Record ID: WMID-4237B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver hammered groat of Edward III (1327-77). The coin is wowrn but tentatively identified as belonging to the Fourth Coinage (1351-1361) from the initial mark described by North as a 'Cross 1'. Mint is London. The obverse shows a forward facing crowned bust in a tressure of arches. Obverse legend: [EDWARD DG REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB]. The reverse shows a long cross pattee dividing legends, three pellets in each quarter. Reverse legends: POSVI ADIVTOREM MEVM and CIVITAS LONDON. Diameter: 26.5mm. Thickness: 0.92mm. Weight: 4.2g. Die axis: 6 o' clock.
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Record ID: WMID-41E835
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver hammered penny of John (1199-1216). The coin belongs to Class 5aii, North no 969. The mint is London and the moneyer is Willelm which is spelt 'Willen' on the coin. Obverse shows a forward facing bust with pellets in the hair. The 'X' is divided between the hand and the sceptre. Obverse legend: hENRICVS REX. The reverse shows a voided short cross with four joined pellets in each quarter and a cross pommee initial mark. Reverse legend: WILLEM ON LVN. Diameter: 18.76mm. Thickness: 0.87mm. Weight: 1.2g. Die axis: 1 o'clock.
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Record ID: WMID-41A3A5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy spindle whorl of probable late Medieval to early Post Medieval date, circa AD1400-1700. The spindle whorl is worn. The whorl is circular in plan view and bi-convex in section with a central circular perforation. Both faces of the whorl are decorated with a moulded raised line and pellet design. The decoration is too worn to clearly discern. The central perforation has an internal diameter of approximately 10.2mm. The whorl is grey / yellow in colour. Diameter: 29.01mm. Thickness: 13.23mm. Weight: 47.0g. Similar examples of spindle whorls have been…
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Record ID: WMID-414AD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete hammered copper alloy probable sestertius of unknown ruler dating to the Roman period, circa AD50-260. The coin is worn. Mint not known. The reverse shows a standing figure. Reverse legend too worn to discern. Obverse shows a bust facing right. Obverse legend too worn to discern. Diameter: 29.76mm. Thickness: 4.18mm. Weight: 14.0g. Die axis: 6 o'clock.
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Record ID: WMID-40D806
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface token (AD1250-1700). The identification is uncertain. The token is irregular in plan and in section. The face of token has a raised cross decoration. The reverse of the token is flat. The token has a light brown / yellow patina and the surface has an uneven patina. Length: 11.85mm. Width: 11.45mm. Thickness: 2.61mm. Weight: 0.8g.
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Record ID: WMID-408FC2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver hammered penny of Edward III (1327-77). The coin is worn. The solid long cross coin either belongs to Pre-Treaty Series D (1352-1353) to Series G (1356-1361), or to the Post Treaty Period (1369-1377). Mint is Archiepiscopal York. Obverse shows a forward facing crowned bust. Obverse legend: [EDWAR]DVS REX [ANGLI F]. The reverse shows a solid long cross with three pellets in each quarter and a quatrefoil with a pellet at the centre. Reverse legend: CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI. Diameter: 17.55mm. Thickness: 0.73mm. Weight: 1.2g. Die axis: 6 o'clock.
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Record ID: WMID-406835
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hammered copper alloy Shield of France jetton dating to the Medieval period, circa AD1417-1497. Made in Tournai. Recorded in Mitchener:1998, page 217, no 626. The obverse shows a shield containing three lis with an annulet above. Obverse legend: +AMOUR AVE MARIA AR (rosette stops). The reverse shows a triple standard straight cross feuretty in 4-arched tressure. Diameter: 28.94mm. Thickness: 1.25mm. Weight: 4.8g.
