Record ID: SWYOR-F4F238
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver scabbard chape of probable Medieval date, AD 1350 - 1500, but it could also be Post medieval and a date range of AD 1300 - 1650 possible. The chape is narrow and tapering towards the pointed closed end. It is a rounded rectangle in cross-section and tapers to a blunt point. There is no visible seam or joint, nor is there any decoration. The top edge is irregular and is probably a break. This would explain why there are no visible rivet holes or other form of attachment. The corners are rounded and there is a crack from the open end part way down one face. There …
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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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-9E392A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver medieval annular brooch dating from AD 1200 - 1400. The frame is circular in plan, with a pin constriction. The frame is flat and rectangular in cross-section, probably cut from thick sheet. The front face is decorated with incised line borders and transverse lines. The pin missing, and the reverse is plain. The brooch is 19.9mm diameter, 1.3mm thick and 0.9g. Other sheet metal annular brooches include SWYOR-CDF0DB (2021 T537), BM-1A2026 (2012 T452) and SWYOR-86F704 (2012 T607). They are all assigned to the 13th and 14th centuries, and annular brooches are …
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-B50B30
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold penannular ring made from three strands of wire, and probably dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age. The strands of wire are stacked on top of each other to produce a ribbed effect. The wires are all of 1.7mm diameter and are almost circular in cross-section. The ends are cut on an angle and the longer side of each is slightly burred.One strand has separated slightly from the others at one end revealing a rough surface on the wire below where they were once joined and there are a number of stress cracks elsewhere on the ring. Similar objects from the British Museum collectio…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-4153EE
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A disturbed hoard of 5 late roman silver coins; five siliquae found within 2.5m square, about 8-12 inches deep, dating between AD 355 to 402 and probably deposited between AD 395 and AD 430.   A further two coins were discovered in Dec 2022 - Feb 2023 and declared in 2023 as addenda (2023 T133). They fit into the same date range. Coin 1 (Image 4). A clipped silver Roman siliqua of Constantius II (AD 337-361), dating from about AD 359-361 (Reece period 18). VOTIS/XXX/MVLTIS/XXXX reverse type depicting the legend ove…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Husthwaite', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D43489
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt and gem cross pendant dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1300. The cross has equal arms, each of which flares slightly from the centre to the tip. The top arm terminates in a suspension loop at right angles to the plane of the cross. In the centre, an oval collet is mounted on the front of the cross. This holds a cabachon (domed) purple gem or glass setting. It i held by twelve pointed tabs or petals extendding from the top of the collar and bent forward over the edge of the gem. Each tapers to a point and is decorated with incised longitudinal lines. …
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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-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-B2B8D8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval pointed oval silver seal matrix dating from AD 1200 - 1350. The die face has the legend +S' ROGERI: DE HELLESSAY (Seal of Roger of Hellessay) suggesting that this is a personal matrix. The lettering is in neat lombardic script and is flanked by beaded borders. The central design is a profile bust of a man facing left on the impression. He has neck length hair with a straight fringe, and does not appear to be tonsured. He also has rounded drapery at neck. On the reverse, the handle is unusual. It appears to be soldered to the back of the matrix. It is a s…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme upon Spalding Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-4543FA
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy linch pin foot dating from 100 BC - AD 100. The head and the iron shaft are missing. A patch of iron corrosion in the mouth of the socket suggests that the linch pin shaft was square in cross-section. The socketed copper alloy foot is sub-conical in form, with a moulded collar at the mouth of the socket. Just below, on one side only, is a moulded relief ring-and-dot motif. The dot is filled with yellow enamel, and there is a crescent shaped cell of red enamel round the dot. The bulbous foot curves along its length and expands into a drop shaped dis…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-6C3EA6
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
An iron and copper alloy complete vase headed linch pin of late Iron Age to early Roman date, about 100 BC - AD 100. The copper-alloy head has a flattened disc-shaped terminal that is D-shaped in cross section with a concave outer/upper face. Beneath the terminal, the head has a narrow neck, expanding to a bulbous sub-cylindrical body, around the base of which is a projecting collar with single groove around its outer edge. Above the collar, on opposing sides of the head, are two circular apertures with raised borders delineating a transverse aperture that would have originally a…
