Record ID: NMS-3D0CDA
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palstave axe of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1,600 to 1,400 BC), of typical non side-looped form with a "shield" shaped moulding immediately below the stop ridge. The H shaped hafting channels at the butt are well developed with high side flanges to support the split wood handle, the end of the butt terminates in an oblique angle, this is most likely due to a casting flaw at the top of the mould, it looks unlikely that this is post-depositional damage. The axe is complete, though there are small losses to the thin cutting edge. Most of the surfaces are patinated dark brown, indicative …
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3CDCC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rectangular gilded copper-alloy object, probably a brooch, with relief decoration of a Mammen-style bird. It is flat and slightly bent, with much of one edge missing. The front of the object has a lot of well-preserved gilding. The edge has a double-ridged frame, both ridges retaining some beading in places. Within this border is a single bird in profile, the body made from an outer beaded border filled with fine transverse ribbing, the leg similar but without the beaded border, and the tendril-like wings and tail made from grooves outlined with beading. The bird has its head to…
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-2858D4
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two incomplete copper alloy saucer brooches and a copper alloy brooch pin dating to the Early Medieval period (c AD 450-550). Description: One brooch is complete except for the pin. The object is circular in plan with a five-pointed star chip-carved into the centre of the brooch on the outer face. The star has a central boss in slight relief with a raised circular border before the double edged star motif. There are double-raised lines radiating from the star between the points, which meet a double-circle border. The edge of the brooch is flat before the lip of the brooch extend…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Luddington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-2639CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Roman denarius of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), dating to the period c.18 BC (Reece Period 1). S P Q R reverse type depicting a domed tetrastyle temple with triumphal currus standing within, right, containing aquila and four miniature galloping horses. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia (Cordoba)?). As RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 49, no. 120. Measurements: 15.1mm diameter, weight 3.4g
Created on: Monday 16th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spaxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-FDCAB6
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead pencil in a bone or antler case, of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1800 Note this record is created from photographs (kindly provided by finder) only during the Covid-19 pandemic. Measurements are therefore approximate. The case is split longitudinally with approximately one half missing. This split may be accidental or could be part of the design, the missing half being the lid. There are also old breaks at each end, with a sub-rectangular portion missing . Externally it is has a flat facet which may have been mirrored in the missing half, creati…
Created on: Saturday 14th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-D1B28A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase type 30b/8 'mule' (Naismith Series FBc) dating to c.AD720-30, mint: uncertain (possibly East Midlands). Refs: Naismith 2017: 77 (table 4), 86 (figure 86), pl. 19 nos 584-5; Abramson 2018: pl. 33, nos 768-9, esp. 769 (same reverse design and off-centre hair parting on obverse). Obverse: Crude facing, radiate 'Wodan' head with flowing hair. Reverse: Degenerate, beaded standard enclosing right angles and central pellet-in-annulet with pellet cross. The coin measure 12 mm in diameter and weighs 1 gram.
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 28th May 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-D0B01B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver annular brooch with inscription, dating to AD 1200 - 1400. The brooch is circular with a small recession for the now missing pin. Both sides of the brooch are inscribed.  Malcolm Jones has transcribed the inscription and added comments:  AILLENAr  hAB GOD A IN [Þ]I hERTE YS ALL          Eleanor, to have God always in your heart is everything  Notes: AINI  =   A  IN  [Þ]I      (aye in thy = always in your] For the omission of Þ, note that on …
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: SF-C03CB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy horse and rider plate brooch dating to circa AD 200-400. The brooch missing its catchplate and pin, and the horse's head and chest missing. The extant element consists of the rider's head, containing notched coiffure. The horse's rump contains a jagged notch on the top from which a now missing tail likely projected. The majority of its rear legs are also missing, containing only a short stump. The horse's body contains the visible remains of three blue-enamelled cells, with a hook-shaped cell on the horse's rump, characteristic of all British horse and…
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 24th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lackford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-BC817E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap distributor dating to the late Early Medieval to early Medieval period (c. AD 1000-1200). The object is roughly rectangular in plan with triangular-shaped opposing strap loops. The strap bars are recessed with scrolled knops at either end of the bar. At the centre of the distributor is a zoomorphic head in relief, probably bovine, the horns of which form the arms of one of the strap loops. The eyes are bulbous in appearance and the ears protrude out to the side. The snout extends to form an overhang and has an indentation to form the lower jaw. Below t…
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2020
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Record ID: SF-AB105F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch dating to circa AD 43-150. It is cast in the form of a hippocamp. Its mouth is elongated and its eye formed by raised concentric circles set inside a circular recessed panel. The creature's neck leads into the body, which contains a lozenge-shaped panel inlaid with blue enamel. Set within the panel are three pellets laid out in a triangle, two of which contain traces of orange enamel. Emerging from one side of the of the panel are the hippocamp's forelegs. Its rear is formed of two elements: a fantail characterised by recessed r…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lackford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AA671A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gilded copper alloy early medieval (Middle Anglo-Saxon) lozengiform strip brooch. The object is formed from a single piece consisting of a central wide, flattened, lozenge-shaped plate elongated at one end to form a narrow hooked catch-plate, while the opposite end is damaged and incomplete. Weetch (2014, 140) writes that 'most of these brooches feature the single-coil pin spring, but some appear to have a more traditional pin fitting attached to the reverse of the lozenge-shaped plate.' The original arrangement here is uncertain - the edge of a small circular hole is vi…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Newmarket', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-A8F955
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval gold pseudo-Imperial tremissis in the name of Justinian I (AD 527-65) imitating Burgundian issues but attributed to the Merovingian Franks and dating c.AD534-65/70. cf. Lafaurie 1983 nos 73-92, esp 83-92; Belfort 5203 (listed there under Justin II). Ref: Lafaurie 1983: 114, 134-5; Belfort 1894: 64. The coin is complete and well struck on an irregular flan. The coin is 13mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2020
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Record ID: WAW-A8E117
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval gold Merovingian tremissis of the 'mint-and-moneyer'/National Series dating to c.AD580-670, uncertain mint and moneyer.
