Record ID: BH-7ED755
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sexfoil mount of Medieval date. The mount has been stamped from a piece of sheet-metal. It has six convex petals separated by grooves which cross at the centre. The underside is hollow and there is a possible corroded rivet attachment at the middle. The object is bent and corroded. It measures 16.6mm in diameter, 2.2mm thick and weighs 0.93g. Several examples of sexfoil mounts have been found in excavations in London (see Egan and Pritchard 1991: 186-193).
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemel Hempstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C1E550
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flower shaped mount in a lead-tin-copper alloy. The mount has a large domed centre surrounded by a ring of eight circular domed 'petals'. The back is hollowed and shaped to the font as though it has been stamped out of copper alloy sheet. In the centre of the back is a lump of iron corrosion which may be the remains of a rivet. It is 11.8mm in diameter, 4.5mm thick and weighs 0.54 grams. Although Medieval flower mounts have been found nearby (e.g. SUSS-ADFCF0) this example is made of a different material, is much more regular and has an iron rather than copper rivet. All of these fe…
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Worthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-AAAF61
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead bag seal from Portsmouth (c. 18/19th century). The artefact is sub-circular. It would have had a central recess through which a cord would have passed. It is stamped on both faces with motifs in low relief. One face has lettering across its centre surmounted by a crown and with a rose below. The letters are obscured as a result of corrosion but appear to read '?G POST?' The other face has the word 'PORTS[M]OUTH' within a circular border with a central motif, indistinct but sub square in form. On this face a lip has been formed to one side. The artefact has corrode…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-05FD42
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Post Medieval alnage cloth seal. The fragment consists on one side or a two or four part seal. On the front is a stamped design of a crowned rose with a C to the left within a pellet border. Several examples on the database have crowned roses with royal initials to the side (usually C/R etc) which are similar to this example e.g. SF-02F767 and SUR-FF8E42 where the design is on a four part Hampshire seal; they are thought to relate to Charles I, 1625-1649 AD. It is 15.6mm in diameter, 1.4mm thick and weighs 1.66 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Houghton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-8FF5B6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a sheet copper alloy mount, flat in profile and section, and decorated with lines of punched annulets within a curvilinear, V-shaped border. The other fragment, also pictured here, was found with the decorated fragment and is the same thickness of 1.8 mm, so it may likely come from the same piece. This style of punched ornament can be found on other decorated mounts, illustrated in Read (2001) on page 36, Fig.21, No.320, and Read (1988) on page 148, No.997, which are dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-079974
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver. Thimble with closely-spaced, probably machine-stamped, indentations, in concentric rings at top. A lower collared border is decorated by intersecting arcs of finely incised zig-zags, and bears hallmark parallel to basal collar. Flattened, and split between border and indented surface. Suggested date: Modern. Height: 20.13mm, Width:23.32mm. Weight: 2.32 gms.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tetney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F35037
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of Medieval date. The mount takes the form of a six-petalled flower head which has been stamped from sheet-metal. The central element is domed; surrounding this are six plain petals (one damaged) with convex outer edges and dividing grooves. The rivet is attached to a central hole in the mount. It is of circular section and has a circular stop at the base. The mount measures 12.9mm in diameter, 5mm high and weighs 0.7g. Several examples of sexfoil mounts have been found in excavations in London (see Egan and Pritchard 1991: 186-193).
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Furneux Pelham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-F1EBB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver sixpence of Charles II (1660-1685) dated 1683 on coin
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Udimore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FCBA94
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy domed Post-Medieval thimble. The dome rises to a slight point in its centre. The indentations appear to be hand-made as they are deeper at one side than the other. They are arranged in a spiral suggesting that the object is of 16th century date, when this became the most popular arrangement (Holmes 1999, Datasheet 9, p.2). Imported thimbles, with machine-made indentations, became popular in the following century, after the technique was introduced in 1620 (ibid. p.3), suggesting that this thimble was unlikely to have been produced long after this date. It has quite thick w…
Created on: Friday 27th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Stowey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC9D52
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy domed Post-Medieval thimble. The indentations appear to be hand-made as they are deeper at one side than the other. They are arranged in a spiral suggesting that the object is of 16th century date, when this became the most popular arrangement (Holmes 1999, Datasheet 9, p.2). Imported thimbles, with machine-made indentations, became popular in the following century, after the technique was introduced in 1620 (ibid. p.3), suggesting that this thimble was unlikely to have been produced long after this date. It has quite thin walls and was clearly produced using the stamping …
Created on: Friday 27th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Stowey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-409DE2
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single Post-Medieval cast and stamped silver cuff link or button. It is circular in plan and has a downturned edge and a flat head. The decoration is an incised central flower. Weight 0.9g, diameter 12.49mm, height 4.8mm.
