Record ID: GLO-ADF7D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Modern cast copy (in tin) of a Silver stater of Neapolis in Macedonia, the original dating to c. 510-480 BC Obv. Gorgon’s head facing, with protruding tongue Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with ‘mill-sail’ pattern. British Museum Catalogue of Greek Coins – Macedonia etc (1879), cf. no. 6 The weight of 7.42g (114.5grains) is light for the issue (147-150 grains being the weights of BM specimens). The style of the face and nose is also different from pieces in the British Museum collection. Metallurgical analysis at the British Museum shows that it …
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-1629D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A MODERN imitation of a medieval silver groat of Edward I (1272-1307) which was produced from 1279-81 at the mint of London, produced by the company Westair with the letters WRL stamped to the left of the crown. For comparison see: North 1991: 24-25 and Allen 2004 for information on the original coinage. Obverse: Crowned bust facing within a quatrefoil with a small flower in each spandril, and a flower at each side by hair; +EDWARDVS:D'I:GRA':REX:ANGL': (triple pellet stops) Reverse: Long cross with three pellets in each angle; :DN'S/hIBn'/EDVX/AQVT '// LON/DON/IAC/IVI (trip…
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Framfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-34D147
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Late Early Medieval tin-copper alloy pseudo-nummular brooch of Weetch type 2.Ai. The brooch is circular with a raised, cast, design on the front of a left facing radiate crowned bust with multiple lines of drapery below and to the lower right and a pseudo legend to the left all within a double line beaded border. The nonsense legend appears to read cHc or possibly oIID. An upside down V to the right of the head probably represents to tie from a diadem. The back is lain with the stubs of a broken pin lug and catchplate. These are arranged on opposites sides and run vertically down t…
Created on: Monday 6th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weare CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-55C965
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete cast pewter button dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1300-1450). The head of the button is circular in shape with the D-shaped profile. It is docorated with a repeated raised cross-hatch design with pellet in the centre. The reverse is flat and undecorated. In the centre is a ovoid attachment loop with a lozenge-shaped cross section. A raises casting line is present running through and in the same direction as the loop. The object is in a good condition and is covered in a dark-grey to brown patina. A similar example can be found in Bailey (2004) page 19, figure 6.7.
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-14E472
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval tin farthing of William and Mary (AD 1688-1694), dated 169?. Obverse: Parallel busts of William and Mary '[GU]LIEMUS [ET MARIA]. Reverse: Figure of Britannia, left, inscription lost, dated in exergue '169?'. The coin appeals to be laminated and through its centre is a 2.0mm square, copper plug, added as safeguard against forgery. Diameter 22.9mm, Mass 4.80g
Created on: Friday 31st May 2019
Last updated: Sunday 2nd June 2019
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Record ID: BERK-AD495C
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete bell possibly dating to the medieval period. The bell is lozenge-shaped in plan and has four petal-like tabs. The bell has been flattened to the point where two of the petals have joined with the opposing two petals. There is also a circular concave dent on the upper part of both sides of the bell. The top of the bell has an oval suspension loop attached which is 5.4mm in height. The loop is slightly bent back. The bell consists of a semi-spherical upper half which is moulded to the lower four petals. It is uncertain if the pea remains inside the bell. The u…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-50658E
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Tin or tin-alloy badge. It is heart shaped with a cut-out 'C', and a small perforation centrally located at the top edge, and is lettered COALVILLE AND DISTRICT MINERS around the perimeter and ASSOCIATION across the top, between the perforation and the cut-out. The badge was found in two parts and is bent but complete. It measures 30.1mm high by up to 19.8mm at its widest, and it weighs 3.3grams. Coalville & District Miners Association was a trade union formed in 1887, and in 1907 the name was changed to Leicestershire Miners' Association. Recorded as of local interest.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ASHM-B79F2A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very corroded, incomplete tin farthing of William and Mary (1688-1694) dating 1690-2. Spink 3451.
