Record ID: BUC-FBDD8E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sesterius of an Antonine ruler, dating to AD 138-180. Uncertain reverse type depicting a female figure standing, spear to the right. Probably mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2019
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Record ID: BUC-FAD386
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy disk brooch dating from the Roman period AD 100-199. It is missing a the pin to the reverse. The brooch is circular and has a central pellet with a design of six pellets circling this which are joined with convex raised lines. The outer rim of the brooch is also a raised band and there is patches of red enamel on the upper surface. On the reverse on one edge is the rounded square projection with a circular perforation where the pin would have attached. On the opposite edge there is the catchplate. This is rectangular in shape, with the outer edge curved…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2019
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Record ID: BUC-FA5398
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pierced coin. Dating from the Roman period AD 43-250. It is not possible to make out the ruler. The coin has a green patina and is abraded in multiple directions on the reverse side. The piercing is a neat hole at 12 o'clock on the obverse. The die axis on the reverse cannot be deciphered. The coin weighs 15.61g and it has a diameter of 29.5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2019
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Record ID: BUC-F808BA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead token dating from the Post Medieval period c. AD 1550-1800. The token is bifaced. One side has a central cross extending to the edges with two lines radiating outwards in each quarter and a pellet at the furthest end. Powell classification 12. The other side has three curved lines diminishing in length with a pellet at the right hand end and possibly a figure above these lines. This might be depicting a boat and would therefore fit into Powell classification 6. The token weighs 8.41g and has a diameter of 22.8mm.
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2019
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Record ID: BUC-F6F7E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy core for a gold-plated Iron Age coin, a contemporary copy of a gold stater of Addedomaros (c. 45-25 BC) of the Catuvellauni Tribe. The obverse depicts two back-to-back crescents and the reverse a horse right with spiral sun and branch. This coin appears to be a copy of ABC 2511: 'Addedomaros Floral Spiral'.
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2019
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Record ID: BUC-0A59FE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), dating to 1575.Eglantine initial mark, second issue. North 1991, volume II, page 135, number 1998.
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th May 2019
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Record ID: BUC-09165E
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck copper alloy French jetton dating from the Medieval period AD 1380-1422. The obverse has the shield of modern France containing three fleur de lis with four pellets above clustered around a smaller pellet. The legend reads AVE [MARIA GRA] CIA. The reverse is a four arched tressure containing a triple stranded straight cross fleuretty with four pellets around a central smaller pellet at the centre. There are three pellets (one larger between two smaller) at each of the external angles of the tressure. The jetton weighs 2.82g and has a diameter of 29.5mm. Similar examples…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th May 2019
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Record ID: BUC-076C84
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy pilgrim badge dating from the Medieval period AD 1471- 1540. The front of the badge depicts Henry VI dressed in robes and standing. The bottom of the robes or platform he is standing on is a pattern of three alternating lines at oblique angles below a horizontal line. Above this line is the letter R. He is wearing a crown and holding a sceptre and an orb which is missing it's cross. The reverse is undecorated with a central casting line and the bases of three broken lugs. The badge weighs 3.52g, it is 30.4mm long, 17.1mm wide and has a thickness of 3…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2022
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Record ID: BUC-4F6566
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount dating to the Medieval period (c.1350- c.1400). The mount consists of three bulbous sections. The largest of these sections, the middle one, is decorated by four transverse grooves. There is at rivet hole at the centre of each of the two outer bulbous ends, with one of the copper-alloy rivets still in situ. The reverse of the mount is concave. It weighs 1.96g, is 19.9mm long, 9.8mm wide and has a thickness of 4.4mm. An almost identical mount, BUC-4F5CEC, was found in the same location.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-4F5CEC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy mount dating to the Medieval period (c.1350-1400). The mount consists of three bulbous sections. The largest is the oval central section, the upper surface of which is decorated by four transverse grooves. The other two sections, at the top and bottom ends respectively, are in the form of smaller lobes, each of which has an in situ copper-alloy rivet within its perforation.The reverseof the mount is concave. The object weighs 1.53g, is 20.2mm long, 9.6mm wide and has a thickness of 4.1mm. This piece is almost identical to BUC-4F6566 and was found in the s…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-4CFB5A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy barbarous radiate, dating to the period AD c.275 - c.285 (Reece period 14). It weighs 1.95g and has a diameter of 13.9mm.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-4C6877