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
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Record ID: LVPL-A5B60E
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2020 T927 Description: A group of four post medieval silver coins ranging from the reign of Elizabeth I to Charles I dating to the period AD 1584 – 1635. Coin 1: Complete silver shilling of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1584-87. Initial mark escallop, minted in London. North (1991) no. 1985. The obverse bust has been worn away and an angular E inscribed in its place. Obverse: Crowned bust left. Obverse legend: ELIZABETH : D.G.ANG.FR.ET.HIB.REGINA Reverse: Square shield on long cross fourchée diving the legend. Reverse legend: POSVI / DEV:AD…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Saturday 19th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wheelock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-939834
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed handaxe, in very lightly rolled condition, of Wymer J.J. (1999) type F, of trimmed and heavy butted form (butt type b), black patinated flint similar to many of the other lithics recovered from the laminated silts at Happisburgh. All flake scars appear to be hard hammer struck, with a small patch of thin, weathered cortex extant to the dorsal face, this is the only original surface of the "blank" for this handaxe, all other surfaces have been modified, the ventral face at the thickest point of the butt is battered, this could be localised post depositional damage or an indicat…
Created on: Monday 9th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-92FFFB
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ovate handaxe, in very rolled and abraded condition, of Wymer J.J. (1999) type K, of orange and white patchy patination, All flake scars appear semi-hard hammer struck with a small, weathered and battered patch of what was cortex to the middle of each face indicating that the chosen “blank” for this was originally a flat nodule of flint. Both faces have advanced thermal (frost) cracks, though they remain attached, these appear to be post depositional, possibly indicating long exposure on the to the elements at some point, or more likely glacial damage, this would also account for …
Created on: Monday 9th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2020
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Record ID: BERK-3BFF5F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Merovingian denier
Created on: Thursday 5th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'White Waltham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2D9155
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age quarter stater of the Southern Region / Regini, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, Phallic Geometric type. Obverse: Male genitalia? Reverse: Geometric pattern of block with radiating lines and three bars. As ABC p. 50, no. 533; BMC nos. 419-427.
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shottesbrooke CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-2C9E0E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver-gilt small square-headed brooch dating to the 5th-6th century AD. Only the footplate lobe and a small portion of the footplate has survived. The lobe is sub-circular with the outer border decorated with two circumferential rows of stamped triangles, with the points facing each other. This decoration is much worn along one side and the lower aspect. Within this border is a central humanoid en-face Style I head or 'mask', somewhat degenerative. It faces upwards towards the footplate comprising of a semi-circular, rounded brow delineated by two linear groove…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
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Record ID: LIN-2B92B3
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, cast, copper-alloy Roman hairpin dating to c.AD 43-410 belonging to Cool 1990, Group 18, sub-group C. The pin shaft is broadly rectangular, with slightly faceted sides, tapering to a blunt point. The upper half of the shaft is decorated with a diagonal ribbed motif, which has largely worn off and above this design are two collars, before expanding into a moulded cantharus (drinking cup) or vessel. The top of the cantharus is flat. Measurements: Length (shaft): 91.85 mm (vessel): 14.49 mm; Width (pin): max: 5.46 mm (vessel); 15.87 mm; Diameter (vessel): 11.42 mm; …
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Sunday 12th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Bennington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-2A1A9C
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon iron shield boss. The boss is surmounted by a narrow-wasted rod in the centre (about 17mm long) which terminates in a circular disc (about 14mmin diameter) in the centre of the disc a flat triangular panel that could be the remains of a small silver plate. Below the rod, the cone has straight sloping sides and a diameter of about 90mm. The cone also appears to be thicker than normal but this maybe because of the limitations of the image and the lamination of the corroded iron. Below the cone, side walls would have extended down to the flanged ba…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-29556B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver strap end of Early Medieval date, about AD 850 - 1000. It fits into Thomas's Class E, type 5, Carolingian style strap ends. The object is sub-rectangular (roughly tongue-shaped with sinuous edges, shaped to follow the decorative design on the upper surface), with the closed end rounded. The attachment end is incomplete, the surviving portion comprising a thin plate flush with the upper surface, leaving a recess below for the strap to rest in. This plate has the remains of at least one rivet hole. The positioning suggests that there may have been four originally. The …
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kilvington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-144D35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gilded copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) disc brooch. The outer face has a plain linear border around the outer edge and a cross formed from plain raised lines dividing it into four sections. Each section contain zoomorphic interlace consisting of a beast with sinuous limbs, open mouths and long tongues forming a background of knotwork. In two quarters the beasts are positioned in a symmetrical fashion, while in the other two the beasts face in the same direction, one at a different angle to the other. A separate globular boss remains in situ through the ce…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aspall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-13E388
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denarius of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), (IO?)VI CO[ ... ](VATIO?); Emperor (in military dress) standing right, receiving (eagle) from Jupiter standing left, holding vertical sceptre in left hand. Mintmark * // - RIC V, pt 2 - The reverse legend might have been intended to be IOVI CONSERVATORI, but the die-engraver made an error by inscribing IOVI CONSERVATIO. The coin is of slightly crude style and there might be traces of verdigris from a copper core behind the leg of the emperor. This piece is the first of this type to be seen by Sam Moorhead for his corpus f…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-00E709