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-E74D2B
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete military badge dating to the end of the 19th century (c1830-1870). The badge is manufactured from pressed sheet metal and depicts a bugle badge. It is possible that the central part of the badge would originally have had a motif that would link it to a specific regiment - this is now missing. The rear of the badge has lost its integral slider clip that would have been used to attach it to a cap. However, two loops and a crude pin have been added, possible in order for the badge to be re-used. The outer surface is heavily pitted although there are some faint traces of the…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Betws Gwerfil Goch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-003FFE
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A dark grey hawking whistle most likely made from tin alloy. Cylindrical in shape with a tapering end and broken extension piece, possibly for an attachment loop. A thin raised ring at the top seperates the body of the whistle from the mouth-piece. Immediately below this upper ring is the semi-circular aperture which allows the sound to escape. The object is mostly intact although here is damage to the end of the mouthpiece, and some distortion of shape from erosion processes. Similar but not exact references found on the database in entries: BH-A0DDB1; IOW-0DC634; IOW-46E963; IOW-…
Created on: Friday 25th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-5A5770
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval button, (c. 1600-1700). Cast pewter/lead alloy with an integral loop on its back. This is placed on the line of the casting mould joint. On the front of the button is a crude face with a wedge-shaped nose, pellet eyes above which are eye-brows and bar representing the mount. There appears to be a crown over the top of the face. This button may be compared to NLM-D526F2 which, in turn, is compared to buttons bearing the CR monogram suggesting a seventeenth century date. Certainly these buttons are technically, if not stylistically, similar. If this is a depiction of the k…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-9CD998
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A cast tin alloy early medieval-style strap-end. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with a squared off terminal end and sides which taper in width down to a rounded zoomorphic head. In the centre of the object is a sub-rectangular recessed panel containing a moulded interlace design in relief. The interlace extends to form the head and snout of the animal. Above the head, to either side, are a pair of stylised ears with lobed tips containing a small circular depression. Below these to either side of the head are a pair of almond shaped eyes. The top end of the object is worn and…
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marbury cum Quoisley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-123669
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and relatively well-preserved tin-alloy Late Iron Age cast potin of Thurrock type, dating c. 120-100 BC. Reverse; degraded butting bull facing right, no legend. The coin has a patchy dark-brownish green patina with patches of lighter green corrosion interspersed over all surfaces. ABC p. 33, no. 130/132.
Created on: Saturday 9th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-2B8FEA
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval button, oblate, and bearing the traces of a copper alloy wire loop. While the button appears silvery the use of copper alloy to form the loops suggests that it is base metal. Similar buttons have been found in London in contexts dating to AD 1270-1350 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 274, Fig. 178, No. 1388). Diameter 9.0mm, Height 7.0mm, Mass 2.36g.
Created on: Tuesday 29th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B56A26
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval tin-alloy 'American plantations token' valued at one 24th of a Spanish real (one and a half farthings), depicting James II on horseback on the obverse, dating to c. 1688. Dimensions: diameter: 27.48 mm; weight: 9.3 g. The token was minted in the reign of James II for use in the American plantations. Similar tokens have been recorded on the database, including: LON-128ECB, LON-1C1E65, LON-D20457. Few, to date, have been found outside London.
Created on: Friday 11th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd December 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-DEC5E6
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval cast pewter button, low plano-convex, its face decorated with radiating, raised ribs. A bar runs across its back on which was the integral loop, now missing, sixteen-seventeen century. Diameter 14.2mm, Thickness 4.0mm, Mass 3.65g.
Created on: Friday 14th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-AFBAB3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval to early post-medieval lead-tin alloy chape, probably from a dagger scabbard. The cast chape is incomplete, eroded at the mouth (with a length of 27.2mm and a weight of 4.5g). The mouth is somewhat misshapen and would originally have been D-shaped to sub-oval (17.3mm x 13.0mm with a wall thickness of 0.7mm). There is some damage below the mouth, probably incorporating a damaged rivet attachment hole. The surface is corroded masking the decoration but a rib is discernible below the mouth, possibly flanked by grooves above and below. Any other decoration is uncertain, ther…
Created on: Friday 12th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'off the upland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AC7474
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Southend-on-Sea
Workflow stage: Published
Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of a white metal finger ring carried out by the British Museum's Scientific Research sectionidentified the metal as pewter - an alloy of tin, lead and antimony. The alloy indicates the ring is modern. The ring weighs 5.03 grams.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Beach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D27CF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Iron Age tin or tin alloy potin unit of the Cantiaci / South Eastern dating to the period c. 175-100 BC. Bull butting reverse type. Obverse: Head of Apollo left Reverse: M[A] above Bull; Bull butting right or left Diameter: 17.4mm. Weight: 2.70g. DA=12:9. Rudd ABC p, 33, no. 120; BMC (Hobbs) 660-666
Created on: Monday 20th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7724A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Irregular cast contemporary copy, probably in a pewter-type alloy, of a denarius of Julia Maesa (AD 218-222) (Reece Period 10), reverse FEC[VNDITAS] AVG, Fecunditas standing left, extending hand over child and holding cornucopiae. Prototype Mint of Rome. RIC IV, p. 2, p. 49, cf. no. 249, weight 1.88g. This coin could have been manufactured some time after the production of the prototype.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
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