Record ID: WMID-AA4B46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy annular brooch dating to the Medieval period, circa AD 1200-1500. The brooch is circular in plan. The brooch frame is flat on both sides creating a sub rectangular section. The brooch frame has a recessed area accommodating one end of the pin which is wrapped around the frame. The pin, which is complete, has a circular section and tapers to a blunt point. The length of the pin is 18.04mm. A disc-shaped collar lies flush with interior edge of the brooch frame at the hinge end of the pin. The diameter of the collar is 4.69mm. The brooch has a light g…
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-AAE3A2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy archer's finger ring dating to the Medieval period, circa AD 1300-1500. The finger ring is broadly formed from a circular hoop with a sub triangular form projecting from one edge. The projection leans back at an angle. The outside of the finger ring is decorated with incised linear and geometric shapes. The triangular projection is decorated with three inverted chevrons which increase in size towards the base of the hoop. The hoop is decorated with two parallel incised lines which terminate at both ends in a curving form which follows the shape of the…
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th June 2014
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Record ID: WMID-C93B48
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy impersonal Medieval seal matrix dating from circa AD 1300-1400. This is a pyramid type matrix with a circular base and hexagonal sectioned stem. The engraved die has a central device of two busts facing each other in profile. The faces are divided by a long-stemmed plant which emanates from a heart-shaped form at the bottom of the device and terminates in a four-leaf flower above the busts. A single recessed line divides the device from the legend. The legend starts with a six-pointed star and reads LOVE ME AND I THE. It is uncertain whether the edge of the die original…
Created on: Monday 3rd June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
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Record ID: WMID-CA1545
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy finger ring dating to the Post Medieval period, circa AD1500-1700. The ring is in good condition. The ring has an undecorated square field which tapers to a narrow band. An incised geometric pattern is present on either side of the square field. The ring has an even mid green patina. Diameter: 21.14mm. Width: 10.57mm. Thickness: 1.15mm. Weight: 2.7g.
Created on: Monday 3rd June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-CA5A43
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Walsall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy finger ring of Medieval to Post Medieval date, circa AD1400-1700. The ring is slightly contorted and the surfaces are heavily abraded. The ring is a even band with a sub rectangular section. The remains of a floral moulded decoration survives on the outside of the ring, but it is indiscernible due to wear. The surface of the ring is rough with a mid green patina. Diameter: 23.08mm. Thickness: 1.66mm. Weight: 2.8g.
Created on: Monday 3rd June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-CAEA06
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy (bronze) axe most probably from a palstave of Middle Bronze Age date, circa 1500-1150 BC. The blade is broken below the stop ridge and there is no evidence to suggest whether this fragment is from a looped - or unlooped palstave variant. The break is worn and patinated suggesting that it has been damaged in antiquity; only the lower blade of the axehead survives. A casting error is present on one flange. The edge of one of the flanges has been flattened with the re-set copper alloy forming a lip. The fragment has an irregular form in plan with the…
Created on: Monday 3rd June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-0AC456
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy posnet handle of Medieval date, circa AD1250-1600. Posnets were a common Medieval cooking vessel resembling a small cauldron with long handles instead of lugs. The handle fragment is sub-rectangular in plan with its widest point at the broken edge and gradually narrowing to the attachment end. The underside of the handle is chamfered along both edges creating a trapezoidal section. The handle curves 90 degrees, narrows and then flares out at the attachment terminal. The upper surface of the handle is decorated with a stamped and punched ring and dot mot…
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Record ID: WMID-C96510
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.h. Plate 47, no. 2000, dating from the late 1st to early 2nd centuries, circa AD 80-120. The brooch is a Polden Hill type. The pin and the catch plate are missing and one of the wing caps is damaged due to old breaks. The wings have a hollow, semi-cylindrical form with a perforated wing cap at either end. A partial perforation survives on one of the wing caps. An iron spring survives inside the wings, but it is not possible to count the numbe…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: WMID-C9E914
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy girdle-hanger, of early Anglo-Saxon date (c. AD 450 to c. AD 570) The artefact is made from a copper-alloy sheet which has been cut to shape; it is flat (although a little irregular) and 'T'-shaped. The base is longer on the outside than the inside, resulting in sharply angled corners. The shaft is straight, with worn rounded breaks; old breaks are present on the inside edge of the cross bar, preserving tiny stubs of the wards. Both faces are undecorated. The surface of the artefact has an uneven, mid green patina. Length: 29.27mm. Width: 40.34mm. Thic…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Friday 30th January 2015
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Record ID: WMID-CA51E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy single-looped oval buckle frame with pin. The buckle dates to the Medieval period, circa AD1200-1500. The plate is missing. In plan, the buckle frame is sub-oval with an off-set strap bar. The strap bar is sub-square in section. The rest of the frame has a flat reverse and a rounded face, creating a 'D'-shaped section. The side of the frame opposite the strap bar has a central recess in order to accommodate the end of the pin. One end of a narrow strip of copper alloy has been wrapped around the strap bar in order to form the pin. The pin is sub square in section. …
