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Record ID: WILT-F788D4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval pendent loop dating to the period AD 1300 - 1500. The loop is quatrefoil in shape with an external knop on three of the four arches. The fourth arch is furrowed where the strap suspending the pendant would have rested.
The pendent is 22.21 mm at it widest point and weighs 2.57 g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F6AA87
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of an incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy badge with remains of gold gilding, dating to the period AD 1500-1700. The badge is in the form of a dog, or possibly wolf, facing left. The dog sports shaggy forequarters and stands on a base, possibly an heraldic cushion, decorated with diagonal grooves. On the slightly concave reverse, evidence of four attachment points remains, one on the head, one on the animal's back and one either end of the base. The badge is broken in two and there are fragments missing of the animal's trunk and the base.
At its tallest point, the t…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F6499D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval coin weight, dating to the period AD 1400-1600. The coin weight is unifaced, circular in plan and was used for weighing the ryal. The obverse is stamped with a king holding a sword and shield, standing aboard a ship, possibly with a rose. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is grey/green in colour.
Diameter: 16.35 mm, Thickness: 4.13 mm, Weight: 6.91 g.
Cf Withers, P and BR, 2011, Lions Ships and Angels: Identifying Coin-Weights found in Britain, Galata 2011, p 24.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F4DA81
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy medal or token, probably dating to the period AD 1600 - 1800. The obverse shows a bare-headed male bust, the reverse is in a classical style showing a draped standing female figure holding a tall cross in her left hand. She is leaning with her right elbow on an altar. The altar is supporting an urn. The token is 32.34 mm in diameter and weighs 9.27 g. The legends are largely illegible.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F419D9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper-alloy circular buckle dating to c AD 1250 - 1450. The buckle has an external diameter of 40.99 mm and internal of 32.66 mm. The thickness of the frame is 3.54 mm.
The pin is 44.39 mm long and is wrapped around the ring of the buckle, moving freely around the frame. It is 4.08 mm thick at the loop, narrowing to 2.58 mm at its blunt end. The pin has a lateral ridge near the top of the shaft with three transverse grooves.
The buckle has a smooth surface with a green patina. It weighs 16.96 g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F2C31C
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver clay pipe collar, probably dating to c 1800 -1900. A few millimetres of the clay pipe stem remain in situ at the wider end of the collar, snapped off at an angle. The collar consists of a sheet of silver wrapped around the stem. There is some nicking of the top edge of the collar in one site. A vertical join is visible along the length of the collar where the two edges of the sheet meet; the area around this join shows more corrosion than the rest of the collar. The metal is decorated with eight transverse ridges of various widths and textures: at the top is a s…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-A9165D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy post-medieval trade token dating to AD 1656. Obverse legend reads GEORGE PAGE GROCER and depicts a dove with an olive branch. Reverse legend reads IN SARVM 1656 with the initials P/GK in the centre. Williamson, G.C, 1967, Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Volume III, BA Seaby Ltd, London, p.1246 no 211.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-A821EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver penny of Elizabeth I dating to AD 1582-1583. Initial mark Bell. London (Tower) mint. North 2017
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-A76EDC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval silver penny of Henry I dating to c AD 1134 - 1135. Quadrilateral on cross fleury reverse. Moneyer is probably Roger, London mint. The coin is worn and battered around the edges, with a nick in the circumference 2.88 mm long to the left of the sceptre on the obverse .
North 871
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-15DF74
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval jetton, possibly Paris type dating to AD 1461-1497. The centre of the jetton is pierced and the item is folded in two, obscuring the obverse, although the crown initial mark in the legend is visible. Reverse depicts a square lozenge with three annulets to each side. A similar example is illustrated in Mitchiner M. (1988), p. 349, number 1049. The jetton has a diameter of 25.75 mm, a thickness of 0.27 mm and weighs 1.11 g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-154D1D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece period 19), SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory walking left with a wreath. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-144F2F
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy post-medieval stock jetton of Tournai, dating to c AD 1415-1497. About 20% of the jetton is missing in one quarter. The jetton also shows other signs of trauma, being slightly folded across its diameter and torn at one edge. Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty in 4-arched tressure reverse; obverse indiscernible.