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount of Iron Age date, about 100 BC - AD 100, prrobably from a vessel, maybe a handle escutcheon from a bucket. It is zoomorphic and stylised, having the shape of a boar's head and neck. The back of the body is flat and two integral rivets project. The narrow mounting plate is bevelled on the front, making it D shaped in cross-section. The neck of the animal extends from the top of the plate, curving forwards and down. The back of the neck is marked with a series of closely spaced, narrow grooves so that it appears to be serrated, perhaps representing the bristles…
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2020
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-00D37F
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ball headed pin probably of Early Medieval date, about AD 700 - 900. The large head is polyhedral in shape; a cube with the corners cut off leaving 14 faces. The head is hollow, and has the remains of a separate iron shaft passing through it. At the base is a projecting socket for the shaft, with a collar on the opening, and iron corrosion is also visible in the centre of the top face. The pin head is decorated with glass settings. There are 17 projecting collets, some with coloured glass settings surviving, at least partially. There are some of blue glass and some…
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-00B9AA
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn medieval heraldic harness pendant dating to c. late 13th - early 14th century) and attributed to the Suffolk De Seymour family. Description: The pendant is in the form of a square topped shield (heater shield) with a suspension loop at 90° to the plane of the pendant at its apex. The obverse shows two inverted chevrons. with traces of red enamel remain in both. There is a blue three point 'file or label' usually indicating a first son, positioned across the upper chevron. The top left corner has an element of red enamel which seems likely to have transfered …
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-00B778
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast Roman copper alloy bow brooch. It is a Headstud brooch dating from AD 75 - 200, but it appears to be an unusual type. The brooch has a complete but bent hinged pin which is held on a sleeve (which possibly once contained an axis bar) running through two integrally cast loops on the back of the head. On the outside of the two loops, a false spring is threaded on the sleeve. Only one half survives, which has five turns. At the outer edge it extends into a wire external chord which is surcured to the top of the head by an integrally cast crest or lug. There s…
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-FFA9AA
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ground stone axe or adze, of Augite Granophyre from the Welsh North coast, petrological Group VII (Clough and Cummins ,CBA Research Report No 23, 1979) from the axe factories in the Penmaenmawr area, Caernarvonshire. In water worn and abraded condition with the most noticeable loss to the cutting edge, now partially encrusted with barnacles showing that the axe has been in a stable marine/intertidal environment for some time, probably the rest of the axe was partially buried, with part of the axe surface exposed to the water long enough for them to colonis…
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-FE9088
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver coin; an inscribed silver unit of the Eastern Anglian region / Iceni, dating to about AD 10-43 (Haselgrove phase 8), 'Ecen Retro' type. Obverse: Double opposed crescents on vertical wreath. Reverse: Horse left with double upper front legs, Y-shaped head, six pellets on shoulder, pelleted sun above and retrograde ECE below. As ABC p. 89, no. 1669. The coin is 12.4mm in diameter, 1.4mm thick and weighs 0.80g. Compare BM-E46C2A.
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2020
Last updated: Sunday 7th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-FE3C22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch dating from AD 150 - 250. It is a P shaped brooch made using the Armbrustfibel technique. The brooch has a narrow bow made from a single piece of copper alloy with the foot bending backwards and upwards to form the catchplate, which then tapers to a wire which wraps round the base of the bow. The curved bow has a distinct 'P' shaped profile and is D shaped in cross section. The upper bow has an arris along the centre, with a flat square panel at the base. This panel is decorated with an incised cross saltire. Below this is the coiled wire from t…
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2020
Last updated: Sunday 12th September 2021
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Record ID: BERK-C75825
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of Charles I (AD1625 - 1649). Obv. CAROLUS D G MAG BR ET FR HI REX. Crowned bust facing left. Seond bust (Group B). Rev. CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO. Sheild with date above and VI behind bust. No cross fourchee. Initial mark: Plume (AD1630 - 1631). Date on coin: 1630
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baulking CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BF5F52
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy seal matrix dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1275-1400). The die is circular in shape and has a cylindrical handle. At the top of the handle is a broad collar that is double faceted, above which is a flattened, rounded suspension loop that has an off centre circular perforation. The die is engraved with a figure of a man striding right. The man is clothed in a rounded cloak and is wearing a pointed hat or hood with a ball or bell at the tip. Grasped in the figure's hands and held out in front is a staff with a rectangular head and pointed base. The…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 5th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marchwiel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-BE8DC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval gold tremissis of the Merovingian ‘national' or 'mint-and-moneyer' series’ tremissis dating to c.AD 580-670, mint: Metz, moneyer: Ansolaldus (Belfort 2924). ref: de Belfort 1892: p.355. The coin is pierced with a probably drilled hole of diameter 1.6mm at 3 O’clock obverse. Obverse description: Bust diademed and cuirassed right. Obverse inscription: METTIS CIVETATI * Reverse description: plain cross in wreath; V C[reversed] in upper angles; plain initial cross. Reverse inscription: +ANSOALDVS M[O]NET, piercing through O Diameter: …
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby cum Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BE8205
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (cut half) silver medieval penny of Henry II, dating to the period AD 1180-82. Class 1b1. Minted by Girard of Lincoln (note 'Girad' misspelling). John Naylor (pers. com.) notes that there are cut marks on the obverse, which run along the same line as the reverse cross suggesting that the cross was used as a guide to fraction the coin. c.f. North vol.II, no.963; SCBI no.377 See BM 1993,0923.16 for a complete parallel featuring the Girad misspelling.