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: WMID-CB9F80
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle dating to the Medieval period, circa AD1200-1400. The integral plate survives but the buckle frame is missing due to old breaks. An iron pin is present but it seems likely that this is a replacement pin. The plate itself is sub-trapezoidal in plan with a curvilinear moulded terminal. The end of the plate nearest the buckle has a raised bar. At the centre of the plate, next to the bar, is a circular pin hole with an approximate diameter of 3.6mm. The surface of the plate has an incised linear design with 6 parallel horizontal lines. The parallel l…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: WMID-F05F33
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy single-looped D-shaped buckle frame. The buckle dates to the Medieval period, circa 1250-1400. The strap bar and pin are missing due to old breaks. In plan, the narrow, gently curving sides of the frame meet at an expanded front with a sub square terminus. There is a knop at both corners of the terminus. There are traces of gilding on the front of the buckle frame. The decoration is uncertain owing to corrosion, but the gilding appears to be in chevron bands. The apex of each chevron is joined by a traverse line which would reflect the position of the m…
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th August 2018
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Record ID: WMID-F3E3F6
Object type: EAR RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy penannular ring, probable ear ring, dating to the Roman period. The ear ring is crescent shaped in plan with the two sharply pointed ends, which almost meet, curving and widening away from each other. The thickest point of the ear ring is opposite the aperture. The ear ring is oval in section. No evidence of gilding survives although it is likely that the ear ring would have been gilded. The surfaces of the ear ring have an uneven dark and mid green patina. Categorised by Allason-Jones: 1989 'Ear -Rings in Roman Britain' as a Type 1 ear ring which were common from …
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: WMID-F588E2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy horse harness pendant dating to the Medieval period, circa AD1200-1400. In plan, the body of the pendant is lozenge-shaped with a lug projecting from each side. Each lug bears 3 moulded radial grooves creating a trefoil projection. The harness pendant has an irregular section. At the centre of the pendant is a red enamel cross pattee. The slightly uneven surface surrounding the cross suggests that more enamelling existed but has not survived. Traces of gold are present on the reverse indicating that the pendant had been gilded by dipping the entire object.…
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: WMID-84CBE4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy single looped D shaped buckle, of Late Medieval dating (AD 1250 to AD 1500).. The strap bar is incomplete. The loop is sub oval in plan, with a thickened and expanded outside edge, set at a diagonal angle. The outside edge has been decorated with 4 incised circles with a probable incised star under each circle, possibly representing 4 figures. The reverse of the bar mount is plain but a small residue of gilt remains. The strap bar is narrowed and off set. Knops are present at either end of the strap bar. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The surfac…
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: WMID-85D912
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Early Medieval strap end dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period, circa 9th century AD. The strap end is sub oval in plan with narrowed, rounded ends. Originally, the strap end would have divided at the widest point to form a back plate, creating a 'V' shaped profile. The back plate is missing due to old breaks. The surviving front plate has a sub rectangular section and a slightly curving profile. At the wider end of the strap end, 1 complete rivet hole survives with an approximate diameter of 1.6mm. The other rivet hole only partially survives. Below th…
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: WMID-CC5023
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy finger ring of probable Modern date, circa AD1800-1900. The copper alloy has a high tin content. The ring is in good condition, retaining its original form. A small residue on the inside of the ring suggests that it was originally silvered and both the inside and outside surfaces have areas of brown corrosion. The ring takes the form of a wide band which is rimmed on both edges. Within the recessed field formed by the protruding edges, is a moulded decoration comprising of two elephants facing each other with raised trunks with a ball suspended between the…
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
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Record ID: WMID-4EF457
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Constantine I dating to the period AD 318-324 (Reece Period 16). SARMATIA DEVICTA reverse type depicting Victory going right, treading on a captive. Mint is Trier. Obverse shows a laureate, draped bust right. Obverse legend: CONSTANTINVS AVG. LRBC no 318. Diameter: 18.38mm. Thickness: 1.42mm. Weight: 2.6g. Die axis: 6 o'clock.
Created on: Friday 8th February 2013
Last updated: Sunday 17th February 2013
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Record ID: WMID-4F7C63
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of either Constantine I or Constantine II dating to the period AD310-318 (Reece Period 15). SOL INVICTO COMITI reverse type depicting Sol, standing facing with a whip and globe with T F in the field. Mint not known. Obverse shows a laureate, draped bust right. Obverse legend: CONSTANTIN[VS][ ]. Diameter: 22.09mm. Thickness: 1.34mm. Weight: 2.7g. Die axis: 6 o' clock
Created on: Friday 8th February 2013
Last updated: Sunday 17th February 2013
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Record ID: WMID-50B4A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, incomplete (about 60% of the coin survives) copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD337-341 (Reece Period 17). VIRTVS AVGG NN reverse type depicting a soldier standing right holding a spear and a shield. Mint not known. Obverse too worn to discern. Diameter: 15.57mm. Thickness: 1.51mm. Weight: 1.1g. Die axis not known.
Created on: Friday 8th February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2013
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