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sestertius f Severus Alexander, dating to AD 231 (Reece period 11). IOVI PROPVGNATORI S C reverse depicting Jupiter standing right, brandishing thunderbolt. Mint of Rome. RIC no.628. The coin weighs 18.6g and has a diameter of 27.4mm.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-4BEE6B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, dating to the period AD 330 - 340 (Reece period 17). She-wolf and twins reverse. Uncertain mint. It has a diameter of 19.9mm and weighs 1.86g.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-28ADD5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy button of Medieval to post-Medieval date (c. 1300 - c.1540). Approximately two-thirds of the once-circular head remains. The upper surface bears the remains of a cross, moulded in high relief, with a pellet at its centre and a series of smaller pellets extending along the arms. The cross arms flare towards the circumferential rim, which is also decorated with moulded pellets. A moulded stub at the centre of the head's underside represents the remains of the loop. A casting seam projects on either side of the loop and the area surrounding it is covered …
Created on: Friday 8th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-27A7A1
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy knob head nail cleaner dating from the Roman period. The nail cleaner has a hemispherical knop head with a single moulded ring collar beneath and then, slightly lower down the shaft, a further collar comprising four closely-spaced rings. The upper third of the shaft has a circular cross section, whereas the lower three quarters is of rectangular section. At the base, an inverted- U-shaped cut-out separates the two points. The object weighs 3.73g, is 49.5mm long and has a thickness of 6.3mm. Some broadly similar examples can be found in Eckardt. H and Crummy. N…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2020
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Record ID: BUC-2684C5
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy piece, probably representing a handle from the hinged lid of a post-Medieval tankard. The base, which would have been attached to the lid, is broadly horizontal, with a slight upward curvature. At its front end this base extends into a loop which curves backwards before terminating in a moulded, acorn-shaped finial.The V-shaped cleft between the acorn and the base of the object has been filled with metal. Measurements: 23.7mm long, 13.4mm wide, 6.5mm thick, 7.14g.
Created on: Friday 8th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-260159
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy strap mount, probably dating from the 17th century. The strap fitting is shield shaped, with the top edge extending into a central fleur-de-lis flanked by two pointed corners, and the bottom end having a rounded lobe in place of its point. The upper surface of the shield is decorated with a symmetrical foliate design in which moulded branches angle away from a central stem. Traces of gilding can be seen on this design. The undecorated reverse has two integral rivets, both of which have been bent towards the top of the shield. The strap fitting wei…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-2411F2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy button dating from the post-Medieval period (c. 1600 - 1800). The head of the button is circular in plan, with a convex front and concave back. The loop is integral and comprises a rectangular tab with a drilled hole at the centre. The front of the button has an incised design of a voided, slightly asymmetrical, saltire with a central ring-and-dot punchmark, plus four smaller such marks, located one in each arm of the cross. The centre of the cross is surrounded by a chain of interlocking circular punchmarks. There is a punched crescent and annulet in e…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-D97FF4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount, dating from the Early Medieval to Medieval periods. The vertical face of the mount is sub-trapezoidal in plan and of openwork design. At the centre of this face is a moulded zoomorphic mask; this is flanked by 12 irregular perforations. Two further, circular, perforations, located at the top right- and top left-hand corners, represent rivet holes. Between these rivet holes, near to the wavy top edge, are what may be two smaller masks. The remains of a right-angled flange project backwards at the base. The mount weighs 15.17g, it is 36.8mm …
Created on: Friday 8th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: BUC-D762E2
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy purse frame, dating from the Late Medieval period (c.1450- c. 1500). The widely curved bar is of circular cross section, has three suspension loops on its underside and a larger, broken, loop at the distal end. Decoration comprises two pairs of vertical grooves, one set of which has been embellished by the overlaying of oblique grooves. The frame has a dark green patina. The frame is in two fragments. Fragment one is 39.1mm long, 14.8mm wide, 6.25mm thick and weighs 7.03g. Fragment two is 63.7mm long, 9.3mm wide, 6.0mm thick and weighs 12.07g. …
Created on: Friday 8th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
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