Record ID: SOM-A6DA7C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub-circular lead alloy 'pan' weight of probably Medieval to early post-medieval date, c. 1390-1700 The weight has a slightly concave back and flat sides with a slightly irregular, in width and thickness, raised rim around the front. The front is stamped with three very large fleur de lis, almost filling the field. The weight is 53.3mm by 49.9mm and 7.9mm thick. It weighs 108g, 3.8 ounces. The weight was probably originally 4 ounces, a quarter of a pound in the Avoirdupois system, adoped after c. AD 1390 (Biggs 1992, 44). The marks are likely to be local verification marks. Such m…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-58B6E8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of ceramic Vessel of Roman date (AD 125-300). The sherd is a rim sherd from a wheel thrown greyware jar. It has a very hard sand-tempered, pale grey reduced fabric with occasional ,icaecous inclusions (
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pilning and Severn Beach CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F08B9B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing issued by Jeremiah Berry in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, Williamson Wiltshire 36, dating to 1668. Ref: Williamson (1891, 1233).
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tormarton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DE9532
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
One end of a gilded silver strap fitting with gold, garnet and blue glass inlays, dating to the first half of the seventh century AD. The piece consists of one end with attachment rivets, and the stub of one side of a broken probably rectangular plate with narrow sides around a probably rectangular hole in the centre. The breaks appear patinated and are probably not recent. At the complete end is a wide transverse strip with a row of six rivet holes through it (for this description numbered 1-6). Three of these holes (in positions 1, 2 and 5) contain the remains of silver rivets wi…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E8DDD3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval copper alloy snake shaped strap-fitting. The strap fitting is S-shaped in plan and sub-oval in cross section being wider than it is thick. Both sides of the fitting have moulded and incised decoration that give the impression of two snakes, the tips of the S being their heads, whose bodies terminate in fish like tails at the the S's centre which is marked by a raised flower. More specifically the tip of each S has has a naturalistically modelled reptilian or bird like head. Each head has a medium beak behind which is a prominent moulded eye with a slightly raised…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 16th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bitton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7C0D84
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T70: Acquired by Bristol City Museum Description: Early Medieval silver strap-end of Thomas Class A, Type 1. The strap end is a flat plate, split at the attachment end with two rivet holes to hold the strap, now both broken through. It has convex sides and a slightly convex terminal. The front is decorated with incised lines and indented areas but is quite crudely executed. It begins below and between the rivet holes, with an incised pelta- or fan-shaped design divided into three. Below this, the long edges each have a grooved border, outside which are very worn …
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Ashton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EA9683
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead alloy (pewter) spoon bowl that is probably mid to late 17th century in date. The bowl is broken across the outer edge and at the junction with the handle with an old break/ The bowl itself is a broad oval with its point of maximum diameter being offset closer to the handle. It also thickens slightly towards the break at the joint with the handle.. The spoon's bowl is relatively deep with a convex reverse and concave upper surface providing a depth of 12.0mm. This becomes more shallow towards the outer end. The bowl has an irregular diagonal break ac…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bitton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD4BF7
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The knop, figurative terminal, and part of the stem from the end of a copper alloy 'apostle' spoon depicting Mary holding the infant Jesus, of probable late medieval or early post-medieval date (1450-1550). The bowl and lower stem / handle is lost. The circular sectioned remaining stem narrows slightly from the knop to break. It is a later repair, but how much later is unclear. It has a very different patina to the terminal and is probably of a different material, possibly a high tin/lead alloy. The stem is crudely soldered to the knop with rough solder left at the top. The number of …
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-46A145
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver pedestal type seal matrix. The seal face is oval with a design of a heart pierced by two arrows in saltire with a row if short vertical lines above the heart and above them a crown and drops of blood to each side and below, all within a pellet border. The pedestal has six facets and narrows sharply from the face to the top. It ends in a double collar topped by three large suspension loops aranged in a triangle with the lower loops formed of a line that curls out ands projects slightly at the lower end and the upper loop topped by a projecting knop flanked by two s…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-62E0F9