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 30th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hempnall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-99544C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch dating to circa AD 100-200. The brooch is complete save for its spring and pin. It consists of a flat, thin plate depicting a boar. The boar has an upturned snout and ears pointed forwards. Its brow is defined by a groove. Set back from the brow is a shallow, circular depression within the centre of which is a raised dot, representing the eye. The eye yields traces of white-metalling. Its mane is is defined by a series of obliquely inscribed grooves running along its neck and upper back. Its back arches inwards before rising aga…
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Camps', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-9672B4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and lightly abraded cast lead-alloy uniface token of the Post-Medieval period, dating to AD1500 - AD 1850. Description: The token is uniface and circular. It has a quartered design forming a cross and has a pellet in each angle. The top right quadrant has a double piercing for uncertain use. The token is roughly flat and with a mottled off-white/cream to grey colour, typical of patinated lead. Measurements: 22mm in diameter, 1.7mm thick and 5.4g in weight. Discussion: Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as small change, tallies, gaming pieces, …
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 28th October 2020
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Record ID: KENT-877D5A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age silver quinarius of the central Gaulish Sequani, dating to the period c.70-50 BC. Obverse: Q.DOCI, Helmeted head of Roma left. Reverse: Q.DOCI above SAM.F below (AM ligated), Horse galloping left. Allen, 1990 (BMC II), no. 346; LT 5405; Depeyrot, NC IV 269. Measurements: 12-13mm in diameter and 2.26mm in thickness and 1.9g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-85196B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman coin, probably a semis of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), dating to the period c.AD 9-14 (Reece period 1). Probably ROM ET AVG reverse type depicting the Altar of Lyon. Mint of Lyon. cf. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 58, no. 234 passim for the type. 
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2022
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Record ID: KENT-83554C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, 'National'/'mint-and-moneyer' series dating c.AD 590-670, mint of Saint-Denis, ancient Catolacus (CATOLACO on coin), moneyer: Ebrigiselus (Ebregisilo on coin). Belfort (1892) no. 1479, Prou (1892) no. 835, Felder (2003) no. 892. Obverse: Diademed and cuirassed bust right. Legend: CATO[L]ACO+ (retrograde).  Reverse: Anchor Cross on globe. Legend: +EBREGISILO. Measurements: 12.57mm in diameter, 1.27g in weight. Discussion: This coin shows significant finishing to t…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peckham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-83515A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, 'National'/'mint-and-moneyer' series dating c.AD 590-670, mint of Senlis, ancient Silvanectis (SCLLNECLIS on coin), moneyer: Bettone (BETONE on coin). Belfort (1892) no. 4128 var., Prou (1892) no. 1100 var. Obverse: Pellet diademed and cuirassed bust right. Legend: +BETONE+.  Reverse: Anchor Cross on globe. Legend: +SCLL[NEC]LIS (retrograde). Measurements: 12.44mm in diameter, 1.3g in weight. Discussion: This coin 1 appears to be a previously unrecorded type though ap…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peckham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-8124A7
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval holy water ampulla, 47mm in length, associated with the shrine of St. Thomas becket in Canterbury. The ampulla is a particularly elabourate example, with an openwork penannular surround comprised of conjoined flanking bracket-like suspension loops with a chain of fleur-de-lys around the sides and base of the flask. The upper margin of the ampulla comprises a wide mouth and the whole flask is shaped like a sword chape, in reference to Becket's martyrdom. One side of the flask depicts a seated bishop (St. Thomas Becket), on a throne beneath an architectural canop…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-6E3155
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver medieval penny of Henry I (1100-35), 'annulets and piles' type (North 860) dating to c.AD 1105, moneyer: Swegen/Sween, mint: Colchester. ref: North (1994: 197). Coin has been bent slightly across the upper third on the obverse. Overall dimensions: 17.46mm in diameter, 0.85mm in thickness and 1.23g in weight.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-6C3EA6
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
An iron and copper alloy complete vase headed linch pin of late Iron Age to early Roman date, about 100 BC - AD 100. The copper-alloy head has a flattened disc-shaped terminal that is D-shaped in cross section with a concave outer/upper face. Beneath the terminal, the head has a narrow neck, expanding to a bulbous sub-cylindrical body, around the base of which is a projecting collar with single groove around its outer edge. Above the collar, on opposing sides of the head, are two circular apertures with raised borders delineating a transverse aperture that would have originally a…
Created on: Monday 26th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-6A89B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval French gold Ecu d'or Soleil du Dauphiné of Louis XII of France (1498-1515), probably Duplessy 654. Ref: Duplessy 1999. The coin is possibly lightly clipped with parts of the inscription only partially visible. Obverse: field quartered with arms of France (3 lys) and Dauphine (dolphin bowed with a purse in its mouth), LVDOVICVS : DEI : GRACIA : FRAnCORV : REX. K. Reverse: triple stranded cross fleuretty, XPS : VINnCIT : XPS : REGnAT : XPS : IMPERAT (Christ lives, Christ reigns, Christ commands) .
Created on: Monday 26th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 6th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-2C65B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval gold Merovingian tremissis of the 'National' Coinage (c.AD 590-670), issued by an unknown ruler. Mint and moneyer uncertain. Obverse: Diademed bust left. Legend: [...] IVIVO?[...] Reverse: Cross crosslet. Legend: [...] V [...]
