Record ID: YORYM-9B7BCD
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy double-headed button and loop fastener of Roman date, c.AD 43-200. The head is pointed ovate with a central raised circular boss within a deep circumferential recess. The pointed terminal has a slight raised lenticular moulding which tapers into the point. An integral shank extends down from the reverse of the boss and bends at 90 degrees where it widens into a second head. The orientation of the shank results in the heads being on different plains. The lower head is rectangular with an incised border. One corner is lost to a worn break. The reverse is fla…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-9B479E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold stater of British uninscribed North Eastern (Corieltavi) Domino type dating to the period 50 - 20 BC. Lunate horse left, with a box containing four pellets above reverse. Wreath and crescents obverse. ABC, p.93, no.1758.
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-9B29F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy small-long brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 450 – 550. Only a small portion of the arched bow and the foot remain which is sub-rectangular with D-shaped section and flared terminal. Both ends are broken and worn. The upper surface of the object is worn though traces of decoration can be determined. Double banded transverse grooves are present at the mid-point of the foot with a raised swelling where it begins to expand into the terminal. The remains of an integral catchplate project from the reverse of the foot. The brooch has a mid-green patina…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-9AD27F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver medieval penny of Henry V (AD 1413-1422) dating to the period c.AD 1413 – 1422. Mullet to left, unclear to right of crown. Long cross with quatrefoil centre reverse. Mint of York. Class C. North Vol 2, p.71, no.1400.
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-864F6B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327) dating to the period AD 1309. Long cross reverse. Mint of London. Class 10cf4.  North Vol 2, p.32, no.1042/3.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-860FFB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Edward I (AD 1272 - 1307) dating to the period AD 1307 - 1309. Long cross reverse. Mint of Bury St Edmunds. Class 10cf3a.  North Vol 2, p.32, no.1042/1.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-85D358
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327) dating to the period AD 1309. Long cross reverse. Mint of Canterbury. Class 10cf4.  North Vol 2, p.32, no.1042/3.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-857CCE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman as of Vespasian (AD 69-79) dating to the period AD 69 - 79 (Reece Period 4). Uncertain reverse type depicting unclear figure standing left. Mint unclear. 
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-851944
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ceramic object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of uncertain date, probably Roman to Medieval, c.AD 43 - 1300.  The weight has a dark orange fabric with large white, possibly calcite inclusions. It is C-shaped with a sub-ovate section and worn breaks to each end. One surface is flat, the other rounded. There is a partial sub-circular off-centre perforation of approximately 8.3mm diameter. The object is 61.1mm long, 27.8mm wide, 23.6mm thick and weighs 64.2g. Loomweights tend to weigh between 150g and 550g. Accounting for the loss of over half of the…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-84D77D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped stone axehead of late Neolithic date, c. 2700 - 2300 BC.  The axehead is formed of a coarse brown stone. It is sub-ovate in plan; narrower at the butt end with sides which widen to the crescentic cutting edge. The axe has a humped profile and an irregular oval cross section. The surface of one side is pitted. The axehead is 81.2mm long, 44.6mm wide, 22.1mm thick and weighs 92.5g. It is impossible to source axes such as these without a detailed petrological analysis of the rock. This would allow the original source of the rock to be established.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-84A4D7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two (2) conjoined sheets of heavily leaded copper-alloy of uncertain date. The fragments are irregularly shaped with worn breaks to all edges. No identifying features are present. The metal has a mid-green patina with shiny grey patches and is in fair condition. The object is 54.1mm long, 41mm wide, 9.6mm thick and weighs 63.8g. Due to a lack of diagnostic features it is not possible to identify these fragments with confidence. It was found in the same area as a number of fragments of a statue of Roman date though is thinner in section that any currently known pieces of this object.…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-84819B
Object type: STATUE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy statue of Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The fragment is an ear from an animal, possibly a horse. It is sub-triangular in plan with a U-shaped section. Repeated transverse grooves are positioned around the edge of the front of the ear, giving the appearance of hair. Shallow cut-outs with straight edges are present around the area of the break to the lower edge of the ear. A small square cut-out is also present through the edge of the object. The metal has a mid-green patina and is in fair condition. The object is 88.9mm long, 40.1mm wide, 15.3mm thick and…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-83FF06
