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Record ID: PUBLIC-478795
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver coin Edward the confessor (1042-66) cut halfpenny Radiate/small cross type (BMC i) London mint, uncertain moneyer, + G [ ] LVND: 0.47g
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4776D3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin of Middle Anglo-Saxon date, c. mid 7th to mid 9th century The pin is fragmentary, broken across the shaft (and has a surviving lengthy of 33.3mm and a weight of 2.3g). The head is of polyhedral form, and is of faceted-globular shape (with a width of 7.6mm - 8.4mm and a height of 7.5mm). The head is decorated with punched ring-and-dot motif, somewhat irregularly arranged. At the base of the head is a collar moulding. The shaft is circular sectioned (1.8mm - 2.0mm diameter). The surface has a dark-green patina.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th July 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0F8FB6
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy harness fitting probably of 11th century date The harness mount is fragmentary represented by one loop and the arm only (with a surviving length of 39.1mm and a weight of 15.6g). The loop is D-shaped (with an external length of 21.8mm, a width of 16.1mm and thickness of 6.2mm and an internal length of 14.9mm and width of 9.2mm). The interior of the loop is roughly cast and unfinished but has been worn smooth from the strap near one end of the curved section. The arm is of D-shaped section, with straight sides gradually diverging to a stepped moulding, …
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7BE2B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy pin terminal from a brooch, probably of penannular or pseudo-penannular type and of 8th or 9th century date The pin is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 20.0mm, a maximum surviving width of 17.2mm, and a weight of 3.3g). The head is of sub-triangular form although the periphery is corroded and some of the detail has been lost. There appears to have been three lentoid lobes or crescentic cups, two of which survive. The central panel is circular (11.3mm diameter) and is recessed. Within the circular panel is a simple i…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6E14B4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy harness fitting probably of 11th century date The harness mount is fragmentary represented by one broken loop only (with a surviving length of 20.6mm and a weight of 3.9g). The loop would have been of sub-lozenge form with knops on the three corners (giving a maximum width of 28.9mm). The face is convex (giving a maximum thickness of 5.2mm) and an incised border is discernible near the edge. The opening for the strap is rectangular (12.9mm wide) and the underside is hollowed. The fitting has lost the original surface and is now dark brown. The fragmentar…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E95DF8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy brooch terminal, probably from a pseudo-penannular brooch of late 9th to early 10th century date The brooch is represented by the left terminal only (with a surviving length of 40.4mm, a width of 25.3mm and a weight of 8.5g). The broken hoop remnant is convex and has a hollow underside (with a width of 9mm a depth of 2.8mm and a thickness of 1.9mm). The three-dimensional terminal has a circular centre (6.0mm deep), flanked by three peripheral lentoid lobes or crescentic cusps (13-14mm long and 5mm wide), one of which is damaged. The lentoid lobes are separ…
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Saturday 26th October 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AD8B56
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Saxon) copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of 11th century date The sub-triangular mount is near-complete missing the apex (with a surviving height of 46.3mm, a maximum width of 30.9mm and a weight of 22.0g) and belongs to Williams' (1997, p 58-69) Class A, Type 11A mounts. The mount is convex across its length. The damaged apex loop (with a diameter of 3.3mm) is flanked by a decorative moulded scroll at its base. Between the scrolls an oval pellet enters the panel at the top, above and between the beast's mouth. The beast, probably a lion is depicted in cast reli…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6E14F4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval strap-end of Thomas (2003) Class B and of uncertain Type, possibly Type 2 and of late 8th to 10th century date The strap-end appears to be near-complete (with a length of 47.4mm and a weight of 11.4g) but may have lost the upper part of the split terminal. It is possible that the strap-end was modified and reused, leaving a stepped terminal (with a thickness of 2.4mm - 3.1mm). The attachment end is straight, slightly angled and is widest (with a width of 10.7mm). There were three attachment holes to secure the strap, two positioned near the end (2.0mm and 2.2mm diame…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C8A9C1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Saxon) copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of 11th century date The mount is complete but worn (with a height of 42.9mm, a width of 28.3mm and a weight of 9.1g) and belongs to Williams' (1997) Class A, Type 8 mounts. Mounts of this type of sub-triangular form and this example is somewhat irregular in shape. The terminal is worn but would have depicted a beasts head. There is a perforation (3.1mm diameter) for an attachment rivet beneath the apex. The characteristic looping and bifurcating mouldings are discernible but also much worn. The base of the mount is sligh…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2011
Last updated: Sunday 13th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A00281
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Kings of Wessex, Alfred (A.D. 871-99) Penny, First coinage, c.871-5; 'Lunette' type without mint name (Canterbury or perhaps London); BMC type ia; North 626. Obverse: AELBRED - REX + [B for F]; diademed bust, right Reverse: moneyer's name in three lines, in and between two lunettes, which are broken in the centres of their curves: MON | TIRVLF | ETA [= Tirulf monetarius]; after the F, five pellets
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5C7155
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Late Saxon date, c. 11th century The stirrup-strap mount is of Williams (1997, p 96-98) Class B, Type 4 and is near-complete with some damage at the apex terminal and around the peripheries (with a length of 41.9mm, a maximum width of 27.7mm and a weight of 18.1g). The apex is of angular trilobite form (1.2mm thick) and has a single circular perforation (4.5mm diameter). The mount depicts a modelled anthropomorphic mask or face (with an overall depth of 15.8mm). The mask has two diagonal mouldings at the top of the brow, flanking a…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-201EF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 12th century date The buckle is near complete, missing the pin (with a length of 52.0mm, a width of 55.9mm, a depth of 8mm and a weight of 44.9g). The form of the buckle is D-shaped with the ends of the frame enhanced with beast's heads protruding to the rear. The beats are depicted with large raised circular eyes on the sides, below a moulded undulating brow. The bar is of rounded D-shaped section (with a width and thickness of 5 -6mm) and is convex across its length. The frame is of sub triangular section (4mm thick) and is bevelled …
Created on: Friday 10th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8CC232
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver coin of Aethelraed II (978-1016) cut halfpenny; Long cross type, c. 907-1003; London, uncertain moneyer +AEDLER [----] [-----]MOL - VND 0.457g BMC iv a; N. 774
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th October 2021
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