 43 - 410. It is conical with a truncated top and a small central circular perforation of 2.2mm diameter. It fits into Walton Rogers form A2 if it is a whorl, but the size of the central hole may be too small, and the object may be a weight or bead instead. The object is 12.9mm long, 11.9mm wide, 8.8mm thick and weighs 5.62g.  The hole in the centre of the top has a diameter of 2.2mm. Form A2 whorls are most common from AD 700 - 1100, but those with a central hole smaller than 6mm diameter are more likely to b…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-E637E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman British plate conical disc (Mackreth's domed boss) brooch dating from the early Roman period, about AD 100 - 200. The remaining portion consists of the centre of the brooch together with a short section of the rim. The central portion is circular in plan, concave on the underside, and rising on the upper side in a shallow cone to a small, hemispherical knop. The cone is decorated with 16 recessed triangular cells containing enamel. Every other cell has only traces of red coloured enamel surviving. The remaining cells are filled with opaque light blue o…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B454A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy brooch from the Roman period, a Hod Hill of Mackreth 3.a. type dating from AD 50-350. Only the head of the brooch survives. It has a rolled forwards tube for the mostly missing iron axis bar, and a slot for the missing hinged pin. There is a concave cross moulding across the top of the bow, and then the upper bow has a central ridge, beaded with transverse lines, and a plain ridge on each side of the bow. The rest of the brooch is missing. There are traces of a white metal coating. Length: 18.99mm Width: 12.72mm Thickness: 4.0…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-214054
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver Republican denarius of the moneyer C Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, minted in Rome in 48BC (Reece period 1). RRC 449/1. It is 16.2mm in diameter and 1.3mm thick. It weighs 3.1g. Obverse: Legend: PANSA Mask of bearded Pan, right Reverse: Legend: C·VIBIVS·C·F·C·N (straight) IOVISAXVR Jupiter seated left, laureate, holding patera in right hand and sceptre in left hand. See RRC 449/1: http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-449.1. Also compare LEIC-BB53C1.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-67FA75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy late iron Age to Early Roman brooch; a Nauheim derivative type dating from AD 10 - 100. It has a flat bow with border grooves. There is a four coil spring with an internal chord. the pin is missing. The lower bow has been bent backwards, so the catcplate is upside down. The catchplate is solid and plain, and the catch curves to the left (when viewing the reverse, head uppermost). The brooch has a smooth green patina. The object is 38.1mm long, 14.1mm wide, 13.1mm thick and weighs 3.90g. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/brooches-2…
Created on: Monday 24th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-65CC61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete Roman copper alloy brooch, a trumpet brooch dating from AD 100-200, of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group B or Mackreth's TR x2.b group. It has an incomplete cast headloop. The trumpet head is decorated with two ridges round the curved upper edge. Behind the head is a tubular housing for an iron axis bar which supports a hinged copper alloy pin which is complete. The upper bow is sub-circular in cross-section. the central moulding is on the front of the bow only. It has a double collar above, then three petals above and below the central disc.It is flat at the b…
Created on: Monday 24th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB9976
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy developed hinged trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 200. The head is semi-circular and is bordered by a moulded double collar around the outer edge. There is a nib projecting upwards from the top of the head. There is a tubular housing for the copper alloy axis bar at the base of the reverse of the head. The pin has an expanded head but most of the shaft is missing.  The bow is D-shaped in cross section, with a central raised spine on the upper section and tapers inwards towards the acanthus moulding. At the base of the trumpet head i…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-357EAE
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Published
A ceramic (stoneware) gaming piece of Modern date, for playing knucklebones, jacks or fivestones, dating from AD 1850 - 1950. It is a cube that has four concave fluted sides and two flat ends. The fabric is vitrified and dark grey throughout. The surfaces have a dark red grey colour where they are not worn. The corners and faces are very worn and smooth. It is 17.8mm long, 17.6mm wide and 17.2mm thick. 9.1g. Compare the glazed examples NLM-D10DFB and WILT-E28C6F.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-F0F880
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver probable annular brooch (incomplete) or large finger ring of the Medieval period, probably AD 1200 - 1350. The hoop is triangular in cross section with an inscription on the two outer faces.  +DEINE : [-]INISAT+AVE + INVF : TRV : VIR[...] : IRNA[-] The colons have been used to transcribe a group of four small recessed dots in a lozenge shape. The tops of the letters are adjacent to the central line of the hoop on both external faces. The lettering is in a slightly unusual medieval style, with square topped As and angular closed Es. Some Ns, or suspected …
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F009DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A plated silver Roman denarius of Vespasian (AD 69-79), dating to the period c.AD 69-79 (Reece period 4). Unclear reverse type possibly depicting Salus or similar seated figure left on throne. Prototype of the mint of Rome. cf. RIC II.1 (2nd ed.), no. 522 for a possible reverse type.  The coin is 19.2mm in diameter, 1.5mm thick, and weighs 2.42g. It is unusually thin for a denarius and has a light green patina with a silver wash.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-5EC8B9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an Early Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Aethelred II (978-1016), probably Last Small Cross type (North 777) dating to c.AD1009-17, mint and moneyer uncertain. Ref: North 1994: 160. The coin has been halved and only the central part of the flan survives, the outer circle having broken away around the line of the inner circle removing all of the inscriptions, leaving just a small single cross pattee on the reverse, and part of the bust drapery on the obverse. Dimensions; Diameter 9.4mm, Thickness 0.3mm and weight 0.18g.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-C8DC45
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver halfpenny of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), Berwick Class 8b (North 1090; Withers Class 6a) dating to the period AD1333-42, mint: Berwick Upon Tweed. Ref: North 1989: 82, cf. pl. 43 no. 1159; North 1991: 40; Withers and Withers 2006: 56. In their discussion of Class 6a, the Withers describe it as having "lumpy hair with no separate strands visible", whereas this coin (which has the listed 6a obverse inscription) has some clearly visible hair strands. The crown and face belong to Class 6a and this detail on the hair may be due to an abov…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-57D3C3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary silver unidentified object probably of Early Medieval date, about AD 410 - 1066. It is a rectangular strip of metal, broken at both ends, with parallel original edges. One face is decorated with a double row of irregular punched or stamped rounded dots along each original edge. Running along the centre is a guilloche pattern of repeated S shaped recesses, each one seemingly formed from a number of individual circular stamps. Together they form the impression of a rope-like two strand twist or interlace pattern. The reverse is plain. The sheet is bent at one end, befo…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-59D5E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Medieval silver and gold buckle plate dating from AD 580 - 650. It is of Marzinzik type II.23. Only the hinged end of the plate survives. The end is concave, with a projecting sheet forming the hinge tabs, but broken before the tabs bend round the missing frame. It has a slot for the missing pin. The plate is hollow on the reverse.The upper face is recessed for a decorative inlay of gold wire forming a herringbone pattern. There is a circular hole at each corner for the missing bosses. The circular mark where the boss rested is visible and is about 4.5mm d…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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