Record ID: WILT-29440B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-medieval copper-alloy farthing of Charles I dating to the period AD 1636-1649. Probably Rose type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-3C3519
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post medieval penny of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1580 - 1581 (Second coinage). Tower mint, Long cross initial mark. North, Vol. II, p. 135, no. 2001.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2016
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Record ID: WILT-654774
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy double-looped trapezoidal buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is trapezoidal in shape with lobed protrusions at either end of the pin bar. Each outer edge is pointed. The outside edge of the buckle is bevelled while the lower surface is flat. The buckle dates from around 1620 to 1680 AD. Whilst undecorated, in form the buckle is similar to an example illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 82; ref. 513).
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2016
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Record ID: WILT-65BC69
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead token dating to c AD 1575-1850 (Powell Type 52). The token is complete and is circular. The token is only decorated on one side with a cross extending to the edges of the token. The reverse is undecorated. The patina is greyish-white with reddish-brown and lighter beige marks around the raised relief of the decoration. The token weighs 4.67g and has a diameter of 19.14mm and a thickness of 2.26mm. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they ar…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chirton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F9F4DC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy farthing traders' token issued by the City of Bristol and dated AD 1652-1662 (but probably AD 1652). Obverse legend A BRISTOLL FARTHING depicting a circular border with CB (for Civitas Bristol) above [ ]2. Reverse legend THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL depicting within a circular border a port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort (Bristol's coat-of-arms). Cf Williamson G C (1889), Boyne's Trade Tokens, Vol 1 Elliot Stock, London (later B A Seaby edition 1967) - see Gloucestershire, p 241, No.12.
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Record ID: WILT-74FE79
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval Sixpence of Charles I (1625-49), measuring 26.24mm in diameter and weighing 2.70g. The fine pellet border has been trimmed, and the obverse has been worn away. Obverse: Traces of crowned bust left, VI behind CAROLVS·D·G·MAG:BR:FR:ET:HIB:REX. Reverse: Shield of arms CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO Initial mark: triangle Mint: Tower Date: 1639-40 Ref: North 2245
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: WILT-0E3C30
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy post medieval buckle, c. 1550-1650. The frame has a slightly thicker outer edge and incised decoration, missing its pin. Overall the buckle measures 35.58mm long, 39.38mm wide and 2.03mm thick. The internal measurement of a loop is 21.07mm long and 9.64mm wide. The frame is D shaped in cross section and has bevelled edges. On both loops the outer edges there are three traverse grooves where the pin would have sat. The buckle is similar in style and decoration to one illustrated in Whitehead 2001 (p. 54, no. 302).
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Record ID: WILT-1E69BA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy post medieval buckle, c. 1550-1650. The copper alloy frame is a double looped sub-oval in plan. At the apex of the loops there is a moulded rose as decoration. The strap bar is narrowed and a rounded triangle in section. The terminal of the strap bar has moulded decoration in the form of a sub-lozenge. The reverse of the frame is flat and undecorated. In profile the frame has been bent forming a very wide 'V'. The pin is missing. The surface of the frame has a dark brown patina. The buckle measures 29.73mm long from the apex of one loop to the other and…
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Record ID: WILT-B1F206
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy post-medieval oval double loop buckle frame, which is missing its pin and a small section of one of the loops. It measures 37.17mm in height and 33.30mm in width, the interior of the loop measures 11.16mm in diameter and weighs 5.44g. The loops of the buckle are symmetrical and smooth. The outside is the thickest part of the frame, with the strap bar being the thinnest (at 2.50mm). The strap bar extends upwards to an elongated loop (which measures at 10.51mm high and 3.06mm thick). It is no. 449, p72 of Whitehead.
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: WILT-836304
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval base silver Irish sixpenny groat of Henry VIII (1509-1547). Sixth Harp issue (Spink 6484). Initial mark: lis, dating to 1546-1547 (regnal year 38 appears on the coin). Mint of Bristol under William Sharrington. Spink (2002, 147). It measures 27.06mm in diameter, 0.99mm in thickness, and weighs 2.31g
Created on: Friday 27th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2016
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Record ID: WILT-EBD62E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval half groat of James I, second coinage, dating from AD 1604-1605. Second issue.Lis mint mark. North 2104
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Record ID: WILT-0390ED
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy rose/orb jetton of Hans Schultes II dating to AD 1586-1603. Rose and orb type. Cf Mitchiner, M, 1988, Jetons, Medalets & Tokens The Medieval Period and Nuremberg Volume One, B A Seaby Ltd, London p 408, no 1393.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2016
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Record ID: WILT-18CF47
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver hammered sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to 1603), with the coin dating to 1581. Long cross initial mark, London mint. North 1997.
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2016
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Record ID: WILT-AFC347
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval coin, dating to c.AD 1500 to 1800, uncertain coin of an uncertain ruler. It has been countermarked on the obverse with a six pointed star and the letter B, with a * on one of the sides of the star. The reverse has been counterstruck with the word MVLLE[T], but otherwise no decoration visible.
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
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Record ID: WILT-B09232
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver hammered shilling of George I (AD 1714 to 1727). BRVN ET L DVX S R I A [TH] ET EL. 17[...], crowned cruciform shields with garter at centre, roses and plumes alternating in the angles. Spink 3645, Coins of England, p.383.
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
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Record ID: WILT-967CC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1567, second coinage, Coronet initial mark, London (Tower mint). North 1997.
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: WILT-99EEF4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval lead token dating to the period c.AD 1550-1900. The token is circular in shape and decorated on one side. The decoration is of a linear cross with angles, sub-divided by two half crosses. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The thickness of the token varies, from 3.91mm to 1.85mm. It weighs 14.56g and is 26.72mm in diameter. Reference: Fletcher, E. (2005), Leaden tokens & tallies, Roman to Victorian, p. 105.
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: WILT-C16411
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a medieval cast copper-alloy strap fitting or harness fitting, dating to the period c. AD 1450-1600. It measures 44.82mm in length and 15.87mm in width, the thickness of the fitting is 1.56mm, but the loop is 9.06mm thick. It also weighs 6.09g. The fitting consists of an oval loop, measuring 4.78mm. There are four spiked protrusions, two either side, measuring 10.36mm and 12.94mm wide. In between the set of spikes there is a semicircular curve. The rest of the fitting is broadly rectangular in shape, with two perforations measuring 2.41mm in diameter. One is at the …
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-23BCA9
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete square double-sided copper-alloy coin weight, dating to the period AD 1612-1633. The weight is for a unite (22 shillings) of James I. It is slightly bevelled on all sides from the obverse (value face) to the reverse (bust face). The weight weighs 4.14g, the circular border has a diameter of 13.67mm and a thickness of 3.22mm. The obverse shows St Michael spearing a dragon. In the field are the letters BRI, with perhaps IR for Iacobus Rex, which has either worn flat or worn off the flan. On the reverse there are the letters XIs below a crown. There is a C in the top lef…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-CE8638
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy double looped, rectangular buckle with attached 'chape', dating probably to the 17th/ 18th century. The pin is missing. The buckle measures 21.45mm in length and 14.71mm in width. The frame has been bevelled and is 3.11mm in thickness. Either side of the central bar are two linear incisions, forming a rudimentary triangular shape from the central bar to the outside edge of the buckle. The patina of the buckle is dark green, but the chape is a light green patina. The chape is a sub-rectangular sheet metal plate, folded in two and curved aroun…
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Froxfield', grid reference and parish protected.