Created on: Monday 26th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-820823
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy Iron Age linch pin terminal, which is the foot of the pin. The socketed part of the foot is broken, leaving only a shallow concave area. This would have extended into a larger socket which would have held the iron pin, which has long since corroded away. The exterior of the socket tapers to the terminal, where it curves forward and expands into a flat circular plate. The flat surface is decorated with a central recessed cell for enamel, with two concentric rings recessed for enamel round it. These are divided by bands of raised metal. No traces of the enamel survive…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-03BAC6
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy possible linch pin terminal of Late Iron Age or Early Roman date. It is a socket which is three quarters round in section and tapers from 16.84mm wide to 10.97mm at the apex. A moulded groove filled with a row of beading decorates the rim at the wider end. At the closed end, the socket bends to the side and has a solid terminal which points to the side and is semicircular in section. The flat reverse is open as if there was a separate flat back plate. The socket contains iron corrosion and has red brown patina.The identification of this object is not certain, but it has …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-933BE8
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but bent silver bodkin dating from AD 1600 - 1700. It is inscribed with the initials E W in upper care, Roman style, seriffed letters positioned about half way along. The bodkin has a pear shaped scoop at one end. The narrow end extends from the narrow end of a drop shaped terminal which has a drop shaped hole through it. Two grooves across the shaft mark the end of the terminal. The rest of the bodkin is a flat rectangle in cross-section and is undecorated apart from the incised letters. There is a slot which is 14.5mm long positioned 12mm below the terminal. The othe…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A3B748
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A large part of a copper alloy studded terret dating from the Iron Age. The hoop is circular in section and tapers towards the top. At the base is a disc shaped stop and then some iron corrosion; the remains of the iron bar which is now missing. The terret is decorated with circular settings on the outer edge of the hoop. There were probably originally three of these; part of one at the top, and one on the surviving side are still extant. These settings are concave and were probably filled with enamel. This decoration makes it a platform decorated terret, dating from the 1st century AD…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-897236
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy circular brooch of Roman date, probably dating from the 2nd or 3rd century. A separate strip of silver has been applied round the edge of the disc; this element has led to the find being declared as potential Treasure. The copper alloy disc has a raised rim on the front face. A copper alloy rivet through the centre of the disc would have secured the central setting of maybe glass or gem, which is now missing. On the reverse is a single pin lug through which is a copper alloy axis bar with a domed head at one end, and the remains of a sprung pin. It has two turns of the …
Created on: Monday 10th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3B6DD7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a flattened silver thimble. It would have been of two part construction consisting of a domed top and separate sheet for the sides. There is a border around the base consisting of two lines of cabling with a plain space between. There is an oval panel positioned on the wall above the base border. It contains a crowned male bust facing left with C over a number 2 on the left and R on the right. The rest of the surface is covered with closely spaced annulets. Originally the thimble would have had two busts representing Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, who married in 16…
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8637F3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy bull's head, probably a vessel mount, perhaps from a bucket dating from the late Iron Age or Early Roman period. It is complete, except for the tip of the cow's left-hand horn, which has broken away in antiquity. It is 34.9mm in length, 31.9mm high, and 28mm wide. It weighs 33.58gm. The animal is realistically modeled and has round concave eyes. Behind the head, the mounting is oval with a pointed base and is hollow. The metal has a light green patina. Other vessel mounts of similar form on the PAS database are NCL-A27383, NLM-52F093, LVPL-A72343 and SF-536544. T…
Created on: Friday 17th April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-3564EE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring of Post Medieval date, about AD 1680-1730. The bezel has three large circular setting containing clear multi-faceted stones, with four smaller circular settings in the angles between the larger ones. Two of these retain their stones. The base of the empty cells is covered with turquoise enamel. The sides of the settings are keyed for enamel, some of which survives and is turquoise in colour. The hoop is D shaped in section and the shoulders are also decorated with turquoise enamel, in three lines along each shoulder. No maker's marks or inscription is visible but…
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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