Record ID: BH-1484F4
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A frament of lead-alloy or pewter Medieval pilgrim badge dating to the period AD 1300-1400. The fragment is sub-rectangular with one complete edge. The front is decorated in relief with a scene from the holy cross (e.g. Spencer 1998, 166, nos 180c-e). This includes a saint extending their arm and hand outwards. Above this is another field with dotted motifs. Below the hand is a rectangular field containing the letters 'GRS' reversed. The dotted border extends along one side of the letters, along the lower edge of the plate and forms a leaf-shape on the other adjacent edge. The …
Created on: Friday 12th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: BH-FE0309
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pipeclay figurine, cast in two parts, probably of Post Medieval date. The figurine is oval in cross-section and comprises the body of a figure wearing a cloak that hangs over the shoulders and drapes to rounded hems either side. The cloak is drawn together on both the front and back of the figure. On one side there is an oval ventilation hole where the two sides of the cloak meet. On the opposite side there is a small circular moulding probably depicting a clasp holding it in place. The neck hem of the cloak is v-shape on both sides, within which are folds of hair. B…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-FD7BB5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper-alloy trade token of John Haward. Obverse: IOHN . HAWARD . IN . HELMET surrounding HIS // HALFE // PENY. Reverse: COVRT . IN . ST . KATHERNS around St George and the dragon. As Williamson 1889, p. 728, no. 2613.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-FCFA6B
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead powder measure with a nozzle dating c. AD 1600-1700. The measure comprises a hollow open ended container that has been compressed. On either side is a small handle. The basal rim is ridged. Extending from the flat lentoid base is a conical, circular-sectioned, nozzle that tapers to a partially enclosed end with a circular perforation that extends through to the measure. The patina is light grey. The measure is 35.4mm long, 28.7mm wide, 14.9mm thick and weighs 23.76 grams.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-FC9AB7
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, c. 2400-1500 BC. This arrowhead has been knapped from a dark grey-brown piece of flint and there is no cortex remaining. It is broadly sub-triangular in shape and lentoid in cross section. The piece is broadly symmetrical with a broken tip, one complete barb, one broken barb, and, between these, a broken tang. The edges of the blade have been retouched to create sharp edges and has scaled, low angle retouching across both faces, with each face showing an equal amount …
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-4A73ED
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval jetton of St Mark of Nuremberg dating c. AD 1500-1550. Obverse: Nimbate Lion of St Mark. Reverse: Orb surmounted by cross patty within three-lobed twin-bordered elaborate tressure. The legends are fictitious but the form of the tressure on the reverse is similar to that used by the early Schultes workshop.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-4A10B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and very worn/corroded post medieval silver penny, probably a 'sovereign' type penny (North 1808-14) of Henry VIII (1509-47), second coinage (1526-44), mint uncertain. Ref: North 1991: 112.  The coin is in very poor condition, badly chipped around the edge with corrosion and wear evident on both sides. A small part of the inscription can be read, [  ]G RO[  ], indicating the full inscription read (H/E) D G ROSA SI(N)E SPI(N)A, and just above what appears to be a pair of feet and bottom of a robe, the two suggesting the identification above. 
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-4A0472
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An damaged and incomplete silver medieval coin, probably a halfpenny, dating to the reigns of Edward I - III (1272-1377), not further defined. The estimated size and weight for a full coin suggests it is most likely a halfpenny rather than a full penny but its condition does not allow further identification.   
