Record ID: LVPL-E6345C
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of pottery sherds collected unsystematically during field walking. Sherds date to Roman and medieval to post medieval period. Fabric type Sherd type Period Decoration Comments No. of sherds Weight (g) Unknown Body Roman None Bright orange fabric 3 15.71 Unknown Body Medieval None Abraded with bright orange fabric and 'sandwich' effect. Smallest sherd appears burnt 3 26.14 Unknown Rim Post medieval - Modern None Pale orange fabric with a darker red slip 1 2.3…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-2E9BA4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy spindle whorl probably dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1500). The object has a shallow biconical shape with a large central perforation measuring 10.3mm in diameter. Both faces are worn and corroded which has obscurred nearly all of the decorative details; one face appears to present raised pellets. The surface is corroded and the edges are incomplete, the object has a dark grey patina. Dimensions: Diameter 24.8mm; width 11mm; weight 12.32g Decorated lead-alloy spindle whorls or weights can be difficult to date as they are not commonly disc…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-2DFD81
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval penny of Edward III (1327-1377), third (florin) coinage, dating to 1344-1351. Mint: London, Type 2 North Vol. II (1991, 47) no.1114. Annulet stops and lombardic 'N' on obverse. Obverse: Crowned bust facing; EDWA R ANGL DNS hYB Reverse: Long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter; CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-2DCF68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver medieval penny of Edward II (1307-1327), class 15a dating to 1319-20. Mint Durham under Bishop Beaumont. Initial mark: lis and lion. North Vol. II (1991: 37) no, 1066. Obverse: Crowned bust facing; EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB Reverse: Long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter; CIVI/TAS/DVN/ELM
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-161361
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval silver penny (1279-1489). Roughly 1/3 of the flan remains: Obverse: crowned bust facing. Legend is lost. Reverse: long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. Legend lost. Diameter 13.8mm, Weight 0.36g.  
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-14ECD4
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bury
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead gaming piece or possible weight of uncertain date (c.AD 43-1700). The object is in the shape of a die, having six faces, however it has no rings or dots to denote values, suggesting it could instead be used as a weight rather than gaming. Dimensions: Height 11.7mm, Width 10.4mm, Depth 11.8mm, Weight 14.41g.
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-AFD8E1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bury
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical lead alloy weight of probable Roman to Post-Medieval date, circa AD 43 - 1700. The weight is conical in form. The sides of the weight flare to the flat circular base. The base is flat. The remains of an iron suspension loop are visible at the top and bottom of the weight. The weight is undecorated. It has a height of 43.8 mm and The base diameter is 27.8 mm. It weighs 167.36 g. The weight is an off-white colour, with an even surface patina.  Weights can be hard to date due to being a functional item that has not altered significantly over tim…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-1B6055
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late medieval silver sovereign penny of Henry VII (AD 1485-1509), dating to AD 1485-1500. Mint: York, under Archbishop Rotherham. Initial mark: None. North Vol. II (1991, 103) No. 1729. Obverse: King enthroned holding orb and sceptre, two pillars to throne; hENRIC DI GRA REX ANG Reverse: Square topped shield over a long cross fourchee, keys below shield; CIVITAS EBORACI
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-1A0EE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Class 10cf3 dating to 1307-1309. Mint of London. North Vol.II (1991, 32) no. 1042. Obverse: Crowned bust forwards. Legend: +EDWA R ANGL DNS hYB:  Reverse: Long cross dividing legend with three pellets in each quadrant. Legend: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-9E173B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy spindle whorl probably dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1500). The object has a shallow biconical shape with a large central perforation measuring 8.6mm in diameter. Both faces present a raised decoration that consists of a double circumferential bordered edge and a circumferential edge around centre. Between the inne out and outer border lines are raised triangles that radiate from with the centre. Within each triangle and the space between is a single pellet. The object has a dark gre patina. Dimensions: Diameter 25.5mm; width 7.4mm; weight…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-9C9628
