Record ID: NCL-729DFD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus, possibly a contemporary copy of Decentius (AD 351-353), dating to the period c.AD 351-353 (Reece period 18). SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES reverse type depicting a Chi-Rho between alpha and omega. Prototype of the mint of Trier. The slightly irregular die axis combined with a blundered reverse legend suggests this is likely a contemporary copy.  Axis 1
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: NCL-DBBCA4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver penny of Edward I (AD1272-1307) Class 10fc5, c.AD1301-10, Bury St Edmunds mint, North 1043/1 Obverse description: Worn bust facing Obverse inscription: +EDW[A R ANGL DN]S hYB Reverse description: Long cross dividing circle with three pellets in each quarter Reverse inscription: [VILLA SCI E] DMVN[DI] Thickness: 0.68 mm Weight: 0.9 g Diameter: 16.3 mm
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: NCL-B2A3D0
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy late-Iron Age to Roman (c.100 BC-AD c.200) end-looped cosmetic pestle ('woad grinder') from a cosmetic set. The pestle terminates at one end with a coiled loop, with a clear seam where the coil rejoins the shaft.. The shaft is broadly rectangular in section with rounded edges. The edge of the shaft is flat on one side and swells to a distinct knife like 'belly' on the opposite edge and narrows to a blunt point. The shaft swells in width from 5.64mm below the loop to 9.38mm in the middle of the belly of the blade. The shaft&n…
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: NCL-DF3553
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, copper alloy, Later Short Flanged axehead of the Lisset Type, dating to the middle Bronze Age, BC 1300-1200. A probable type Lissett metalworking phase (Schmidt and Burgess, 1981,100; plate 48, numbers 616-620).The axe is subrectangular, with a square butt which has been damaged. There is differential wear on the axe blade indicating that the axe has been used. The septem, the area between the flanges, terminates in a faint shield like depression. The casting flashes or seams have been removed and hammered flat. There is an notable casting line on the profile of one side ,…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2022
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Record ID: NCL-AB2669
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast biconical spindle whorl of medieval or post-medieval date. On one side, the whorl is decorated with 5 radial lines, interspersed with 5 sets of three pellets arranged in a triangular pattern. The other side is similar, but with six sets of lines and pellets. Diameter 27.20 mm, height 7.99 mm, weight 23.69 g. The perforation 11.65 mm in diameter, which may suggest a medieval date, given the thicker spindles in use during this period (Walton Rogers, 1997, p.1731).
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 5th August 2021
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Record ID: NCL-4A3BD1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount or escutcheon with enamel decoration. Cellwork is cast, indicating a possible Medieval date. The object is circular in plan, made less regular in shape by damage to about half of the rim. The reverse is flat, with a slight rim around the extant outer edge. There is no indication of a pin or stud. The front is decorated with an enamel pattern with a dark blue background. At the centre is a small circle, bounded by a rim of copper alloy and filled with a ring of terracotta-coloured enamel, surrounding a circle of white enamel. This is surrounded by four large s…
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 17th August 2021
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Record ID: NCL-EDD064
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus, possibly of Constantine II as Caesar (AD 317-337), dating to AD 330-5 (Reece Period 17), GLORIA EXERCITVS, Two soldiers and two standards. Mint unclear.