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-48DE41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy farthing of James I (1603-1625), Lennox rounds Type 3c (North 2135), dating 1613-1625. Possibly a lion rampant initial mark. Mint of London. As North 1991, p. 149, no. 2135. North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-48C846
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval cast lead-alloy uniface token dating to the period c. AD 1400-1800 (Powell Type 12). The token is disc-shaped. The obverse is decorated in moulded relief with a quartered geometric design of inward pointing chevrons. The reverse is plain. The token has a light grey patina. The token measures 19.7mm diameter, 2.3mm thick and weighs 3.1 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-48BAD5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval cast lead-alloy uniface token dating to the period c. AD 1400-1800 (Powell Type 12). The token is disc-shaped. The obverse is decorated in moulded relief with a series of four concentric chevrons meeting at a central raised pellet. The reverse is plain. The token has a light grey patina. The token measures 15.3mm diameter, 1.8mm thick and weighs 2.1 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-489C43
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval lead-alloy uni-faced token, of Powell Type 1, dating AD 1400-1800. The front face depicts a five petalled flower with pellet at the centre within a plain border. The reverse is flat and plain. The patina is dark grey in colour. The token measures 18.7mm diameter, 1.5mm thick and weighs 4 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-4860D6
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy souvenir medallion of Queen Caroline (1683-1737) dating 1727. Mint of London.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-4835EB
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast pewter cufflink button of 'Crown and Heart' type dating c.AD 1662-1700. The button has a circular head with bevelled rim, approximately half of which is damaged. The face is decorated in relief with a die-stamped design of a crown above two hearts (Lewis 2013, Type A). The reverse is undecorated and has the scar of the attachment loop at the centre. The patina is dark grey in colour. The cufflink measures 14.8mm diameter, 1.6mm thick and weighs 1.2 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-482D31
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast pewter cufflink button of 'Crown and Heart' type dating c.AD 1662-1700. The button has a circular head with broken rim. The face is decorated in relief with a die-stamped design of a crown above two hearts (Lewis 2013, Type A). The reverse is undecorated and has the scar of the attachment loop at the centre. The patina is dark grey in colour. The cufflink measures 15.2mm diameter, 1.6mm thick and weighs 1.2 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-48223F
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast pewter cufflink button of 'Crown and Heart' type dating c.AD 1662-1700. The button has a circular head with evelled rim. The face is decorated in relief with a die-stamped design of a crown above two hearts (Lewis 2013, Type A) surrounded by a plain border. The reverse is undecorated and has a shallow attachment loop. A portion of the head edge is broken. The patina is dark grey in colour. The cufflink measures 15mm diameter, 2mm thick, 4.3mm height including the loop and weighs 1.5 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: BH-1EAB52
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval enamelled decorated Bavarian Proterobas glass button dating to the 17th century. The button is made of black glass. The head is plano-convex with rounded edges. The face is decorated with seven yellow enamel dots; one at the centre surrounded by six at the edges. Radiating from the central dot and alternating with the six circumferential dots are six white enamel lines. A the centre of the flat reverse is a sub-circular recess devoid of glass where the now missing attachment connected. The button measures 13.4mm diameter and 8.2mm thickness. …
Created on: Friday 1st September 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: BH-7BE8EE
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone knife handle fragment, dating c. AD 1500-1700. The fragment is sub-rectangular and D-shape in cross-section, with a rounded face, broadly flat underside, tapering sides and rounded edges. It comprises one half of an oval-sectioned knife handle that is broken at one end, making it difficult to estimate how long it would have been. The narrow intact end is flatly finished and curves into the upper face. The two long edges are relatively straight with minimal damage except for some areas of wear. Part of the wider end may be the extremity. Part of the…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
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Record ID: BH-457244
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver halfpenny of Henry VI (first reign; 1422-61), Trefoil-Leaf issue (1438-43; Withers TT.1; North 1500), mint: London. Refs: North 1991: 79; Withers and Withers 2003: 40. The coin is incomplete, with some splits in the flan and a short section missing from the outer circle.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2023
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Record ID: BH-44E0E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Post Medieval copper-alloy Spanish colonial 4-maravedis in the name of Carlos and Joanna (AD 1516-1556), Minted at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (La Hispaniola). Assayer mark 'F' for Francisco Rodriguez, dating to the period AD 1542-1564. 
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
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