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight or gaming piece dating from the medieval period onwards (c.AD 1400-1800) The object is domed with a flat base, flat sides and a domed top. The base is slightly concave. It is undecorated and has a dark grey patina. Dimensions: Length 10.8mm; diameter 14.3mm; weight 13.66g The exact function and date of the object is uncertain. Weights such as these that were found outside of archaeological contexts are difficult to date because their use and style remains continuous from the Roman period onwards. Biggs and Withers (2000: 30) note that standing weights made of lead…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-85DC61
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of medieval date (1100-1500). The object is trapezoidal in plan and rectangular in section and is formed made up of two sheets connected by two rivets that are in line towards the bottom of the plate. The object has a green and brown patina. Length: 18.2mm, Width: 13.8mm, Thickness 3.2mm, Weight: 0.66g.  Similar strap ends can be found in Egan and Pritchard 1991, p 159, fig 104 no. 769.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-85A848
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy double loop buckle of medieval date (c.AD 1350-1400). The object consists of two oval loops separated by a central bar. The bar has mouldings on each end. The mouldings are triangular pin plan and rectangular in section and are the only decoration present. The pin is wrapped around the bar and tapers to a point. The face is convex and reverse slightly concave. Dimensions: Length 36.5mm, Width 28.4mm, Thickness 5.8mm, Weight 6.96g. According to Whitehead’s Buckles (2003, 58) double loop oval buckles with bar mouldings are typically only found in cont…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-854237
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval farthing of John, class 5b-c, dating to 1205-1210. Uncertain moneyer, Norwich or Northampton mint. The coin is heavily damaged, missing the upper right quarter of the flan when viewed from the obverse, and much of the bottom right quarter as well. The legend of the obverse is no longer present, and little detail can be made of the bust apart from the central beard pellet and hair curls. The reverse legend reads: ‘NO’ suggesting Norwich or Northampton and thus likely class 5b-c Dimensions: Diameter 18.1mm, Weight 0.75g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-73792C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but disfigured copper-alloy hooked strap fitting dating to the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1300-1600). The object consists of a metal bar that is roughly U-shape in plan and a variable cross-section. The shorter end creates a rectangular loop, which would have been set parallel to the side plan of the object however this has since been distorted. The longer end has an L shape, the central part of the object is curved. The object has a dark green patina. Dimensions: Length 50.6mm, Width 33.9mm, Thickness 3.1mm, Weight 4.56g Cf Read (2008, p. 215, no. 7…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-736D9F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VI (first reign 1422-1461), annulet issue dating to 1422-1427. Mint: Calais. North Vol I (1991, 74) no. 1429. Obverse: Crowned bust facing with a tressure of arches, annulets by neck; hENRIC [DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC DNS hYB] Reverse: Long cross dividing two lines of legend, three pellets in each quarter and an annulet in two opposite quarters; POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM // VILLA CALIS'
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-72DEE9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle dating to the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1350-1650). The buckle has an annular frame with a D-shaped section; a strap bar is centred across the frame. The pin is iron and partially survives as the loop that attached the pin to the frame. The frame is worn and corroded, no decorative details are clear. The object has a mid green patina. Dimensions: Diameter 24.2mm; thickness 2.1mm; weight 2.4g Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead (2003: 44-5) see nos. 251-258.
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-726B34
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Edward I (AD 1272-1307), class 3c/d dating to the period c.AD 1280–1281. Mint: Bristol. See North Vol. II (1991, 28) no.1018-1019. Obverse: Crowned bust facing; [ED]W R ANGL [DNS hYB] Reverse: Long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter; VILL ABR ISTO LLI[E]  
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-70E5DB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver penny of Edward III, (1327-1377)  First Coinage 1327-1343. Mint: York.  Class 15d. North Vol II, p.45, No 1098. Obverse: EDWR [R  ANGL DNS hYB] worn bust forwards. Reverse: CIVI [TAS EBO] RACI; long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter. Quatrefoil in centre of reverse. Diameter 18.9mm,Thickness 0.5mm, Weight 1.01g   
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-70A5D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and folded medieval silver penny of an uncertain ruler, probably Edward I-III. Mint: Unclear. Obverse: Crowned bust forward; [...] Reverse: Long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter; CIVI/[TAS/[...]
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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