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2020
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheshire West', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2B75EA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (796-821), Tribrach type (North 342; Naismith L12), mint: London, moneyer: Ibba, dating c. AD797/8-805. Ref: Naismith 2011: plate 2; North 1994: 92. The coin is badly chipped along parts of the edge of the coin with damage along the edge between the IB / B and next to the B. Obv. COENWULF REX. Arounc M in centre. Rev. IB / B / A. Tribrach moline of three lines. Moneyer: Ibba.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aston Tirrold CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-28D003
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Gaulish semis à l’aigle from the Lisieux region / Lexovii (Gaul), dating to the 1st century BC. Obverse: SIMISSOS.PVBLICOS.LIXOVIO, quatrefoil within an inner circle. Reverse: VERCOBRETO.CISIAMBOS.CATTOS, An eagle left. Allen, 1995: p. 74, nos. S132-133
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hayling Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-1A7D5C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver and copper alloy early medieval disc brooch, dating to the 9th century, c. AD 800-900. The elaborately decorated front plate of the brooch survives, but the pin is missing and was not recovered in the ensuing excavation of the findspot. There is some damage to the copper alloy backing of the silver, and a small area appears as openwork due to the absence of the backing in this area. In this area, two of the dome headed riveted bosses which are part of the decorative scheme, are also missing. It is circular in plan and flattened in cross section. The majority of th…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-1A2B91
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of William I, dating to AD 1074-1077. Two sceptres type muled with reverse of two stars. Uncertain mint and moneyer. North (1994: 191) nos. 844-845.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 28th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-03558D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Lead ampulla that has a circular hollow chamber and long rectangular neck; flanking the neck are double looped handles consisting of a small loop surmounting a larger (c. 13th-14th century). Emanating from the base of the handles is a circular flat band that in inscribed on both sides and has a rectangular cross-section.  The band surrounds the main chamber and is attached to the body at five points, the base of each handle and three small arms, one at the base and one on each side, the sections between each of the anchoring points remains open. On one side is depicted St James.…
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wraxall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-EBC8F8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper alloy enamelled heraldic harness pendant of probable 13-14th-century (c.1200 - c.1400) date. The pendant is worn and some detail is lost from the front enamelled surface. The pendant is sub-triangular (heater shield-shaped) in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The edges of the shield are slightly bevelled and the profile of the pendant is slightly bowed (convex). On the upper edge of the shield is an integral cast suspension loop which is set at 90 degrees to the plain of the pendant. This loop has been pierced and would have been fitted to a suspension mou…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-E8D2DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age gold quarter stater of the Regini and Atrebates / southern region, attributed to Tincomarus and dating to 20 BC to AD 10. Obverse: TINCOM inside pellet-lines, below COMMI blundered and pellet-line. Reverse: horse left with sun wheel above and animal or bird below. As Hobbs 1996, p88 no 798-810 and ABC 1073.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamber CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9AED2F
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very unusual Medieval horse harness pendant reused as a seal matrix. The copper alloy pendant is shield-shaped with a suspension loop projecting from the upper edge. Blue enamel survives on the face but the surface treatment of the metal is missing. Blazon: Azure six roundels (3, 2, 1) ?Or/?Argent. The arms may be those for either BISET, Sir John, of Worcs. Azure six roundels Or ——. CK 82., or LA SUCHE, Wm. Azure six roundels Or. FW 161.t. L2 62, 3, DBA 4 (Woodcock and Flower 2014, p.348.). The pendant has been re-used, with its flat reverse engraved with a seal matrix. It has a c…
Created on: Friday 16th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-9795F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy dragonesque brooch dating to circa 50-200 AD. It consists of the head and body, with the foot and catchplate now missing. It is S-shaped in plan with a flat back. The head is joined to the body by a strut from the chin, to the side of which is a kidney-shaped aperture where the now missing pin would have sat. The snout consists of a circular perforation set within the bean-shaped face. The eye is now no longer visible but would likely have been marked by enamelled surface design. The ears/head consists of an onion-shaped top knop in relief, which most …
Created on: Friday 16th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-870B0E
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of four Roman objects dating to c.AD 43-410. The assemblage comprises: 1 x copper alloy plumb bob (finder 1) 1 x copper alloy horse and rider figurine (finder 1) 1 x copper alloy and iron horse head probable key handle (finder 2) 1 x copper alloy probable sceptre head in the form of a bust (finder 1) Plumb bob A complete copper-alloy plumb bob, conical and solid with a blunted tip. The flat top bears concentric circular grooves. Projecting from its centre is a neck (11.6mm diameter at its narrowest) with concave sides, topped with a domed fungiform terminal …
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ampleforth Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-71AF1F
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very lightly rolled, hard hammer struck, small  handaxe of Wymer, J.J (1999) type E/J, of slightly plano-convex section, glossy black with lighter grey inclusions within the flint. Both lateral cutting edges are straight (edge type e), there is no tranchet flake scar to the point (type vi).  All surfaces have been modified apart from a tiny piece of cortex to one side of the butt. The striking feature of this handaxe is the diminutive size, it is little bigger than 2 inches (50 mm +), and it is difficult to see the practical advantage of this over a simple struck flake, …
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-718ECB
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Primary hard hammer struck flake, of unatinated glossy black flint with thin grey/white cortex to the dorsal face, both lateral edges appear to be intentionally and steeply retouched to form a side scraper, the distal end terminates in a hinge and is left as is. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7158DE
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed handaxe in slightly rolled condition, of Wymer J,J, type F, of black flint now patinated with pale orange mottles to one face, the other faintly brown, all flake scars are semi-soft hammer and confidently struck, recent damage to parts of the edges showing good quality flint. All surfaces are modified, no trace of the "blank" for this piece survive. Though damaged, the point appears to have the edge further sharpened by a tranchet flake (point type vi), both lateral edges are straight (edge type e) and there is no natural surface to the butt (butt type b). …
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-71554C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold signet finger-ring of early post-medieval date. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, with the interior flat or very slightly convex and the exterior more strongly convex. It flares from a minimum of 2.85mm wide and 1.4mm thick at the back of the hoop, to vertical shoulders. The bezel is oval and flat, making the ring D-shaped in side view, and is set longitudinally, The arms are quartered and the blazon is: Quarterly, (1) A fess engrailed between three fleurs-de-lis, (2) on a fess between two chevrons a crescent, (3) a chevron between thre…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-7125DE
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude hard hammer struck handaxe in slightly rolled condition, of Wymer J,J, type D, of yellow and orange patinated flint, the dorsal face retains a large amount of weathered pale grey cortex with two large voids in the surface, the ventral face has two natural fractures towards the butt (butt type a) showing that the "blank" for this was a thermally fractured fragment of a much larger nodule of flint minimally worked to a point and two crude lateral cutting edges. Recent damage to the edges show the flint was originally pale grey. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.&…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-709CF8
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very well made ovate handaxe, very slightly rolled condition, of Wymer J,J, type K, all flakes are soft hammer struck with only two, very slight hinge terminations to the flake scars, patinated with light brown, pale yellow mottles with the coarse inclusions now brown (one has a quartz crystal filled void), one face retains thin, weathered cortex to one edge, this is the only remnant of the flint "blank" this was made from. Recent damage to the edges shows the flint to have been originally black to grey with paler grey inclusions. The ventral face (sans co…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-705915
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude, hard hammer struck handaxe in slightly rolled condition, of Wymer J,J, type D, of orange patinated flint with the coarse inclusions more of a grey colour, the point is transversely broken in antiquity and similarly patinated to the main body of the flint. The ventral face (slightly flatter) has many small thermal splits in the flint that were present at the time of manufacture, these have interrupted the flake scars and may be responsible for the loss of the point. The butt retains some thin, weathered cortex (butt type a), one lateral cutting edge is straight (edge type e), the…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-701CC6
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large multi-platform core, of upatinated black and dark grey flint, every face has been worked by mostly large hard hammer struck flake removals, only two small patches of cortex remain. One large flake scar has uncovered a small part of an echinoid fossil within the flint. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.   