Cf Mitchiner, M, 1988, Jetons, medalets & tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg Volume One, BA Seaby Ltd, London, p 218, number 631 for similar reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-13BEAC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval continental imitation of an Edwardian penny of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders (1274-1297), marquis of Namur (1263-1297). Pollard bust, dating to the period c AD 1292-1296. The coin is folded with the obverse on the outside but the saltires and lombardic 'm' of the reverse are visible. Namur mint. Cf Sterling Imitations of Edwardian Type, Mayhew, Royal Numismatic Society, 1983, London, page 31 numbers 11/12.
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-813E97
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy post-medieval Nuremberg 'rose and orb' jetton of Hans Schultes I, dating to the period AD 1553-1584. Obverse depicts three crowns alternately with three lis around a central rose. Reverse depicts an imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double tressure that becomes single in the arch above the cross. There are three pairs of pellets outside the tressure. The obverse legend shows the wedge associated with Hans Schultes I. Cf Mitchiner, M, 1988, Jetons, medalets & tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg Volume One, BA Seaby Ltd, London, p 401, number 1347.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-80A450
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy rose/orb jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II dating to AD 1586-1635. HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR obverse depicting three crowns, alternately with three lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose. GOTT ALLEIN DIE EER ESEI reverse type depicting an imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a tressure with three main arches. Rosette and cross inital marks. Cf Mitchiner, M, 1988, Jetons, Medalets & Tokens The Medieval Period and Nuremberg Volume One, B A Seaby Ltd, London p 440, no 1529.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-8023C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, dating to AD 1561-1565. POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV reverse, with square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend and date. Second issue, pheon initial mark with rose behind the head. Cf North, JJ, 1980, English Hammered Coinage Volume II, Spink & Son, London, p. 134, number 1997.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-7FA1B2
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval Nuremberg 'Ship-penny' jetton dating to the period AD 1490-1550. Obverse type depicting a ship, with stern castle on the left and bow castle is on the right. The legends are largely illegible. Reverse type depicting four fleurs de lis in a lozenge. A similar example is illustrated in Mitchiner M. (1988), p. 372, no. 1166. The jetton has a diameter of 25.98 mm, a thickness of 0.44 mm and weighs 1.73 g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-5A4DCB
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval pilgrims badge dating to the period AD 1200-1500. The badge is circular in plan. It is decorated with a female figure holding a book or a box. The background exhibits cross hatching and a fine pellet circumferential border. A bent lead integrally cast pin is visible on the reverse along with a casting seam. The badge has suffered significant trauma and the area to the left of the figure is missing, representing about 20% of the total object. Further areas of edging are bent under and a fissure is visible running up most of the surface of the badge to the ri…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-59FC23
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy trade weight dating to the period c. AD 1714-1830.
The weight is circular in plan with a raised rim, c 2 mm wide. The front has a stamped circle in the centre, probably indicating it was turned on a lathe, surrounded by three stamped motifs: a letter 'G' surmounted by a crown for George I, II, III or IV at 10 o'clock, a sword of the City of London at 2 o'clock and a ewer denoting that the weight was approved by the Founders Company in London at 6 o'clock. The underside is flat and plain except for striations indicative of wear and tear.
The …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2017
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Record ID: WILT-5900B3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy bar mount dating to the period c AD 1350- 1400.
The mount consists of a central round body with two smaller circular terminal lobes, one at either end. Each terminal lobe carries a central piercing for a rivet. Four transverse grooves decorate the upper surface of the central circle. The mount is hemispherical in section.
The mount is 17.96 mm long and the diameter of the central hemisphere is 9.11 mm. It weighs 1.37 g.
Cf Read (2001) "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. A Catalogue of Small Finds from Specific Areas of the United Kingdom". Page 23, figure 150.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2017
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