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy vessel of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1850. The fragment is possibly part of the leg of a cooking vessel such as a cauldron or skillet. The leg is broadly rectangular with a D-shaped section. It is widest at the top, where it would meet the body of the vessel and tapers to a worn break. The object is undecorated. The metal has a delaminated red/green patina and is worn. The fragment is 43.8mm long, 21.6mm wide, 14mm in diameter and weighs 50.5g. These objects are very common metal detector finds and are often found heavily worn and pitted…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-83E61E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy strap fitting or belt mount of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700. The fitting comprises a flat D-sectioned plate with a bilobate terminal at one end and a pointed sub-triangular terminal at the other. The mid-section is waisted.  The reverse of the fitting is flat and undecorated with two integral attachment spikes, one at either end, with curing tips. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The fitting is 23.3mm long, 15.1mm wide, 6.2mm thick and weighs 1.5g. Similar examples have been recorded as SF-3BF4A6, LVPL-6B1DE8, HESH-796A17, WMID-3AB…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-83A687
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1690 - 1720.  The buckle is sub-rectangular with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. Moulded transverse grooves are present over each spindle hole. The spindle is retained around which a triangular pin is fitted by a closed loop. A ‘cooking-pot’ chape is also retained around the spindle, though the outer edge is lost to worn breaks. Patches of a white metal coating are present on the surface of the buckle. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 38.8mm long, 29.4mm wide, 5.3mm thick…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-839004
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 750 - 950. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 2 with patterned decoration. The strap end is broadly triangular with a pointed terminal at the closed end and a worn break at the attachment end. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head; much of the surface is damaged or missing but the terminal appears to include raised rounded pellet eyes and a stub-nosed snout. The central panel bears a curvilinear design with interlinked zig-zags geometric features. The rever…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-833D18
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval French jetton dating to the period c.AD 1418 - 1437. 'Shield of France' type. Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty in four arched tressure reverse. Probably mint of Paris. Similar jettons are illustrated in Mitchiner, p.191-193 in which the Shield of France is described as a modern issue dated c.1418 - 1437 AD, probably struck at Paris. Ref: Mitchiner, M. (1988) Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg. London: B. A. Seaby Ltd.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-82A41B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date, c. AD 750 - 950. Possibly Thomas' Class A, Type 5. The strap end is sub-oval in shape with a pointed terminal at the closed end and a worn break at the end from which the split attachment plates would have extended. Only part of the lower plate survives. The pointed terminal is worn though bears traces of indistinct moulded decoration. The front of the main plate has a longitudinal recessed rectangular panel. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a dark mid-green patina and is worn. The strap end is 33.2mm…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-827DC6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1600. Walton Rogers Form C. The spindle whorl is bi-conical with a central perforation running through it. Both surfaces have faint traces of moulded decoration though the object is worn obscuring the exact design. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is worn. The spindle whorl is 27.19mm in diameter, 10.78mm thick and weighs 29.41g. The perforation is 10.06mm in diameter suggesting a medieval date as per the thicker spindles of this period (Walton Rogers, 1997, p.1731). It also fit…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-8265F5
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper-alloy bell shaped stud, probably a furniture fitting, of Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. Allason-Jones type 1.  The object comprises a circular disc with a concave upper surface featuring a central integral projecting truncated cone. The reverse of the disc is convex with an integral neck from which a short rectangular iron shank extends. The shank is broken and worn. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The object is 25.9mm in diameter, 19.7mm tall and weighs 24.6g. Bell Shaped Studs are a multi-purpose form of artefact, commonly found on sites in Br…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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