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6FF0BE
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single edge, bifacially and hard hammer struck core in slightly rolled condition, of orange patinated flint with thin orange and white similarly patinated cortex, three main flake removals from one worked face and the other face has three main with three partial remnants of previously struck flakes. Recent damage to the core reveal the flint was originally mottled grey. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.   
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-6F1157
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy fragment of a Late Bronze Age sword dating to c.1000-800 BC. The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-oval in section with both ends terminating in old damage. The fragment is a small section of the blade with a convex/raised midrib (14mm wide, max 8.8mm thick) flanked by a pair of parallel longitudinal grooves on either side c.3mm from the long edge on both faces. The grooves do not appear to narrow on the fragment and the distance is the same between the lines at the upper and lower section of the fragment (14mm) although the long edges of the blade are da…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Sunday 27th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-6E4C27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A contemporary copy of a copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to the period c.AD 145-161 (Reece period 7). HIARITAS, S C reverse depicting a standing figure left, possibly Hilaritas, Concordia (or even the emperor?), holding patera in right hand. This is a contemporary copy of a sestertius of Antoninus Pius. It combined an obverse from his COS IIII issues (c.AD 145-161), with a reverse type that has a blundered Hilaritas legend, which only appears in earlier issues of his coinage (e.g. RIC III, no. 606). However, the figure is not correct for Hilar…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5D4C29
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bifacially and hard hammer struck core in slightly rolled condition, of slightly brown patinated grey and black flint, one face retains an irregular thermally fractured surface, otherwise it is entirely worked. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.   
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5C8440
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-soft hammer struck tertiary flake in very fresh condition, of unpatinated glossy black flint, all edges are bifacially damaged, it is unclear if this is retouch, if it is, it appears to have been fashioned into a point at the distal end, maybe a borer.  Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.   
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5C6A56
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hard hammer struck tertiary flake in very lightly rolled condition, of unpatinated dark grey flint with paler grey inclusions, one incipient stike ring to the platform, the second strike (a little further in the core) removed this flake. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.   
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5C1184
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hard hammer struck core in slightly rolled condition, with only four large flakes taken off in succession to one edge, the rest of the flint is unmodified and cortical, all natural breaks are black, the four removals have speckled orange patination. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.   
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5BE90B
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hard hammer struck core in slightly rolled condition, of faintly brown patinated flint with a couple of the flake scars with a pale yellow mottled patina, a patch of thin cortex remains to one face. Slight recent damage to the edges reveal the flint was originally grey and black. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.   
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5BC6C6
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small unifacial handaxe in slightly rolled condition, of Wymer J,J type E, hard hammer struck from a plano-convex natural thermal fracture of a larger nodule of flint with two small areas of thin, weathered cortex extant to the dorsal face, the ventral face is slightly concave with a large, coarse pale grey and black inclusion in the centre, reponsible for the fracture of the nodule. Both faces are lightly patinated brown, slight recent damage to the edges showthe flint originally would have been dark mottled grey.  Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.   
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5B8D02
Object type: CHOPPER
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small "chopper core" in lightly rolled condition, of Wymer J,J, (1999) type A, hard hammer struck from alternate faces with only five main flake removals, three from one face and two from the other. The removals to shape the cutting edge are patinated brown, the main body of the flint is cortical, now thin and weathered, of a mottled white and grey colour, the butt has an old transverse break across the base, this could be intentional modification though it is patinated differently (black) to the clearly modified surfaces. Small amounts of recent damage to the …
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-59CAA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete Roman silver plated copper alloy rear hook Aesica brooch dating to the middle of the 1st century AD. The brooch is only missing its sprung pin mechanism. The brooch is made in two parts, the majority being a flat plate, the second being an attached bow that is rivetted onto the plate. At the top of the flat plate are the wings. They are 19.3mm wide and each made of crescent plates, being convex on the front and concave on the back. Both are decorated by parallel incised lines placed just inside their outer terminals. A rearhook projects from the top of the wi…
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvescot CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-56A298
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver civil war denarius, dating to the period April-June AD 68 (Reece period 3). Obverse: BON EVENT, diademed female head right, hair tied in knot above neck. Reverse: PACI PR, clasped hands holding winged caduceus. Spanish mint. As RIC I, p. 203, no. 4; BMC 4.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5562BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Edmund (939-946), horizontal/two-line type (HT1; no mint signature; North 688), moneyer: Cristin, mint: Mercia/Wessex. Ref: North 1994: 138; cf. Naismith 2017: 204-5; no.1530. The coin is badly chipped, losing a portion of the edge (2-3 o'clock obv.) and a larger fragment of the outer circle and inscription 7-9 o'clock obv.). Obverse description: Small central cross pattee; initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +EADMV[N]D RX Reverse description: Line of three small crosses pattee centrally, three pellets above and below; legen…
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Lincoln', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-47B19F
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ovate handaxe in fairly rolled condition, of Wymer J,J (1999) type K, of very dark brown patinated flint with lighter brown coarse inclusions within the flint, recent damage to parts of the edges show the original colour of the flint to have been black with grey inclusions. Both faces are entirely modified by invasive semi-soft hammer flake removals, confidently struck with flake scars overlapping in the centre, no trace of the original surface of the "blank" for this piece remain. There is no tranchet blow to sharpen the point (point type v) and the butt is neatly flaked to a semi-ci…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-466579
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337), dating to the period c.AD 311-312 (Reece Period 15). PRINCIPI IV-VENTVTIS reverse type depicting prince standing facing left holding standard in each hand. Mint of London: RIC VI p. 137, -. Cloke and Toone, The London Mint (2015), p. 184, no. 7.06.014. The coin is rare, the cited example in Cloke and Toone coming from the Saurzeau Hoard (France, 1980), no. 3542.
