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Record ID: NMS-578ABA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bar mount dating to the period c. AD 1300 - 1400. Oval concavo-convex body engraved with five transverse bands and eleven vertical bands. Above and below is an ovalmprojection, each pierced and housing a copper alloy rivet. See: Egan & Pritchard, 2002, p. 213 - 214, nos. 1160 - 1161.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-552886
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two worn Roman copper alloy radiates or nummi of uncertain ruler datingt o the period c. AD 260 - 402. Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-53B44E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of a radiate of uncertain ruler dating to the period c. AD 275 - 285 (Reece Period 14). Uncertain reverse type depicting figure standing left holding vertical standard or sceptre. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Record ID: SOM-A940DB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1350-1400. The buckle is of Meols type 2, with a D shaped frame, widening on the outer edge and with a narrowed and offset bar. The buckle frame does not appear to have been decorated and the pin is missing. Length: 24.9mm, Width: 17.0mm, Weight: 3.37g. Based on excavated parallels, Egan (2007: 88) suggests that buckle frames of this form date to c. 1350-1400.
Created on: Sunday 9th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
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Record ID: SOM-A1BE53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy As of un uncertain ruler, probably dating to the first or second century AD. Reverse type and mint uncertain.
Created on: Sunday 9th April 2017
Last updated: Sunday 9th April 2017
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Record ID: SOM-949D95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete large Roman copper alloy hinged developed T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. 75 - 200. The brooch comprises of the bow, wings, pin and head plate, the foot and catchplate are missing. At the head of the brooch the wings survive intact, these are cylindrical and still hold a (presumably - based on the lack of iron corossion visible in the photograph) copper alloy axis bar in situ. The wings appear undecorated except for two faintly incised lines deliniating the wing tips, now only visible on the front of the left wing. On the reverse of the wing casing a central sl…
Created on: Saturday 8th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Record ID: SOM-93D3C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy plate brooch, probably dating to c. AD 150-250. The brooch is almost complete, lacking only its pin. The plate of the brooch is circular, with a small raised border around the circumference of the plate holding a recessed field within which appear to be traces of blue enamel. Within this field is a raised annulet surrounded by eight raised pellets arranged in a circle around it, the cell within the annulet has also been inlaid with enamel, the colour now unclear due to its being discoloured green through contact with the copper. At the centre of this inner cell…
Created on: Saturday 8th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: SOM-0F8A9E
Object type: BELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy open mouthed bell, of probable Roman to Medieval date. The bell has a two-tiered triangular profile, divided by a right angled step around half way up the height of the object, and a circular plan. At its apex is a circular perforation to hold a clapper, now missing, in addition to two worn projections, probably the vestigal remains of an integral attachment loop. Height: 29.9mm, Thickness: 3.0mm, Diameter: 45.0mm (max); 10.8mm (min), Weight: 29.9g. A large number of broadly similar connical copper alloy Roman bells have been recorded onto the PAS…
Created on: Sunday 2nd April 2017
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2017
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Record ID: SOM-0E8045
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate of an uncertain Gallic emporer, dating to AD 268-274 (Reece period 13). Uncertain reverse type, central figure standing left, holding vertical sceptre right.
Created on: Sunday 2nd April 2017
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
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Record ID: SOM-7E34DD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post-Medieval copper alloy double looped annular buckle, dating to c. AD 1350-1650. The buckle has a simple circular frame with a D-shaped cross section and an integral bar with a sub-rectangular cross section. A seperately made copper alloy pin survives in situ. It has a diameter of 34.0mm and weighs 11.54g. Similar buckles are illustrated by Whitehead (2003: 44), to which he assigns a date range of c. 1350-1650.
Created on: Sunday 26th March 2017
Last updated: Saturday 8th April 2017
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Record ID: SOM-B8F871
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post medieval whistle dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1650. The tubular whistle is made of silver sheet and soldered lengthways along an abutting seam. Two collars composed of spiralled silver wire divide the whistle into three sections. Threaded through each spiral is a silver wire core. The first section comprises an obliquely angled mouthpiece with a D-shaped aperture. The obverse face exhibits a D-shaped sound-hole. The second section is decorated with a grid of punched squares creating a lattice effect. Upon this background is a zig-zag panel which runs aro…
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne CP', grid reference and parish protected.