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Record ID: WMID-D965B4
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy enamelled figurine in shape of a cockerel. The figurine fragment dates to the Roman period, circa AD150-350. The fragment is the three dimensional head of a cockerel made from cast copper alloy with an casting clay core. The head is complete with beak, coxcombe and enamelled eyes. The neck is damaged with the exposure of an casting clay core and terminating in a break. The damage is not new. Both eyes comprise of a red enamel pellet representing the pupil with a concentric band of red enamel. The beak is abraded but some moulded definition is just…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2013
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Record ID: WMID-D8CEC0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman disc brooch, circa AD200-400. The central setting and hinged pin are missing. The remains of a catchplate survive on the reverse and the edges of the brooch are ragged. The damage is not new. A residue of gilt survives on the front of the brooch. The outer face has three surviving bands of concentric decoration, although there may originally have been more. The outer and inner band is a line of small circular indentations. The middle band is a line of oval indentations. Inside the banded decoration is a raised ridge which surrounds a central reces…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2013
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Record ID: WMID-C4AE11
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy, double looped buckle dating to the Post Medieval period, circa AD1720-1790. A boot or garter buckle with a two-pronged bar and drilled frame for a separate spindle. The plate is missing but the buckle is otherwise in good condition. The frame is sub rectangular in plan with rounded corners. A central bar creates two D-shaped loops of equal size. The frame has rounded corners creating a sub square cross section. The spindle has a sub circular cross section with two prongs approximately 8.9mm in length. The prongs have a triangular cross section an…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-C45C82
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 4.i. Plate 48. It is a Polden Hill brooch dating circa AD80-175. The head of the brooch and the top of the bow survive. The spring, pin, lower bow and catchplate are missing due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical with a concave underside that would have held the absent spring pin. The wings are undecorated. On either side of the bow is a single moulded raised line delineating the wings from the bow. At the top of the bow is a stub which is pro…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: WMID-C436C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy shield-shaped mount supported on three legs dating to the Post Medieval period, circa AD1600-1700. In the middle of the shield there is an openwork 'heart' with a cross in the centre of the heart. Openwork decoration below the heart comprises of an irregular shaped perforation on either side of the heart and a third, V-shaped perforation at the apex of the shield. Two damaged openwork projections at the top of the shield are possibly the lower half of two hearts. The reverse of the shield is flat with an integrally cast leg at each corner of the shi…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-C3F9F1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel of Medieval date, circa AD1250-1600. The fragment is a pot leg probably a from a cooking vessel such as a skillet or posnet. The fragment is a three-dimensional foot and leg with an expanded attachment area at the top of the leg. The attachment area, which flares out suddenly, is sub oval with a flattened central sub circular knop. The leg is an ovate shape in section which narrows gently to the foot. The fragment has a mid green colour and an even patina. Length: 66.51mm. Width: 24.38mm. Thickness: 21.13mm. Weight: 74.38g. A comparab…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-C38931
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy 'egg-shaped' or sub cylindrical weight of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date, circa AD1350-1600. Possible steelyard weight. The weight is circular in plan and oval in section. A vertical perforation is present through the centre of the weight. The diameter of the perforation is approximately 4.8mm at both ends of the weight. There are deep scratch marks around the circumference of the perforation at both ends, presumably the damage was created through use. The surface of the weight is rough and undecorated. The weight is a dark grey colour. The …
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-C33C46
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper-alloy spherical 'crotal' bell, circa AD1650-1850. The bell is complete but there is a significant break eminating from one of the sound holes on the lower hemisphere of the bell. The bell has been cast in one piece with an integral suspension loop. The loop is sub-square in plan view with tapering sides. The loop hole is sub circular. The bell has a central casting seam which is clearly visible but almost flush with the sides of the bell. The upper hemisphere has moulded scalloped decoration. There are two circular sound holes, approximately 6.0mm in diameter, …
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-C2B365
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy anthropomorphic support for a Post Medieval chafing dish, circa AD1600-1750. The support is in three components; a human head and upper torso is the main component with two arms which are attached by a rivet. Each component is made from cast copper alloy sheet. The head is depicted in profile with incised lines delineating the hair, eye, nose, mouth and neck collar on both sides. A curving upper torso survives beneath the head which terminates in an old break at chest level. The arms are attached by a circular rivet located in the shoulder area. The r…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2019
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Record ID: WMID-C1E995
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed late Bronze Age axehead, circa 800-1100BC. The axehead dates to the Wilburton or Ewart Park phases. The lower blade and cutting edge survive with a shallow hollow indicating the terminal of the socket. The breaks are antiquarian. The fragment is trapezoidal in plan view with rounded edges, and sub triangular in section. The cutting edge is curved and the sides of the lower blade are slightly flared. The fragment has a green / brown patina and the surface is heavily abraded. Length: 26.14mm. Width: 50.26mm. Thickness: 13.52mm. Weight: 65.21g.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
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Record ID: WMID-868D84
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy lead weight, possibly a suspension weight, of Post Medieval date, circa AD1500-1800. The weight is probably complete, although there is a knop at the top of the weight which may be the remains of a suspension loop. The weight has a flat sub circular base with irregularly faceted sides that rise into a dome. There are surface scratches. The weight is a light grey colour with an uneven patina. Soil still adheres to the surface. Diameter at base:36.47mm. Length: 40.46mm. Weight: 303.9g.
Created on: Friday 12th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
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Record ID: WMID-8610E3
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy spherical musket ball dating to the Post Medieval period, circa AD1500-1700. Diameter: 10.81mm. Weight: 6.5g.
Created on: Friday 12th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
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Record ID: WMID-85A558
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy bell of Post Medieval date, circa AD1600-1800. The complete bell would have had a traditional shape, circular in section with a flared base. Only a small fragment from the rim survives. Two moulded bands traverse the fragment which delineate the rim from the body of the bell. The rim flares out from the mouled bands and becomes thicker in section. The bell is otherwise undecorated. The bell has a mid green colour and an even patina. Length: 67.3mm. Width: 33.19mm. Thickness: 4.93mm. Weight: 45.5g
Created on: Friday 12th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
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