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Sunday 11th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvescot CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4391B5
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy steelyard weight with a lead core in the form of a bust probably of the god Jupiter. The lower portion of the weight is lost to old damage such that only a fragment of the bust’s shoulders remain. The surviving copper-alloy shell consists of an entire human head that is very well moulded providing a naturalistic representation of a male head. The head has oval depressions for eyes which appear to have slightly domed eyeballs within, suggesting no enamel was intended to fill these. Between these is a projecting triangular nose. Below this i…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvescot CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-33FD52
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy zoomorphic object, probably a Roman nail-cleaner, with a small three-dimensional duck-shaped bird on the top sitting on a horizontal cone, which is phallic in appearance. The lower half is a trapezoidal plate-projection with a tiny attachment hole 10mm from the bottom. Holding the object with the bird facing left the lower half also has a sub-circular decorative pattern of tiny pits carved onto the surface. There is no decoration on the reverse of the mount. The lower portion of the toilet article is missing. The whole object measurements are: length 28.7mm, w…
Created on: Sunday 11th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Rauceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-06696B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy porcine (boar/pig's head) vessel / bucket mount dating to the Late Iron Age 100 BC – AD 50. The mount is irregular in plan being broadly sub-rectangular in form and is sub-oval shaped in cross section; it has a relatively flat bottom which expands and then tapers in a broad curved upper surface. The mount varies in width and thickness along the length. It is both widest and thickest at the "back" of the head / across the ears. From this point its width and thickness narrows drastically, creating a rounded forehead from which the snout extends. This snout wid…
Created on: Friday 9th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fyfield and Tubney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-065FAE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy late Roman buckle with integral plate. The frame is oval with a pair of inward turning projections on both sides of the pin hole. The plate has lost portions of both rear corners. It is decorated with notched lateral margins and two transverse rows of three ring and dot motifs, with the central motif in each row being considerably larger than the flanking pair. These rows are separated by a pair of large polygonal cutaways. There are a pair of small drilled holes flanking the pin hole at the front of the plate; this pin hole is filled with iron corrosio…
Created on: Friday 9th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F423DA
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl dating from the late Medieval or early Post Medieval period, about 1400-1600. While th object as it stands is of plano-convex form (Walton Rogers A1), it seems to have been miscast, and is probably one half of what would have been a bi-conical whorl of Walton Rogers form C2. The remnants of decoration can be seen on the domed surface, dots contained by a series of transverse lines in faint moulded relief; there is a casting recess around the circumference of the whorl at its base. The underside is smooth and flat. The whorl has a diameter of 30.11mm, a thick…
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-DCC1ED
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of gilded silver buckle, probably of 11th- or 12th-century date. The bar survives complete, with some casting flaws producing cavities. It is oval in cross-section, 3mm thick and 4mm wide in the centre but 5mm wide at either end. Two stubs of the relief-decorated frame survive, both curving, implying that the frame was oval. They are also wider and a little flatter than the bar. The decoration seems to show animal heads biting the ends of the bar. What appears to be the upper jaw, on the exterior of the buckle frame, has a squared-off end decorated with a pa…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
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Record ID: KENT-CC324B
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper-alloy openwork dress hook, dating to AD 1500 - 1600. Read Class E, Type 3. Description: It is comprised of a cast flat openwork plate, of circular form with a sub-rectangular loop (with some unfinished sprue) to one side a short collared backward-pointing sharp hook to the other. The centre of the plate is occupied by a figurative design of St.George, mounted slaying the dragon. The reverse is flat and underecorated. Measurements: 43.59mm long, 18.67mm wide, 8.69mm thick (including hook, 1.81mm thick) and 3.8g in weight. Discussion: Th…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Record ID: KENT-CC0E3D
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 11 of unclassified sub-type, dating c.11th century. Description: The strap mount is near complete but missing its apex. The mount has a body with convex rounded sides with a flat base and narrows towards the apex. The mount is openwork with a backward facing beast left with the sides forming a frame for the beast. The field of the beast is entirely openwork. Below the beast is a solid rectangular panel with two rivet holes and a right angle flange. The mount has a light orangey brown patination. Me…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: KENT-C99B7B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and modified later Medieval silver penny dating to the reign of Edward IV (1461-1470), first reign 1461-1470, heavy coinage (1461-1465). Dating to the period c.1462-1465. Mint of Durham, local dies. North (1991) No 1543 or 1544. Coin has had the bust intentionally punched out. Measurements: 17.96mm in diameter (central punch hole 10.21mm in diameter) 0.62mm thick and 0.47g in weight. Discussion: The punching out of the bust on this coin may indicate modification by someone supporting the Lancastrian cause during the War of the Roses. The phenomenon of coin mutilati…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brookland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C91B0A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A worn silver petit denier of the Duchy of Brabant in the name Henri II (1235-1248) or Henri III (1248-1261) dating c.AD1235-1248; mint: Leuvan (probably). cf. De Witte nos 59-62, 65, 67. Ref: De Witte 1896 (vol. I) plate III. The coin is very worn on the reverse with a small crack visible in the flan. Measurements: Diameter:12.29mm; thickness: 0.75mm; weight: 0.48g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C8D9F7
