Record ID: WILT-23A52E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold finger-ring of the type known as a puzzle ring, dating to c. AD1700-1900 . It consists of three interlinking gold hoops, each with a sub-square cross-section with rounded angles. The hoops are now bent and slightly mis-shapen, the grooved hoop in particular. This one has tightly spaced transverse grooves around all faces; the other two are undecorated. Each hoop was originally 20.0mm in diameter; total weight: 4.42g Similar puzzle-rings have been recorded on the PAS database, e.g. NMS-8BC638; BH-DCD252 (both with one ring decorated); WMID-68CAA3 and NAR…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yatton Keynell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-235BCE
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy spoon with pear-shaped bowl, dating to c AD100 - 150. Crummy 1983, Type 2. The extant item is the pear shaped bowl and the tip of the handle at the shoulder of the bowl. The bowl is quite deeply dished (c3.8mm) and has a chip missing from the rounded edge at the tip. The tiny section of handle (c9.8mm) is sub circular in section and would have originally been long and slender. Length: 44.4mm; width: 22.9mm: thickness: 4.3mm: weight: 8.71g Crummy's Type 2 spoons were thought to have been in production by the first half of the second century (C…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2022
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Record ID: WILT-08A4FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval brooch or badge made from a gilded silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), dating to Early 1050s AD. The coin has been modified by the application of a hinged pin and catch plate arrangement on the reverse. The catch plate has broken off, but the two rivets intended to hold it in place is still there, along with a gap in the gilding where the catch plate was previously located. Unusually for this type of coin-brooch, the item has been gilded on both faces, although the reverse with the cross design would be visible when worn. The coin is a variant o…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Box CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F52CFC
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Post Medieval silver gilt single dress-hook, dating to c. AD 1550 – 1650. Read’s (2008) Class D, Type 3. Lozenge shaped. It has a lozenge shaped plate with an applied oval section hook. The main part of the centre-piece is a large collet with eleven supporting ribs, one of which is missing. The reverse is plain and the separate soldered sheeting loop is now missing from the back. The hook is still complete and in place. Traces of gilding are in evidence. The find is in good condition. Dimensions: 23.9mm in length (not including hook), 31.3mm with hook; …
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F6A02E
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint lithic implement of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200 - 1000 BC) in the form of a possible thumbnail scraper. The scraper is struck from a secondary flake and retains c.95% of its original cortex. The dorsal surface exhibits a flake scar ridge and short, scaled, abrupt retouch at the edge of the distal end. A small striking platform is present at the proximal end. The scraper measures 21.6mm in length, 20.3mm in width, is 6.5mm thick and weighs 2.36g.
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
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Record ID: WILT-E0C778
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast and hand tooled copper alloy furniture fitting / escutcheon plate of late Post-Medieval date c. AD1625-1750. The plate is probably from a drawer from a chest or similar piece of furniture and is decorative in nature. The find is sub-rectangular in plan. It is decorated with incised circular and semi-circular designs, together with a V shape which has fluted edges along the inner lines of the V. Inside the V shape is minute cross hatching decoration. This is repeated in some of the semi circular designs. The reverse is flat and undecorated with no evidence of any fittings. …
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: WILT-CF8B4D
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy spoon handle, dating to c. AD 200-400. The undecorated handle rises up to a curve from the tip, which is no longer extant. The handle widens towards the off-set and was originally oval in shape at this part of the handle, with a circular hole pierced through, just before the off-set. The hole may have been used for threading a strap through to suspend the spoon for carrying. The spoon handle has a characteristic off-set or elbow at the junction where it meets the bowl, which is now missing due to an old break. The off-set is a feature seen on many Rom…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd February 2022
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Record ID: WILT-CD2593
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval short cross cut half penny of Henry II ( AD 1154-89) dating to AD 1180-82. Class 1b1. Minted at London by Iohan.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 17th February 2022
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Record ID: WILT-CCAC10
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval long cross cut farthing of Henry III (AD1216-1272), dating to AD1248-1250 Class 3. Moneyer is possibly a blundered form of NICOLE.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: WILT-CC3415