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy medieval or post medieval purse bar dating to the period c. AD1450 - 1550. It comprises a central squared shield-shaped block with a rectangular arm projecting from either side. Both arms terminate in an old break. The central block has rounded lower edges and has a circular perforation drilled through top to bottom which would have housed the swivel and suspension loop (now missing). One face of the block exhibits a design of inlaid niello in the shape of a letter S surrounded by a line border running around the edge of the block, whcih may derive from t…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wotton-Under-Edge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-621108
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy mount or clasp of medieval to post medieval date (c. AD 1350 - 1650). The mount commences in an old break and has slightly concave long edges. The rectangular plate exhibits two rivet holes, arranged on the long axis, which retain the corroded remains of the iron rivets. Just below the second rivet is an incised horizontal groove. The plate tapers from a width of 9.55mm to 7.65mm before expanding to 8.42mm at which point it tapers into a projecting hook which terminates in an old break. The hook bends slightly just before the break. The reverse is flat and u…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wotton-Under-Edge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-648197
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy mount dating to the period c.AD1600-1700. The mount is asymmetrical, with a pointed trefoliate terminal at one end. Below this is a knop projecting from one side. There is no evidence of a similar missing lug on the opposite side. The mount expands in width from 5.99mm below the knop to 16.72mm. It then tapers into an oval terminal which terminates in a pointed knop. The reverse of the plate is flat and has two integral pointed lugs positioned on the long axis. One of the lugs is incomplete due to an old break. The other lug is bent at a right angle and ta…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wotton-Under-Edge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F0A49F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring, probably a finger ring, possibly Roman in date. The ring is rectangular in cross section, being thicker than is is wide for much of its diameter. It is sub-circular in plan with almost angled edges, possibly seven, and varies in thickness for each of these section. The ring is otherwise plain with no decoration on any surface. The ring is a light green colour. The ring measures 21.6mm in diameter, 2.2mm wide with a maximum thickness of 2.8mm. It weighs 1.15 grams. The simplicity of this ring makes it hard to assign a date. This ring maybe polygonal in …
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pilning and Severn Beach CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD98B6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy (probably brass) finger ring with 'posy' inscriptionon the inner face. The ring is D-shaped in cross section with a convex outer side and flat inner. There is a soldered join at one point, visible only as a faint line on the outside but clearer on the inside as a strip of a browner shade. The inscription is worn but reads: VIRTVE PASETH RICHES (Virtue passes riches) with some letters higher and lower than others and no gaps or stops between the words. The ring is 20.3mm in external diameter, 5.9mm wide and 1.7mm thick; it weighs 3.15g. Plain posy/posey…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ADF636
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval gilded copper alloy dress hook of which only the main plate and stibs of the hook and loop remain. The main plate is lozenge shaped with a decorative, moulded border surrounding a now empty central cell with has a hold through the centre where a second or possibly multiple elements were attached. This central cell is un-gilded suggesting it was complete covered by the applied elements. The border has a plain raised line at its inner edge, defining the cell outside which is a flange with an edge shaped into multiple lobes by regularly spaced indents. On this flange and ei…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-143AA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Nummus of the House of Valentinian, GLORIA ROMANORVM (emperor with captive), mint unclear, AD 364-78. Diameter: 17.26mm, Weight: 1.62g
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Ashton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-144FB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Nummus of the House of Valentinian, GLORIA ROMANORVM (emperor with captive), mint unclear, AD 364-78. Diameter: 15.01mm, Weight: 1.14g
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Ashton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-149FD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to AD 319 (Reece Period 16), VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR above altar. Mint of Arles. RIC vo.VII, p.254, no.185 Diameter: 19.42mm, Weight: 2.10g
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Saturday 9th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Ashton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-177991
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I, SOLI INVICTO COMITI (Sol with globe), mint unclear, AD 310-19. Diameter: 19.43mm, Weight: 1.62g
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Ashton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-178D85
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy radiate, possibly of Claudius II, reverse unclear, AD 268-70. Diameter: 19.82mm, Weight: 1.29g
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Ashton', grid reference and parish protected.