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 24th June 2021
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Record ID: NCL-BF4CFA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Complete post-medieval silver finger ring with cross-hatched decoration. The band is flat, tapering slightly from the front to the back of the ring. The widest part of the ring is decorated with two incised panels in the form of parallel elongated rectangles, filled with a cross-hatched pattern. These take up about a quarter of the circumference of the hoop. Parts of the band have flaked away at the back, revealing the overlap where the two ends of the sheet were joined to form a ring. The whole ring is warped, with one side slightly twisted. Dimensions: The rin…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: NCL-6689F1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy bead of possible Roman date. The bead is sub-circular one side flattened near the hole. The other side is concave, with a raised band around the outer edge, subcircular but flattened on two sides into a corner. Ridges run along the outside of the bead in the same orientation as the hole through the centre. The inner and outer surfaces of the bead have a fibrous organic material stuck to them. The shape is reminiscent of Roman melon beads, similar to IOW-ACE7B9, but there are no exact parallels to this bead's unusual profile in the database.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2021
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Record ID: NCL-CDBF72
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete fragment of copper alloy with traces of gilding. Probably the bar from an armorial brooch / harness furniture / fastener dating to the Medieval period (1250 – 1400). The bar is roughly cylindrical, with evidence of a very worn break at its base. The bar widens from this attachment point, tapering gradually towards a neck with a spherical teminal knop. Traces of gilding are preserved at this neck. A more complete example is recorded as HESH-8D5A24. The bar is 27.8mm long. At its widest point, the diameter is 5.93 mm, the neck has a diameter of 4.84 mm. It weighs 4.97 g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
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Record ID: NCL-504F64
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy fob dangler or strap union. The object comprises a large circular hoop, with a D-shaped profile, containing three circular rings arranged in a triangular shape. In the centre of the rings is a hole, with a rim that protrudes from the main body of the fob on one side. Diameter approximately 32.8 mm (slight warping of outer hoop means measurement across varies from 31.9 mm to 33.8 mm) with width at centre 10.18 mm. The central hole measures 4.3 mm, the holes in the three hoops 10 mm. The outer rim is 6mm thick at its widest point. Comparable objects re…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: NCL-A132A6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval cast copper alloy strap end with zoomorphic decoration: Thomas Class B, type 4. It is slightly bent but complete, including a single rivet in the centre of the open end, attached to the decorated side. Deep moulded decoration shows three highly stylized heads. One of the heads forms the terminal, and two others face each other along the body of the strap-end. The sides taper slightly towards the zoomorphic terminal. The front has a D-shaped cross-section and the reverse is subrectangular and undecorated. It is 44 mm long, with a width of 10.5 mm at the widest part…
Created on: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
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Record ID: NCL-BDBBF6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken post-medieval cast copper alloy strap fitting. Probably a sword hanger c. 1500-1600. Right and central portions of the mount survive, with two suspension loops preserved. The unbroken side ends in a trefoil terminal, with rivet-hole in middle lobe. The design was probably symmetrical, similar to NMS-C3D6AD. The central rivet hole (near the broken edge) is blocked by rust. The suspension hole beneath this still has part of its hooked plate: a penannular link, ending in a knop to the front, and flattened at the rear, where the plate has broken off.
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
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Record ID: NCL-61E7AD
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy dress hook of early Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1500 - 1700. The dress hook is of Read's Class E, Type 3: circular in plan and with a rectangular attachment loop. The dress hook has a cast openwork body, with a central cross; each quarter has an openwork trefoil or quatrefoil. The outer edge of the body is decorated with a line of pellets. The hook at the base is complete, but bent. Parallels include FAKL-14FC6A, YORYM-681DC6 and Read (2008) p. 99 number 370-371.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th August 2021
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Record ID: NCL-D44613
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Vitellius (AD 69), dating to the period AD 69 (Reece period 4). XV VIR-SACR FAC reverse type depicting a Tripod-lebes with dolphin lying right on top, raven standing right below. Mint of Rome. As RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 272, no. 86.
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
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Record ID: NCL-279189
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy dress hook. Possible classification: Read, 2008 - Early post-medieval Class H, Type 1. This hook consists of three elements, an attachment loop, plate and hook. The attachment hook is incomplete, circular in plan and flat at the rear. The plate is circular with a central encrusted design of a male head, facing, surrounded by a raised segmented border around edge. At the rear the plate is flat. The hook is complete, the shaft of the hook is 'D'-shaped in cross-section and flat at the rear. The hook weighs 1.36g g is 29.89…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Record ID: NCL-8DFD5F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, c. 1600-1700. The buckle was double-framed, but only one frame remains. This frame is generally trapezoidal in plan with a cast integral crossbar, and a pin made from a triangular length of copper alloy with one end wrapped around the crossbar. The outer frame has a rounded knop at each corner, with a slight projection in the centre of the frame.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th November 2014
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Record ID: NCL-8DE91E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, c. 1500-1600. The buckle is double-framed, consisting of two D-shaped back-to-back with a cast integral crossbar. The upper and lower frames have mould crescentic decoration to either side of the crossbar, with the outer tips of each cresent flanking the outer frame, such that the outer frame appears to have outward turned 'horns'. The pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th November 2014
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Record ID: NCL-8D75FA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy weight of the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1800. The weight is triangular in plan and trapezoidal in section. An iron suspension hook seems to have been attached to the weight through a hold in its centre, though the iron only remains where it has been pressed against the weight itself, with the suspension loop or hook now missing. It weighs 1.06 oz, suggesting that it was intended as a 1 oz weight.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th November 2014
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Record ID: NCL-784C9F
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy stud of Post-Medieval date, c. 1500-1650. The stud is discoidal, cast in a flower shape of six or eight petals, with two cast integral shanks on the reverse.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd November 2014
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