Record ID: DENO-96C73D
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy jew's harp of post-medieval date, c. AD 1500-1800. It consists of a slightly compressed circular head and two tapering arms, all with the characteristic lozenge-shaped cross section. The arms are complete, extending down from head and gently tapering and converging at their terminals. A rabbat (notch) on one side head's apex would have accommodated the iron tongue, now missing, though iron corrosion does remain. Both prongs end in rounded points. The metal's surface has a smooth mid-green/brown patina, and one prong …
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
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Record ID: DENO-892016
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed spearhead probably dating from the late Bronze age period (c. 1150 - 750 BC). The tip is missing, a patinated break runs diagonally across the upper part of the object. The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade with a conical, circular-sectioned socket running the entire length of the surviving part of the blade, tapering towards the tip. The lower part is also missing. Possibly pegged type. The surface is covered in a green patina. Length 66.65 mm, width 28.94 mm, thickness 16.37 mm and weight 48.45 g.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-886BCC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete early medieval lead alloy brooch, dating to c. AD 1000 - 1100. Possible Weetch type 13. The obverse of the broch is flattened and the outer rim  is decorated with two circumferential bands of pellets, the outer is reversed and the inner raised. There is a single solid band below the boss made of transverse lines. The central boss is flat topped and decorated with remains of a single pellet. The reverse shows the remains of the two attachments, each parallel to the edge of the object.  Diameter 45.33 mm, thickness 4.19 mm and weight 41.83 g.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-5CAFC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly clipped gold noble of Edward III dating to the period AD 1356 - 1361. Pre-Treaty standard type A, North 1180 (a). Obverse depicting the king standing facing in a ship. He is crowned and wearing armour, and holds in his right hand a sword and in his left a shield quartered with the arms of England and France. Reverse depicting a floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb and an ornamented compartment (containing the king's initial) in the centre; in each angle, a lion passant, guardant, with a crown above; all within a tressure of eight arches. …
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: DENO-09F15E
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blunted Mesolithic to Neolithic scraper, dating to c. 9000 - 1500 BC. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and concavo-convex section. The dorsal surface has three predominant negative scars. The proximal and distal ends have been blunted. The left- and right-hand edges have semi-abrupt retouch. The ventral surface is slightly concave. The lithic retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flake. Length 62.09 mm, width 22.59 mm, thickness 6.46 mm and weight 9.18 g.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: DENO-09B2BF
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end Mesolithic or Neolithic scraper, dating to c. 8000 - 3300 BC. The object is made from a grey flint. It has a thin serrated edge and evidence of retouch on the scraper edge. Length 36.51 mm, width 22.59 mm, thickness 3.32 mm and weight 2 g.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: DENO-0981B2
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked secondary flake of light grey flint, probably a Neolithic or Bronze Age cutting tool, dating to c. 2400 - 1500 BC. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion emanating from the striking platform. The dorsal surface has negative scars with radial lines and has short low angle scale retouch along the edge of the striking platform. It is sub pentagonal in shape. Length 25.57 mm, width 25 22 mm, thickness 7.21 mm and weight 3.4 g.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: DENO-085E3C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval broken sherd of German salt-glazed stoneware, dating to c. AD 1550 - 1700. Probably of a Cologne or Frechen ware, from the upper body / lower neck of a 'Bartmann' or 'Bellarmine' bottle or jug. The vessel has a grey to buff coloured stoneware fabric and is covered on the outside in a brown speckled salt glaze. There are parts of a bearded face on the outer side. The neck diameter would have been around 5cm at the junction with the body of the vessel. Length 25.41 mm, width 40.87 mm, thickness 6.27 mm and weight 13.92 g.