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Medieval halfpenny possibly of Edward III (1327-77), Third 'Florin' Coinage (1344-51), Withers' Type 6, mint: London. Ref: Withers and Withers 2002: 25. The coin was poorly struck off-centre resulting in parts of the original die not being struck onto the flan, and parts that were are shallow and indistinct. The flan is chipped in places.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2022
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Record ID: WILT-BD1626
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval voided short cross cut half penny of John (AD 1199-1216), dating to AD 1205-07. Class 5b minted at Canterbury by Iohan.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 17th February 2022
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Record ID: WILT-BCA442
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Bronze Age to Medieval copper-alloy awl 1250 BC-AD 1500. The find consists of four straight sides, each one plain, and rectangular in section. Its midpoint is bulbous and the awl tapers inwards terminating in rounded points at each end. Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age and they have barely changed throughout the centuries. Length: 53.6mm width: 4.0mm weight: 4.40g Similar examples on the PAS database include: SF-5623C1, NARC-643B92.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Record ID: WILT-BC07E4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd of Roman Gaulish Samian Ware, dating to the period c.AD 40-200. The fabric is hard, pink-orange in colour and consistently fired. Both the inner and outer surfaces are coated with a hard and glossy orange/red slip which is abraded in places. Length: 61mm: width: 35mm; thickness: 0.9mm: weight: 13.44g
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Record ID: WILT-BBA0B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver penny of Henry III (AD 1216 - 1272) dating to AD 1217/18 - c.1222 Class 7a1. Moneyer is Ilger in London. Reference: North (1993: 222) No. 978 (a).
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: WILT-6B39D5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman vessel dating to c. AD 43-410. A hard mid grey fabric with sparse sub angular dirty grey inclusions which can be scratched with a needle indicating that they are calcareous. The exterior surface sparkles with mica. The base of the sherd is flat, so possibly a bowl. Probably wheel thrown. When the body of the sherd is placed on a radius chart, the sherd (about 7.5% of the whole) would have been about 40cms in diameter the body rising at an angle of 50 degrees. Dimensions: length: 49.1mm; width: 37.1mm; thickness: 10.2mm; weight: 17.82g. A rim she…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bradford on Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-2B93F1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman flat vessel pottery sherd rim, decorated with a single incised line which follows the edge of the rim about 2.5mm from the top. Probably wheel thrown. When placed on a radius chart the rim sherd represents 7.5% of a vessel of 21cm diameter. The thickness (9.7mm) of the sherd is greatest near the rim, reducing to 5.1mm where a probable shoulder begins to curve outwards. Vessel type: bowl. The fabric is mid greyish/brown and hard (the breaks are all old). The inclusions are white, angular and moderately distributed and can be scratched with a needle, sug…
Created on: Monday 15th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bradford on Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-17E21D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy radiate of Aurelian (AD 270-275), dating to the period AD 272-74 (Reece period 13). IOVI CONSER reverse type depicting Aurelian standing right receiving globe from Jupiter standing left with sceptre. Mint unclear.
Created on: Sunday 14th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
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Record ID: WILT-02926A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman copper alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-26), dating to c. AD 319-20 (Reece Period 16), VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse type depicting two Victories holding a wreath over an altar. Probably Mint of Lyon. The obverse legend (D N CR)[ISPO NOB CAES?] and bust type are only known at Lyon. RIC VII, p. 127, cf. nos. 73 (Obverse type) and 74 (Obverse legend).
Created on: Saturday 13th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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Record ID: WILT-BB6A37
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy, probably a coin weight dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1300-1500). The weight is uniface and circular in shape. The obverse is stamped but it is unclear. The reverse is undecorated. Diameter: 15.9mm; thickness: 3.0mm; weight: 4.72g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
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Record ID: WILT-BB5E13
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pierced Post Medieval jetton dating to c. AD 1500-1570. Nuremberg 'Lion of St. Mark type'. Obverse: Nimbate winged lion of St. Mark, standing left, holding a Book of Gospels. Lion and halo entirely within inner circle. Crown initial mark. Legend Illegible, but possibly fictitious. Reverse: An orb cross pattee within a double tressure of three arches and three angles. Legend illegible, but possibly fictitious. It has been pierced at 3 o'clock on the obverse face and 3 o'clock on the reverse face, maybe to be worn as jewellery. Similar jettons can be seen in Mitchin…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2022
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