Created on: Friday 6th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-01BAF2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A die-stamped copper alloy Medieval mount. This is a sexfoil shaped mount with rounded ‘petals’. It is made from sheet metal that has been die-stamped. It is convex and has a circular hole which is not placed centrally. There are also two small rivet holes with copper alloy rivets still in place. Weight 0.6g, diameter 12.32mm, minimum thickness 1mm. The mount has a very dark green patina. Parallels can be seen in Read, 2001 Metal Finds of Antiquity, nos.103-107. Read's examples are dated 1350-1400.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-9C81C2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of Medieval date. The mount, which takes the form of a seven-petalled flower head, has been stamped from a piece of sheet metal. The upper surface is domed, with deep grooves which radiate outwards from the centre, separating the petals. Protruding from the centre of the hollow underside is a bent rivet. The artefact is corroded. It measures 12.2mm in diameter, 2.2mm high and weighs 0.76g. Several examples of flower head mounts were found in excavations in London (see Egan and Pritchard 1991: 186-193).
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawbridgeworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-6E6031
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neatly made medieval domed sexfoil mount stamped out of copper-alloy sheet. Each of the foils is itself domed and the outline of the mount follows these lobes precisely. The curve of the dome is concave and there is iron corrosion from a rivet at the centre. Similar mounts in Egan and Pritchard 1991 (nos. 952-957) date to the second half of the 14th century. 13 mm in maximum diameter, 4 mm deep, 0.44g.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-194452
Object type: TALLY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pewter agricultural tally, cut into a sub-octagonal shape in plan and slightly domed in profile, with moulded foliage in the form of hops on the obverse and a legend on the back which includes the letters M THOMAS, probably the farmer's name. Within the legend there appears to be part of the number 60, stamped twice, which may refer to the number of bushels. Fletcher (2004) illustrates a similar example with hops and 60 on the obverse and another with Thomas on it on page 31, which are dated to the 19th century.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-B43818
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat piece of lead stamped with a coat of arms in a laurel wreath. The arms can be blazoned: Argent goutty de poix on a chief gules a lion passant guardent Or (Silver with red drops and a red bar at the top on which is a golden lion passant guardant). As the arms are stamped the lion is advancing right rather than the usual left. The lead has an irregular outline with straight and curved sides and may have been part of a seal on some object or possibly a token or pass. It is 32.6mm by 29.2mm by 3.1mm thick and weighs 17.52 grams. These arms were used by Sir Robert Drope Lord Mayor…
Created on: Sunday 18th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-4461B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a copper alloy halfpenny of William III ( 1694-1702). The obverse shows laureate cuirassed bust right with Britannia with hand raised on the obverse. The coin is badly worn with considerable debris stuck to the surface making complete identification difficult. There is little in the way of patina with mostly attach dirt/concretion and some verdigris to the surface where the dirt/concretion has fallen off.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-444407
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a copper alloy halfpenny of William III ( 1694-1702), dated 1698. The obverse shows laureate cuirassed bust right with Britannia with hand raised on the reverse. The coin is very worn with damage to the rim at the 12 o-clock. The patina is now a dark brown with some verdigris to the surface.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-4422F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a copper alloy farthing of Charles II (1660-85). The coin has the laureate cuirassed bust left to the obverse and Britannia seated left holding branch & spear, arm resting on shield, on the reverse. This coin is in a very worn condition and no date or further identification can be made.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-19C5C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a silver sixpence of William III (1694-1702). The obverse has the first bust with no mint letter and the reverse depicts the crowned cruciform shields. The coin is very worn and has been bent through 70 degrees behind the Kings head.
Created on: Sunday 11th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.