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: DENO-F66D1E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (AD 1216 - 1272). Class 5a, dating to c. AD 1250 - 1256. Moneyer Willem, mint Canterbury. Crowned bust facing with sceptre. North 991. Diameter 17.0 mm, thickness 0.3 mm and weight 1.37 g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: DENO-F5D5A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and clipped silver medieval long cross penny of Edward II (AD 1307 - 1327). Class 11b, dating to c. AD 1312 - 1314. Canterbury mint. North 1061. Diameter 18.0 mm, thickness 0.4 mm and weight 1.31 g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: DENO-F3F183
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete plated copy of a silver Roman republican denarius (Reece period 1). Coin is broken and approximately 40% of flan missing with the core exposed revealing plating. Obverse shows bust facing right. Reverse depicts Victory in a quadriga. Partial inscription in exurge [...]IVCC. Diameter 16.8 mm, thickness 1.55 mm and weight 2.0 g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: DENO-366A20
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pewter post medieval knee or garter buckle (c. AD 1720 - 1790). The buckle is sub-rectangular in plan, with a drilled frame and a solid anchor chape attached to an axis bar, from which extends the stump of the pin. Traces of iron corrosion would suggest a lost component. The outer face has a series of incised linear decoration in the form of a set of small lozenges. These are set at each end and connected by a series of deep curved lines. Surface is smooth and uniform in colour. See WMID-A56064 for similar. Length 26.3 mm, width 24.5 mm, thicknes…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: DENO-A5A93A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold finger ring of post-medieval date, c. AD 1800-1830. The ring has a thin, undecorated D-sectioned band with no bezel. It bears an interior maker's mark, 'WH', which has been identified with Will Hunter or Will Hitchin, a London goldsmith working at the beginning of the 19th century. Diameter: 16 mm, thickness: 0.75 mm, width: 2 mm and weight 1 g.
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-11CBE2
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy possible plaque, of medieval to post-medieval date, c. AD 1400 -1600. In plan, the object appears as an inverted triangle with curved corners, and it is sub-oval in section. The obverse face is decorated with indistinct mouldings in low relief, including what appears as a horizontal propellor-shaped moulding in centre and two smilar vertical mouldings at the upper edge, which are truncated at their waists by the edge of the mount. At this edge, in the centre, there is a half-circle shaped piercing, and at the lower centre there is a ful…
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-E89764
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver half groat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603) dating from AD 1589 - 1592. Third coinage, hand initial mark. Tower of London mint. North (1991: 137) no. 2016. Diameter 17.39 mm, thickness 0.83 mm and weight 0.88 g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: DENO-E6E8A9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch, corroded and abraded. Fragment comprises the head, with corroded mass of hinge mechanism, and the upper part of the bow which has a moulded collar with two raised bands above. Mackreth type 1 b, dating to c. AD 80 - 175. Length 29 mm, width 11 mm, thickness 6 mm and weight 8.2 g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-E66A14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval clipped and worn silver shilling of Charles I (AD 1625 - 1649). Possible group D, North 2225. London mint. Mint mark not clear due to heavy clipping. Obverse: Crowned bust facing left, XII behind. Legend: CAROLVS;D;G;MA;BR;FR;ET;HI;REX. Reverse: Garnished oval shield. Diameter 28 mm, thickness 1 mm and weight 6 g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-E5F5CA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver denarius of Galba (AD 68 - 69), dating to the period c. AD 68 - 69 (Reece period 3). HISPANIA reverse type depicting Hispania standing left holding corn ears and poppy, round shield and vertical spear in left hand. Spanish mint. As RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 233, no. 21. Possible plated contemporary copy. Diameter 18 mm, thickness 2 mm and weight 2.8 g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-E5B732
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman denarius, probably a contemporary copy, of Faustina II ( AD 147 -1 75) Reece periods 7-  8. Obverse shows coiffed bust with bun right. Reverse shows indistinct standing figure, arms outstretched possibly holding a branch. Diameter 18 mm, thickness 1.5 mm and weight 2.2 g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-7FCA04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval silver pennny of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), 4th Coinage, Pre-treaty Series C minted in Durham AD 1351-1352. As North 1150. Die axis probably 12 o'clock. Coin worn and damaged with an irregular linear break from c. 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock on the reverse. Diameter: 17.9 mm and weight: 1.03 g.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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