Record ID: HAMP-C8E5A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Hod Hill brooch, dating to c. AD 43-70. The pin is missing and only a small fragment of the head plate survives, to one side. The upper section of the bow is 1.90mm thick and is decorated with two shallow transverse grooves. It is not possible to say with certainty whether or not it originally had side lugs, though it is likely to be a form without side lugs (see Hattatt 2000, 320). The foot tapers gradually to 1.39 mm and has a rounded terminal knob. The reverse of the foot bears the remains of a very worn catch-plate. The brooch has been slightly tw…
Created on: Friday 5th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-C81ED7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early early-medieval (450-600) cruciform brooch, missing its pin and with damage to the catch-plate. The brooch features a flat roughly rectangular (though its dimensions are not regular) headplate. There are three cylindrical knobs (D-shaped in cross-section, being flat to the reverse) one each extending from centre of respectively the top, right and left of the headplate (at 12, 3 and 9 o'clock, when the brooch is oriented head uppermost). The front of the headplate is undecorated. The bow is in the form of a short, sharp arch which extends from the bottom…
Created on: Friday 5th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-C562E2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token halfpenny issued by Thomas Sutton of Banbury, Oxfordshire. Williamson (1967, 924) Oxfordshire no. 23, dated 1666 (on token) It measures 18.72 mm in diameter, 1.07 mm in thickness and weighs 1.91 g
Created on: Friday 5th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-30F0CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early early-medieval copper-alloy radiate-headed brooch dating to the 6th century. The base of the foot and pin are missing; the spring survives as a corroded area of iron. The catchplate has been damaged and repaired in antiquity. The object has a semi-circular headplate with semi-cylindrical projections at 12, 3 and 9 o'clock (when viewing with the head uppermost). These are decorated on the curving front with transverse grooves and resultant ridges. The body of the headplate is decorated with punched ring-and-dot motifs arranged in three rows: one at the top, five at…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Itchen Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-07DF4E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a medieval (1250-1350) silver-gilt annular brooch consisting of an incomplete sexfoil boss and a section of frame soldered to the reverse. The boss is in the form of a six petalled flower with a central pellet, each pellet and the centre being concave to the front (and convex to the reverse). Two adjacent petals are damaged by the same curving break, diagonally across each; the break looks old. The front of the boss has a thick layer of gilding. To the reverse a curving 16.29mm long section of the annular lozenge-sectioned frame is soldered, an old break at either en…
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F51537
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but squashed silver thimble dating to the early post-medieval period (1600-1700). The thimble is formed in two parts - the top is a shallow dome which is soldered onto the main body which was constructed from a single sheet of silver (c. 0.65 mm thick) wrapped around to form a tapered cylinder. There is an overlapping join on one side which is now partially split open. The centre of the dome has a central undecorated tonsure (5.2 mm in diameter), from which four bands of punch marks (mostly square in shape) radiate out and increase in size from the centre to the edge of th…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tangley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-DF744E
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy late medieval/ early post-medieval scabbard chape for a dagger or sword, which is likely to date from the 15th - 16th century. The chape is 'U' shaped with a greenish-brown patina and comprises two plates. The front plate (1.1mm thick) has openwork decoration in the form a central vertical stalk extending into a trefoil. Above is a moulded trasverse rib and beyond this further (damaged) openwork decoration in the form of grouped circular holes c.2mm in diameter and a probable crenellated edge. The edges of the front plate curve through 90 degrees to all but the openwor…
Created on: Monday 24th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-89F2ED
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy (late) Tournai jetton. Shield of France Modern type inscribed AVE mARIA GRCACIA P, dating to c. 1415-1497. Minted at Tournai. See Mitchiner (1988, 226-227). This jetton has a diameter of 29 mm, a thickness of 1.5 mm and a weight of 6.83 g
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 26th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-739E1A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy buckle plate, consisting of the upper decorated half only. Originally the plate would have consisted of one copper-alloy sheet, cut and folded transversely at the centre. This example is broken in half at the point where it would have folded around the buckle frame leaving two undecorated tabs extending from the decorated plate (for a complete example see WMID-389B1E). The plate has incurved long edges and a tri-lobed short end opposite to the tabs. The plate is decorated on the front with foliate decoration in the form of a centra…
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-5053EB
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early post-medieval (1600-1700) lead powder flask cap or measure, missing one of its two basal loops - the extant loop is damaged and squashed against the side. The object measures 22.9x15.7mm wide at the open end and 19.3x12.9 mm at the base. It stands 15.0 mm tall and is slightly squashed which has distorted the base. The wall thickness ranges from 2.3 mm (including internal concretions) at the base to 1.4 mm towards the upper rim. There is no obvious casting seam. The object weighs 12.12 g. The loops would have fastened to the bandolier (belt) with a chord. The fl…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 6th April 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-4FB7EC
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1350 - 1500) lead pilgrim's ampulla, missing its neck and broken just above the rounded bottom half. The break appears to be old and the ampulla is rather squashed but rounded base remains intact. It is decorated on one face with longitudinal grooves radiating outwards from the broken edge, in the scallop shell pattern described by Brian Spencer (SSWM Medieval Catalogue Part 2) as type II. The opposite face has a sub-circular central section which is decorated with a raised cross-hatched pattern with the letter 'S' at the centre. Traces of a shallow rectangle h…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4E8C83
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age rapier. The butt is incomplete and damaged which makes the original shape difficult to determine. Two C-shaped incomplete rivet holes or notches lie in the upper part of the butt, which is where the handle would have been attached. The notches are spaced approximately 24.82 mm apart. Slight shadow (shallowing of the metal) of the handle is visible just under the rivet holes extending centrally to the top of the break. This widest point (49.52 mm) is at the shoulders. The blade extends c. 290 mm from the base of the butt and is ap…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-90F259
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy strap-end inlaid with silver sheet. It is leaf-shaped and has an animal-headed terminal at one end (the detail obscured by poor condition) and a broken split end for the strap. The edges are damaged and the reverse has patches of bright-green and orange corrosion/concretion. An old scar is also apparent towards one edge. The front of the strap-end is decorated with six inlaid silver sheets bearing incised ornament, with niello surviving in places. The silver sheets are 0.2mm thick and are laid flush with the surface of the strap end. Between the panels i…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Froxfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-97500A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman (AD 50-150) Colchester derivative brooch ('Dolphin' type). It measures 26.5 mm in length, with a wingspan of 25.3 mm and weighs 4.24g. The spring and pin, and the lower portions of the bow including the foot and catchplate, are missing. The break in the lower section of the bow is heavily worn. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section and one of the wings is slightly longer than the other, by c.2mm. To the reverse of the wings are three worn stubs from the integral hooks. The bow extends from the front of the wings. A faint ridge or spine extends long…
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2017
Last updated: Saturday 24th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crondall', grid reference and parish protected.