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hard hammer struck secondary flake, with three strike marks on the platform, of faintly brown patinated black and grey flint with thin, weathered grey cortex to one side of the dorsal face, the thin edges are damaged, it is difficult to say if this is intentional retouch, wear or just recent rolling. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C851A4
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Multi-platform plano-convex core in very fresh condition, of black flint with grey speckled coarse inclusions, now partially patinated with iron oxides. Two patches of greyish thin, weathered cortex remain, one also iron stained. All flake scars are hard hammer struck. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C71EB4
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, thick butted handaxe, in slightly rolled condition, of Wymer J,J (1999) type E, hard hammer struck probably from a thermal fracture, a small patch of thin, weathered grey cortex remains to one face at the butt. Grey mottled flint now slightly patinated faint brown, little recent damage to the edges. Side profile is markedly asymmetrical. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 150,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2020
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Record ID: HESH-C708E7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy 'Winchester style' strap end of later Early Medieval (10th - 11th century) date. The strap end is near complete having only lost a small part of the riveted plate through abrasion which has feathered the edge. The strap end is a broadly rectangular (tongue shaped) form with a rounded base and off-set riveted attachment plate. The stepped attachment plate is pierced unevenly probably originally in four places - although only three holes survive. The body of the strap end is relatively thick terminating at the base with an abraded projecting knop. A cast and incised …
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C6E625
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small plano-convex sectioned handaxe, of Wymer J,J (1999) type E, Hard hammer struck from what appears to have been a thick flake; a small area of the ventral face of the flake remains to the flatter face towards the point. The piece is now patinated mottled browns with paler orange to the wear to the high points, the edges are recently damaged in places, mostly to the point and the butt, showing the flint to have been originally mottled grey. The ventral (flatter) face has an unusual area of crushed surface, this lacks patination and is likely to be recent rather than wear from use …
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C67C96
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Handaxe, in slightly rolled condition, of Wymer J,J Type D/M, crude, hard hammer struck with zig-zag cutting edges and a heavy butt to one side: - of dark brown and black patinated flint with the very coarse inclusions still light grey, two patches of thin, weathered grey cortex remain to the thicker butt side, on one face there are two close areas of surface loss due to fairly recent thermal damage showing that the original colour of the flint was mottled grey. Next to this is an old patinated thermal fracture showing as a dull hollow with the inclusion to one edge. The other face re…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-C52095
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bolton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold quarter noble of Henry IV (1399-1413), second/light issue dating to c.AD1412-13, mint: London, initial mark cross pattee. Ref: Woodhead 1996: pl. 20 no. 199. The coin has been heavily clipped removing upper parts of some letters in the inscription. It is possible that the coin has been doublestruck. The coin with its four lis in the first quarter of the shield is not listed in North. Woodhead (1996: pl. 20, text for no 199) discusses a very similar example for Henry IV, suggesting it was produced from early dies and tentatively places it in the second/light coinage.&n…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westhoughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C504FC
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
incomplete cast copper-alloy book fitting, dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1350-1450. The fitting appears to be of Howsam class A.1. The main body of the fitting is comprised of a circular central portion 10.8mm in height, with a drilled hole at the centre. from one edge emerges a zoomorphic head pointing downward, toward the base of the fitting. On it can be seen moulded decoration depicting ears, as well as a constriction defining the snout or muzzle, and beneath, an incised line defining the mouth. Opposite the animal head terminal on the other side of the circular centra…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
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Record ID: BERK-8D62D5
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe head (1000 - 800BC), probably a South Eastern variant. Socketed looped axehead with a single sub-rectangular mouth moulding and a additional collar moulding below. There are three raised moulded ribs on either side. Ewart Park tradition (Burgess Metalworking phase XII). This corresponds to Needham’s (1996) Period 7 circa 950-750 CAL. BC. There is a fairly even mid-green patina all over and a small break on the blade, but is otherwise complete. There is also a small crack running from the socket along one side but this could be modern damage. Poor casting…
Created on: Saturday 3rd October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
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Record ID: BERK-8CCFE5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold quarter noble of Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage (Pre-Treaty Period), Series G type Ga/Gd mule, dating AD1356-61 (North 1189/1190), mint: London. Ref: North 1991: 52. The coin is slightly chipped around parts of the edge and is lightly clipped removing the tops of some lettering and creates an irreularly shaped edge to parts of the coin. The reverse includes an odd spelling, reading EXALTABITVR IN GALhORI instead of the standard EXALTABITVR IN GLORIA, a rarely seen variation (Potter 1963: 128).
Created on: Saturday 3rd October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hampstead Norreys CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-738A17
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age "concealed loop" strap union or horse brooch type fitting. The plate is flat, 68.9mm across and openwork with bilaterally symmetrical flanking S-shaped elements with fields of incised "basket weave" decoration, flanked by a pair of lateral quarter-circle winged projections. The central designs of both of these sides comprise large circles with S-shape or opposing teardrop elements containing central circles. Bridging the two side elements are a small circular and a lenticular plates decorated with incised concave triangles within circles. The reverse of the plate is u…
Created on: Friday 2nd October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th February 2022
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